 During his journeyman career, Branežac played professionally in Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, Greece, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates.Branežac was born in Osijek, SR Croatia, back then part of Yugoslavia, and started playing at youth team of local NK Osijek.He and his family decided tp mpve to Serbia and he started playing for Sartid Smederevo, before transferring to FR Yugoslavia champions Obilić in the 1998–99 winter transfer window.