Rajko Janjanin
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| Full name | Rajko Janjanin | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Karlovac, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1975 | NK Karlovac | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1980 | Dinamo Zagreb | 108 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Red Star Belgrade | 115 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | OFI | 43 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | AEK Athens | 51 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 317 | (42) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1979–1980 | Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rajko Janjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Pajкo Jaњaнин; born 18 January 1957) is a Yugoslav of Croatian Serb descent former international football player, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Janjanin started his professional career in 1975 playing for Dinamo Zagreb, with whom he played for five years, winning the Yugoslav Cup in 1980.
Afterwards, he joined Red Star Belgrade for almost five years. His shining moment took place on 19 September 1984, when he scored a second half hat-trick in the 3–2 win over Benfica for the European Cup after Red Star was down by 0–2.[1] With Red Star he won two Yugoslav First League and a Yugoslav cup in 1982, while he became an international footballer.
In November 1984, Janjanin moved to Greece and joined OFI, where he performed very well and had a decisive contribution to the Cretan team, achieving a second place finish in the following season's championship. In December 1986 his contract was coming to an end and despite the proposal of the management for a renewal, there was a gap between the two sides, since the player was asking for 18 million drachmas for a two-year contract and he was offered much less money. AEK Athens, which were interested in the player, fully met his demands and signed him, despite the opposition from OFI. At AEK he didn't achieve high performances, but occasionally showed samples of his football quality. In the summer of 1988, his contract was terminated and unable to find a club of his interest, Janjanin decided to finish his career.[2]
International career
Janjanin was capped twice for Yugoslavia.[3]
Personal life
His brother, Željko was also a footballer.[4]
Honours
- Yugoslav Cup: 1980
- Yugoslav Championship: 1981, 1984
- Yugoslav Cup: 1982, 1985
References
- ^ "Crvena zvezda-Benfica UEFA Champions League 1984/85". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Ράικο Γιάνγιανιν". kitrinomavro.gr.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rajko Janjanin (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ Željko Janjanin at Povijest Dinama (in Croatian)
External links
- Rajko Janjanin at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Rajko Janjanin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rajko Janjanin at kicker (in German)
- Rajko Janjanin at EU-Football.info
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