Slobodan Janjuš Explained

Slobodan Janjuš
Fullname:Slobodan Janjuš
Birth Date:7 January 1952
Birth Place:Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1970–1977
Years2:1977–1978
Years3:1978–1979
Years4:1979–1981
Years5:1981–1982
Years6:1982–1983
Years7:1983–1984
Years8:1984–1985
Years9:1985–1989
Years10:1993
Years11:1993-1994
Clubs1:Željezničar
Clubs2:Vojvodina
Clubs3:Radnički Pirot
Clubs4:Sarajevo
Clubs5:Olimpija Ljubljana
Clubs6:Sarajevo
Clubs7:Dinamo Zagreb
Clubs8:Sutjeska
Clubs9:Željezničar
Clubs11:Valletta
Clubs10:Mqabba Ħajduks
Caps10:7
Caps11:10
Goals10:0
Goals11:0

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

Club

Željezničar Sarajevo

1971–72

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slobodan Janjuš - Biografija. Bordo Vremeplov. bs. 28 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Andres Arango RedNation Online Interview . Vujcic, Djuradj . 2012-04-27 . 2012-04-26 .
  3. http://helpbhsport.blogger.ba/arhiva/2009/04/09/2128627 Slobodan Janjuš : Suprugu Suzan sam upoznao u striptiz baru na Floridi
  4. News: Klix. Legendarni Slobodan Janjuš: Željo ima samo četiri prava igrača. Klix.ba. 23 October 2016. 23 October 2016.
  5. http://www.whosarrested.com/florida/pinellas-county/clearwater/pcj/165394-slobodan-janjus Slobodan Janjus
  6. http://bailbondcity.com/pinellas-inmate-JANJUS/1383360 Janjus @ BailBondCity
  7. http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Slobodan_Janjus_2781371/ Janjus at Florida.Arrests.org