Zoran Janković (footballer)

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Zoran Janković
Personal information
Full name Zoran Janković
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Litex Lovech
Number 21
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 1, 2008

Zoran Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Јанковић; Bulgarian: Зоран Янкович, Zoran Yankovich) (born February 8, 1974 in Inđija, Vojvodina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bulgarian football player of Serbian ethnicity who has been playing for Litex Lovech as a striker.

Between 2002 and 2007 Janković played in Dalian Shide. In this period he is considered one of the best players in the Chinese Super League. Janković is a target man up front and has been his club's topscorer for many seasons now.

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team.

He began his football career in Belgrade's FK Zeleznik, before transferring to FK Vojvodina. From there he went to Litex Lovech where he was offered Bulgarian citizenship along with an opportunity to play for the country's national side, both of which he accepted.