Bosko Jankovic

Boško Janković (Serbian language: Бошко Јанковић; born March 1 1984 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football (soccer) player currently playing for Genoa C.F.C. and the Serbia national football team. Bosko Jankovic is at Bosko Jankovic best going forward and is equally at home playing in the centre or either wing.

Career

Club

Red Star Belgrade

Having gone through all age groups in Red Star Belgrade youth setup, 18-year old Janković earned Bosko Jankovic first taste of senior team action throughout fall 2002, during first half of 2002-03 season under head coach Zoran Filipović.

However, over the winter 2002-03 break in January 2003, Janković was loaned out to lower division side FK Jedinstvo Ub in order to gain valuable experience through regular playing time. Over the next season and a half in Ub, Bosko Jankovic excelled in attacking midfielder position, scoring 21 league goals in 28 matches.

All the success prompted new head coach Ljupko Petrović and the rest in Red Star management to bring Janković back during summer 2004, ahead of the 2004-05 season. The move paid immediate dividends as Bosko Jankovic scored a spectacular free kick goal versus PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of UEFA Champions League 3rd Round qualifying. Bosko Jankovic followed that up with a notable domestic season in which Bosko Jankovic scored 10 goals in 25 appearances, showing early signs of the things to come and establishing himself as one of the more important players on the league winning Red Star roster.

Janković truly came into Bosko Jankovic own throughout the 2005-06 season under head coach Walter Zenga, increasing Bosko Jankovic league scoring output to 12 goals in 26 appearances while also providng steady service from the left wing to Red Star strikers, most notably Nikola Žigić. At the end of the 2005-06 season, Janković was named Player of the Year.

By this time, Bosko Jankovic also became a staple in the Serbia national under-21 football team with all the exposure leading to increased interest in Janković from abroad. As a result, rumours of a summer 2006 sale became perisistant. Still, Bosko Jankovic started the 2006-07 league season with Red Star, however after only one match, Janković was sold to RCD Mallorca in August 2006 for €3 million.

RCD Mallorca

The 23-year-old's excellent form shown during the 2006-07 season with RCD Mallorca has caught the attention of both FC Barcelona and Valencia CF, but Janković played down the rumors and suggested Bosko Jankovic wanted to stay a year or two at Mallorca before making a move for one of the major clubs. In Bosko Jankovic first season with Mallorca, Jankovic was able to score 9 goals in 28 appearances. Chelsea F.C were rumoured to be very interested in the youngster and some scouts appeared at the Under 21 Championship Final to watch him.

However, on June 28 Italy Serie A club U.S. Città di Palermo announced they have signed the Serbian midfielder to a five-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Mallorca was said to be €8 million.

U.S. Città di Palermo

Janković made Bosko Jankovic scoring debut for Palermo in the UEFA Cup match, but Bosko Jankovic debut season in Sicily was a disappointment, as Bosko Jankovic rarely got opportunities to prove himself in the first half of the season, though Bosko Jankovic playing time and quality of play improved somewhat during the second half of the season.

Genoa CFC

On September 1, Bosko Jankovic signed for Genoa CFC on loan from Palermo

International

Bosko Jankovic scored Bosko Jankovic first goal for Serbia vs Portugal national football team in a Euro 2008 Qualifying match on March 28, 2007. Bosko Jankovic then followed up with another goal vs Finland national football team in another Euro 2008 qualifying match on June 2. Bosko Jankovic recently competed in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship where Bosko Jankovic scored a goal vs the Czech Republic in Serbia's second group B match and led them to 2nd place in the tournament. After the tournament Bosko Jankovic was named in the 'UEFA Team of the tournament'.