Rajko Janjanin

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.

Rajko Janjanin
Personal information
Full name Rajko Janjanin
Date of birth (1957-01-18) 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)
International career
1979–1980 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. He then 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 for Red Star 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 Championship and a Yugoslav cup in 1982, while he became an international footballer.

In November 1984, he moved to Greece and transferred to OFI where he performed very well and had a decisive contribution to the Cretan team winning second place in the Greek Championship in 1986. While his contract was coming to an end, he was offered a renewal by the management of OFI, but there was a rift since he was asking for 18 million drachmas for a two-year contract and he was offered much less money. AEK Athens, which were interested, included him in their team in December 1986, fully meeting the demands of the footballer and despite the opposition from OFI. He played in AEK until the summer of 1988, with which he did not score a high performance, but sometimes showed samples of his footballing quality and ended his career there in 1988.[2]

International career

Janjanin was capped twice for Yugoslavia.[3]

Personal life

His brother Željko was also a footballer.[4]

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Red Star

References
  1. "Crvena zvezda-Benfica UEFA Champions League 1984/85". UEFA.com.
  2. "Ράικο Γιάνγιανιν". kitrinomavro.gr.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rajko Janjanin (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. Željko Janjanin at Povijest Dinama (in Croatian)


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