Zoran Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Јанковић, ; ; born 8 February 1974) is a

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manager and former player. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Bulgaria as a player.

Club career

During his career, Janković represented

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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, Serbia, the second large ...

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and

FK Inđija Fudbalski klub Inđija (), currently known as Inđija Toyo Tires for sponsorship reasons, 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 Yug ...

. Janković was the highest scoring foreign player during the 2000–01 and 2001–02

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seasons, managing 13 goals in each of them. He has retired during winter break of 2010-11 season while playing for

in the

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, 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

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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

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against

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, which ended in a scoreless draw. Janković was also a member of the Bulgarian squad at

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. He was initially dropped following

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'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 first out of two to score a goal (the other one who has found the net is

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Litex Lovech *

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: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08 Dalian Shide *

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