Marek Jankulovski

Marek Jankulovski

Personal information
Full name	Marek Jankulovski
Date of birth	9 May 1977 (1977-05-09) (age 34)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back / Left winger
Club information
Current club	Baník Ostrava
Youth career
1987–1994	Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–2000	Baník Ostrava	110	(15)
2000–2002	Napoli	51	(8)
2002–2005	Udinese	91	(15)
2005–2011	Milan	117	(4)
2011–	Baník Ostrava	1	(0)
National team‡
2000–2009	Czech Republic	77	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2009

Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year.

He was well known for his versatility being able to play anywhere up the left wing. He was also known for his ability to cross the ball and his considerable technical ability.

Club career

Before joining Milan, he played for Baník Ostrava (1994–2000), Napoli (2000–02) and Udinese (2002–05). He made his Serie A debut on 1 February 2000 against Lecce.

On 1 February 2002, he joined Udinese and was loaned back to Napoli.^[1]

Milan

Jankulovski joined Milan from Udinese at the start of the 2005–06 campaign after having a wonderful season with Udinese for €8.5 million. Jankulovski struggled to find form in his first season but was one of Milan's best players during the 2006–07 season, making 50 appearances for the team in all competitions, scoring three goals, including one beautiful 25-yard shot, scored against Livorno. On 23 May 2007, he took part in 2–1 victory in the final of the UEFA Champions League against Liverpool. He also scored the second goal of Milan's victory against Sevilla in the 2007 UEFA Super Cup held on 31 August 2007 with a wonderful volley, following a pass from Andrea Pirlo.

On 28 May 2008, Jankulovski was named Czech Player of the Year, with Petr Čech coming in second place.^[2]

In the 2009–10 Winter Transfer period, Milan were said to have offered Jankulovski to F.C. Internazionale Milano in exchange for Mancini. Jankulovski refused to move to Inter, he later said that betraying Milan was not an option, stating, "Truth be told, I didn’t give it much thought..I wanted to stay at Milan, I’ve been here for five years and I’m settled."^[3]

In April 2011, Jankulovski had surgery on his a knee operation he underwent causing him to miss the rest of the season of 2010-2011 Serie A Season . Jankulovski was involved in the AC Milan squad that won a Serie A league for the first time since 2003-04 season. Following AC Milan winning the Serie A, Jankulovski was finally release on a free transfer after 5 years at the club. Marek Jankulovski has revealed this will be his final season for AC Milan as he intends to return to the Czech Republic to close out his career.^[4]

Return to FC Baník Ostrava

On October 2011, Jankulovski return to his club Banik Ostrava for the first time since leaving Banik Ostrava for Italy 11 years ago.^[5]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		Europe Competitions1		Other Tournaments2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Baník Ostrava	1994–95	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
	1995–96	9	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	1
	1996–97	21	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	1
	1997–98	26	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	3
	1998–99	26	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	2
	1999–2000	27	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	8
	Total	110	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	110	15
Napoli	2000–01	20	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	3
	2001–02	31	5	2	1	–	–	–	–	33	6
	Total	51	8	2	1	–	–	–	–	53	9
Udinese	2002–03	27	5	2	0	–	–	–	–	29	5
	2003–04	32	6	4	2	2	0	–	–	38	8
	2004–05	32	4	3	0	2	0	–	–	38	4
	Total	91	15	9	2	4	0	–	–	104	17
Milan	2005–06	22	1	4	0	2	0	–	–	28	1
	2006–07	33	3	4	0	13	0	–	–	50	3
	2007–08	14	0	–	–	3	0	2	1	19	1
	2008–09	31	0	1	0	6	1	–	–	38	1
	2009–10	8	0	2	0	1	0	–	–	11	0
	2010–11	5	0	1	0	1	0	–	–	7	0
	Total	113	4	12	0	26	1	2	1	153	6
Baník Ostrava	2011–12	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career Total		366	42	23	3	30	1	2	1	420	47

International career

For the Czech Republic, he played in Euro 2000, Euro 2004, Euro 2008, and the 2006 World Cup. He earned 77 caps with the Czech national side, scoring 11 goals.

Honours

Milan

• UEFA Champions League: 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2007
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2007
• Serie A: 2010–11

Personal life

His father, Pando Jankulovski, is a Macedonian who emigrated to Czechoslovakia from Yugoslavia.^[6] Marek's mother is Czech. Marek is married to Jana Jankulovska and they have two daughters together, Karolína and Kristýna.

References

1. ^ Patrick Goss (2002-02-01). "Udinese sign Napoli star". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11867_2229961,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
2. ^ "AC Milan defender Marek Jankulovski wins Czech player of the year award". International Herald Tribune. 28 May 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/28/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-Czech-Jankulovski.php. Retrieved 3 June 2008. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/03/05/1818745/ac-milan-defender-marek-jankulovski-why-i-spurned-inter
4. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2011/01/30/2330717/marek-jankulovski-reveals-this-will-be-his-last-season-at
5. ^ http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7234166/
6. ^ "Introducing Milan". The Guardian. 27 May 2007. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/may/22/championsleague.acmilan3. Retrieved 13 June 2008. 

External links

• Marek Jankulovski international stats at the Czech Football Association website (Czech)
• Profile on uefa.com

Persondata
Name	Jankulovski, Marek
Alternative names	Jankulovski , Marek
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	9 May 1977
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death