{{Short description|Slovenian footballer (1929–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Branko Elsner | image = Branko Elsner.jpg | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|11|17|1929|11|23}}<ref>[http://www.delo.si/sport/nogomet/umrl-je-legendarni-brane-elsner.html Umrl je legendarni Brane Elsner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009173253/http://www.delo.si/sport/nogomet/umrl-je-legendarni-brane-elsner.html |date=9 October 2016 }}, Delo, 17 November 2012.</ref> | death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia | height = | currentclub = | position = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Vič | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Enotnost / Odred | years1 = | clubs1 = Enotnost / Odred | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Branik Maribor | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = | clubs3 = Slovan | caps3 = | goals3 = | manageryears1 = 1964–1967 | managerclubs1 = Olimpija | manageryears2 = 1968–1970 | managerclubs2 = Wacker Innsbruck | manageryears3 = 1972 | managerclubs3 = Wacker Innsbruck | manageryears4 = 1974–1976 | managerclubs4 = Wacker Innsbruck | manageryears5 = 1975 | managerclubs5 = Austria | manageryears6 = 1977–1978 | managerclubs6 = Olimpija | manageryears7 = 1985–1987 | managerclubs7 = Austria | manageryears8 = 1997 | managerclubs8 = Brummell Sendai }} '''Branko Elsner''' (23 November 1929 – 17 November 2012) was a Slovenian football manager and player, most known for being the manager of the Austria national team twice.
Elsner had his first success as a football coach in his Slovenian homeland with Olimpija, whom he trained from 1964 to 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nkolimpija.com/?page=club&id=9 |title=Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana |access-date=23 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017175849/http://www.nkolimpija.com/?page=club&id=9 |archive-date=17 October 2011}}</ref>
==Personal life== His son Marko Elsner, and grandsons Luka Elsner and Rok Elsner, were all professional footballers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://govori.se/traci/druzina-elsner-nogomet-imajo-v-genih/|title=Družina Elsner: Nogomet imajo v genih|date=1 August 2009|website=Govori.se|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=20 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020054410/https://govori.se/traci/druzina-elsner-nogomet-imajo-v-genih/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{J.League manager}}
{{Wacker Innsbruck managers}} {{Austria national football team managers}} {{Vegalta Sendai managers}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elsner, Branko}} Category:1929 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Footballers from Ljubljana Category:Yugoslav men's footballers Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Category:Yugoslav football managers Category:Yugoslav expatriate football managers Category:Slovenian football managers Category:Slovenian expatriate football managers Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) managers Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck managers Category:Austria national football team managers Category:Vegalta Sendai managers Category:Expatriate football managers in Austria Category:Expatriate football managers in Japan Category:Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Category:Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:Elsner family Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position