Marko Janković (

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: Марко Јанковић; born 9 July 1995) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Qarabağ and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Janković joined Partizan from

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as a trainee in 2007. He spent the next five years in the club's youth setup, before making his senior debuts with their affiliated club Teleoptik in the

2012–13 Serbian First League The 2012–13 Serbian First League was the eighth season of the league under its current name. It started on 11 August 2012 and concluded on 5 June 2013. Napredak Kruševac won the title and Čukarički finished as runners-up, with both clubs e ...

Olympiacos

In summer 2013, Janković was transferred to Greek champions

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on a four-year contract. He played for their youth side in the inaugural

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, but failed to make any first team appearances. In the summer of 2014, Janković was sent on loan to Serbian club

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. He scored on his

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debut after coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 home win over

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. Throughout the

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, Janković scored four goals from 19 games. On 31 August 2015, Janković was loaned to Slovenian club

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with an option to buy. He made his

debut for the side on 23 September in a 1–1 home draw with

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, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Dare Vršič. During his spell at Maribor, Janković helped the club win the

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, playing the full 120 minutes and converting his penalty kick in the shoot-out against

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in the final.

Partizan

On 15 June 2016, Janković joined his parent club Partizan on a season-long loan. He wore the number 95 shirt and made his competitive debut on 14 July in a 0–0 home draw with

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in the first leg of the

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second qualifying round. On 6 November, Janković netted his first official goal for Partizan, opening the scoring in an eventual 4–0 home league win over

. In his first campaign with Partizan, Janković helped the club win the double. On 14 September 2017, Janković scored the opening goal in a 1–1

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draw against Swiss club Young Boys in the

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group stage. He finished the 2017–18 season with 42 appearances in all competitions and scored seven goals in the process. On 10 November 2018, Janković made his 100th competitive appearance for Partizan in a 2–0 home league victory over Radnik Surdulica. Upon leaving Partizan, he forgave at least

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160,000 worth of unpaid salary.

SPAL

On 31 January 2019, Janković signed a contract with

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side

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lasting until June 2022, in a transfer worth €1.8 million. Only half of the transfer fee went to Partizan, as the other 50% of the fee went to Olympiacos due to a percentage clause from his previous transfer from Olympiacos to Partizan. On 15 January 2021, Janković and

mutually agreed to part ways. On 31 January 2020, Janković joined

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club

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on loan until 30 June 2020.

Beitar Jerusalem

On 3 February 2021, Janković joined

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side

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as a free-agent.

Hapoel Tel Aviv

On 1 February 2022, he signed for

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International career

Janković was capped for Montenegro at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his full international debut for

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on 29 May 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 friendly loss away against

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. On 10 September 2018, Janković scored his first international goal for Montenegro in a 2–1 home victory over

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in the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Janković goal.''

Honours

Maribor *

: 2015–16 Partizan *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 Qarabağ *

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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: 2023–24

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jankovic, Marko 1995 births Living people Footballers from Cetinje Men's association football midfielders Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's youth international footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players NK Maribor players OFK Beograd players Olympiacos F.C. players SPAL players FC Crotone players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Qarabağ FK players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serie A players Serie B players Israeli Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Greece Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Italy Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan