Janko Janković

Janko Janković
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-14) 14 January 1963
Place of birth Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Solin 21 (0)
1983–1984 Hajduk Split 2 (0)
1984–1985 RNK Split 27 (7)
1985–1988 Rijeka 98 (37)
1988–1990 Valladolid 67 (18)
1990–1995 Oviedo 157 (27)
1995–1997 Hércules 36 (11)
Total 428 (100)
National team
1994 Croatia 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Janko Janković (born 14 January 1963 in Split) ia a Croatian retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

After playing in his country with NK Solin, HNK Hajduk Split (only two matches in one full season), RNK Split and HNK Rijeka, 25-year-old Janković moved to Spain, where he would remain for nearly one full decade until his retirement.

He started at Real Valladolid, after signing at the same time as compatriot Mauro Ravnić – his teammate at Rijeka – and was an essential attacking element in his first year, as the Castile and León club finished sixth in La Liga and reached the final of the Copa del Rey.

After another year, Janković signed with Real Oviedo, teaming up with another two Croatians, Nenad Gračan and Nikola Jerkan. With the Asturians he left much of the offensive burden to veteran striker Carlos, only scoring once in double digits but never suffering relegation during his five-year spell, and helping with three goals in 33 games in his debut campaign as the team qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Aged 32, Janković signed for Hércules CF, scoring ten times to help the Alicante side promote from the second division in his first year. After the club's immediate relegation, he retired from the game.

International career

In 1994, Janković played two matches for the Croatian national team, his debut coming on 23 March as he played the first half in a 2–0 friendly win against Spain, in Valencia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Baño croata en la noche de Valencia" [Croatian steamroll in Valencia night]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 1994. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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