started brightly under his guidance, with the highlight being a 1–0 over Italy (eventual World Champions) in a World Cup qualifying match. However, the team soon ran into a series of bad results, and the pressure mounted on Oblak, until finally in late 2006, he was fired from the job. He was succeeded by Matjaž Kek. In 2009, he again took the managers job at his home club NK Olimpija Ljubljana. He was relieved of his duties after only four games. In November 2003, UEFA member football associations organized surveys to find the best national players in 50-year period of existence of UEFA. In Slovenia Branko Oblak was awarded this title, "beating" rivals such as Srečko Katanec and Zlatko Zahovič. Career statistics International Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oblak goal. References External links 1947 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana UEFA Golden Players Yugoslav footballers Slovenia national football team managers Yugoslav First League players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers HNK Hajduk Split players FC Schalke 04 players HNK Šibenik players 1974 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in West Germany NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) managers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) managers Yugoslavia international footballers Slovenian football managers NK Rudar Velenje managers Association football midfielders