Janko Simović (born 7 June 1986) is a Montenegrin professional
footballer
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who plays as a center back for
Zeta
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.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Mojkovac
Mojkovac (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Мојковац, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,590 (2011 census). Mojkovac is the centre of Mojkovac Municipality, which has a population of 8,622.SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, Simović learned his trade in OFK Igalo. He made his debut in senior-level football with
Berane
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, after which he joined Metalac GM for a brief spell. He subsequently joined Mogren in 2008.
Mogren
In 2008, Simović joined Mogren. At the time of Simović's arrival, Mogren was an ambitious team with coach Branislav "Brano" Milačić and a number of players from the Montenegrin national team involving the likes of Radoslav Batak, Ivan Janjušević,
Petar Grbić
Petar Grbić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Петар Грбић; born 7 August 1988) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who currently playing for FK Budućnost Podgorica.
Club career Mogren
In 2008, Grbić joined FK Mogren from Budva. At the tim ...
Israel
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Dynamo Kyiv
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. During the trial, Simović played a friendly match for Dynamo against
Maccabi Haifa
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, which Dynamo won 5–0. On 1 March 2012 he signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo Kyiv paid Mogren approximately
€
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200,000 for Simović's transfer. After signing with Dynamo, he was loaned first to Arsenal Kyiv, and then loaned to Dynamo's B team. During his loans, Simović had a
back injury
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, and after two years he terminated his contract with Dynamo.
Lovćen
After terminating his contract with Dynamo Kyiv, Simović joined Montenegrin team
FK Lovćen
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in March 2014. In his first match with Lovćen, Simović scored a header against Budućnost only three minutes into the game. He was a starting player in Lovćen's squad which won the 2014 Montenegrin Cup.
Budućnost
After only a half season at Lovćen, Simović joined Budućnost in the summer of 2014 on a one-year contract. In August 2015, Budućnost and Simović agreed to renew the contract by one more year.
Mladost Podgorica
Simović signed a contract with Mladost Podgorica in late January 2018.
International career
After representing Montenegro at under-21 level, he made his debut for the senior team in a November 2008
friendly match
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against Macedonia. He came on as an injury time substitute for Elsad Zverotić and these remained his sole international minutes.
Honours
;Mogren
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Montenegrin First League
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2010–11
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;Lovćen
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Montenegrin Cup
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2014
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