- Aleksandar Janković
Aleksandar Janković (
Serbian Cyrillic : Александар Јанковић) (bornMay 6 ,1972 inBelgrade ,SR Serbia ,SFR Yugoslavia ) is aSerbia n football coach and former player. He played football professionally forRed Star Belgrade inSerbia ,Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club inAustralia ,AS Cherbourg Football andPau FC inFrance , andKansas City Wizards in theUnited States , before ending his playing career aged 28, due to a knee injury. He met his compatriot, coachSlavoljub Muslin while playing atPau FC , and, following the injury that forced him to end his career, Janković became Muslin's assistant in Red Star, Metalurh Donetsk, Levski Sofia, Lokeren, and Lokomotiv Moscow, respectively.From July 2007, he has been an advance scout in Red Star, and his duties mainly included scouting opponents' players and tactics. After
Milorad Kosanović 's resignationNovember 9 2007 , Janković was appointed new head coach of Red Star. Yet, after failing to earn a title in the national championship or in the national cup, he was firedJune 11 ,2008 , to be replaced byZdeněk Zeman .He has since been appointed head of the
Red Star Belgrade Football School. [ cite web| url=http://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/en/vesti/vest.aspx?id=748|title = Aleksandar Janković starts Crvena Zvezda Football School|publisher=crvenazvezdafk.com|accessdate=2008-08-20|date=2008-08-20 ]He is married and has two children. His father is a notable Serbian sports journalist Dobrivoje "Bobi" Janković. He has been dubbed as "Serbian Mourinho" due to his charisma and cult status he has enjoyed among the players and fans. [ [http://www.kurir-info.rs/clanak/kurir-25-11-2007/kurir-mi-je-kum Serbian Mourinho] sr icon]
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External links
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/J/JA.html Career Statistics at OzFootball]
* [http://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/en/klubovi/strucni-stab.aspx?tid=4 Profile at Red Star website]
* [http://www.mtsmondo.com/sport/vesti/text.php?vest=80480 An interview with Aleksandar Janković] sr icon
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