Slobodan Janjuš

Slobodan Janjuš
Personal information
Full name Slobodan Janjuš
Date of birth (1952-01-07) January 7, 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1977 Željezničar
1977–1978 Vojvodina
1978–1979 Radnički Pirot
1979–1981 Sarajevo
1981–1982 Olimpija Ljubljana
1982–1983 Sarajevo
1983–1984 Dinamo Zagreb
1984–1985 Sutjeska
1985–1989 Željezničar
1993 Mqabba Ħajduks 7 (0)
1993-1994 Valletta 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slobodan "Čobo" Janjuš (born January 7, 1952) is a Yugoslav and Bosnian retired football goalkeeper.

Club career

He represented a number of domestic clubs, having played with all of them, beside Second League Radnički Pirot, in the Yugoslav First League, namely, Željezničar Sarajevo, Vojvodina Novi Sad, FK Sarajevo (for whom he played 122 official games),[1] Olimpija Ljubljana, Dinamo Zagreb and Sutjeska Nikšić.

He won the Yugoslav First League in the 1971–72 season with Željezničar.

He also played in Malta and Germany.

He was the youngest starting goalkeeper in Yugoslav football history at the age of 17. Janjuš also was the oldest player to debut in the Maltese Premier League, being 41 years and 248 days old when he started for Mqabba Ħajduks against Birkirkara on 12 September 1993.

International career

Janjuš has also represented Yugoslavia national team at youth levels.

Post-playing career

Since the early 1990s Janjuš has been living in the United States. Usually referred to as "Bobby" in the U.S., he worked as goalkeeping coach with MLS' Tampa Bay Mutiny.

In 2008, he was appointed as the new goalkeeping coach at the newly established Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL.[2] With the Rowdies, Bobby trained than USF goalkeeper Jeff Attinella. Attinella developed his skills under Bobby and became NASL best goalkeeper which eventually grabbed MLS's Real Salt Lake's attention who bought Attinella's contract. Bobby also coached youth teams across the county and has developed a youth female goalkeeper that represented the United States in a U-16 game.

Janjuš additionally owns a number of local businesses including a bar which is filled with mementos and memorabilia from his football playing career.

Personal life

While an active footballer, Janjuš had relationships with table tennis player Erzsebet Palatinus, while playing for Vojvodina, and singer Izvorinka Milošević.[3]

After moving to the United States, Janjuš met a woman of Serbian origin,[3] Susanne Ferry, and after more than two decades of living together they were married in Las Vegas in 2016 and spent their honeymoon in Sarajevo.[4] His daughter Martina attended UNLV and currently resides in Las Vegas.

On 6 December 2009, Janjuš was arrested for domestic battery by the St. Petersburg Police.[5][6][7]

Honours

Player

Club

Željezničar Sarajevo

References

  1. ^ "Slobodan Janjuš - Biografija". Bordo Vremeplov (in Bosnian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ Vujcic, Djuradj (2012-04-26). "RedNation Interview Series: Andres Arango". RedNation Online. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  3. ^ a b Slobodan Janjuš : Suprugu Suzan sam upoznao u striptiz baru na Floridi
  4. ^ Klix (23 October 2016). "Legendarni Slobodan Janjuš: Željo ima samo četiri prava igrača". Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ Slobodan Janjus
  6. ^ Janjus @ BailBondCity
  7. ^ Janjus at Florida.Arrests.org
  • Stats from Yugoslav Leagues at Zerodic.com.