Žanko Savov ( mk, Жанко Савов; born 14 September 1965) is a Macedonian football coach and former striker.

Playing career

Born in Udovo,Жанко Савов
at FK Vardar official website, retrieved 9-2-2016

Valandovo Valandovo ( mk, Валандово ) is a small town in southeastern North Macedonia. The city is the seat of Valandovo Municipality. History Ancient Period Evidence of life can be found beginning in the 10th-7th centuries B.C. There is a settlem ...

SR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

, back then within SFR Yugoslavia, he started his career in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

playing with

FK Belasica FK Belasica ( mk, ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov ...

and

FK Pelister FK Pelister ( mk, ФК Пелистер) is a Macedonian football club based in the city of Bitola, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History FK Pelister, was formed in 1945. In 1946 they won the Bitol ...

between 1988 and 1991. By 2016 he is listed among FK Vardar legends at club official website. He played with Vardar between 1991 and 1995 having won three national championships and two cups. Vardar official website considers him as the player that dominated Macedonian football at the first three seasons of the

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

. He was also the player of the match at the final of the first edition of the Macedonian Cup as he provided Vardar the honor of conquering the trophy by scoring the only and winning goal at the last minute of the game against FK Pelister. Besides playing in Far East in South Korean

K-League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National S ...

side Jeonbuk Hyundai Dinos between 1995 and 1998, he also played in Serbian side

FK Radnički Niš Fudbalski klub Radnički (), commonly known as Radnički Niš ( sr-cyr, Раднички Ниш), is a professional football club based in ok Niš, Serbia. Its name means ''Labourers'' in Serbian and stems from the relationship with the Labour ...

.Жанко Савов во Раднички (Н), Кускински во Војводина
at

Utrinski vesnik ''Utrinski vesnik'' ( mk, Утрински весник; meaning ''The Morning'' in English) is a daily newspaper in the Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially ...

, 16-10-2006, retrieved 26-6-2014

Honours

;Vardar *

First Macedonian Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

: 3 **Winner: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

: 2 **Winner: 1993, 1995 ;Cementarnica 55 *

: 1 **Winner: 2003

References

External sources

* * 1965 births Living people People from Valandovo Municipality Association football forwards Macedonian footballers FK Belasica players FK Pelister players FK Vardar players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC players FK Radnički Niš players FK Cementarnica 55 players Yugoslav Second League players Macedonian First Football League players K League 1 players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in South Korea Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Macedonian football managers FK Borec managers FK Osogovo managers {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub