Zoran Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Јанковић, ; bg, Зоран Янкович, Zoran Yankovich; born 8 February 1974) is a
Serbia
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n-born
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
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football manager and former player.
Career
During his career, Janković represented
FK Železnik
FK Železnik () is a football club based in Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia. They competed in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro from 1996 to 2005. The club made its solo European appearance in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and went on to win the S ...
,
FK Vojvodina
Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...
,
PFC Litex Lovech
Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club.
The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...
,
Dalian Shide F.C.
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then late ...
,
Ethnikos Achna FC
Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club current ...
and
FK Inđija
Fudbalski klub Inđija Toyo Tires () is a football club based in the city of Inđija, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.
During Yugoslavia the club mainly participated in the amateu ...
. Janković was the highest scoring foreign player during the 2000–01 and 2001–02
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
seasons, managing 13 goals in each of them.
He has retired during winter break of 2010-11 season while playing for
FK Inđija
Fudbalski klub Inđija Toyo Tires () is a football club based in the city of Inđija, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.
During Yugoslavia the club mainly participated in the amateu ...
in the
Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
, becoming their manager.
On 15 September 2017, Janković became coach of the Thailand u-23 national team. He was sacked following Thailand's defeat in
2018 AFC U-23 Championship
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.
International career
Janković was capped 30 times for the
Bulgarian national team, scoring 2 goals. He made his debut for the national side on 13 February 2002, in a
friendly match
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against
Croatia
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, which ended in a scoreless draw. Janković was also a member of the Bulgarian squad at
UEFA Euro 2004
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The ...
in
Portugal
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. He was initially dropped following
Hristo Stoichkov's appointment as manager in July 2004, but was recalled in 2006 and made a number of appearances in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Janković is the second most capped non-Bulgarian-born player to appear for the team (after fellow Serbian
Predrag Pažin) and is the second one to score a goal (the other one who has found the net is
Marcelinho).
International goals
:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''
Honours
Player
Litex Lovech
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Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournamen ...
:
2000–01,
2003–04,
2007–08
Dalian Shide
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Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...
:
2005
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Chinese FA Cup
The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh tit ...
:
2005
References
External links
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Profileat Srbijafudbal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jankovic, Zoran
1974 births
Living people
People from Inđija
Serbian emigrants to Bulgaria
Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria
Bulgarian footballers
Serbian footballers
Association football forwards
Bulgaria international footballers
UEFA Euro 2004 players
FK Železnik players
FK Vojvodina players
FK Inđija players
PFC Litex Lovech players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
Serbian SuperLiga players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Cypriot First Division players
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate footballers in China
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Dalian Shide F.C. players
Chinese Super League players
Bulgarian football managers
Expatriate football managers in China
Bulgarian people of Serbian descent
Heilongjiang Ice City F.C. managers