Slobodan Janjuš

Slobodan Janjuš

Personal information
Full name	Slobodan Janjuš
Date of birth	January 7, 1952
Place of birth	Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1974-1977	Željezničar Sarajevo	82	(0)
1977-1978	FK Vojvodina	11	(0)
1978-1979	Radnički Pirot	30	(0)
1979-1981	FK Sarajevo	70	(0)
1981-1982	Olimpija Ljubljana	17	(0)
1982-1983	FK Sarajevo	35	(0)
1983-1984	Dinamo Zagreb	11	(0)
1984-1985	Sutjeska Nikšić	12	(0)
1985-1988	Željezničar Sarajevo	37	(0)
–	Valletta FC
–	Mqabba FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Slobodan "Čobo" Janjuš (born January 7, 1952 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian former football goalkeeper.

He represented a number of domestic clubs, having played with all of them, beside Second League FK Radnički Pirot, in the Yugoslav First League, namely, FK Željezničar Sarajevo, FK Vojvodina, FK Sarajevo, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, NK Dinamo Zagreb and FK Sutjeska Nikšić. He also played in Malta and Germany. He has represented the Yugoslavian national team 9 times in the years he played football. He was the youngest starting goalkeeper in Yugoslavian history at the age of 17. Slobodan retired at the age of 40.

Post-playing

Since the early 1990s Janjuš lives in the United States. He worked as a goalkeeping coach with MLS' Tampa Bay Mutiny. Since 2008, he's been working as goalkeeping coach at the newly founded the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL.^[1]

Personal

While an active footballer, Janjuš had relationships with table tennis player Eržebet Palatinuš and singer Izvornika Milošević.^[2]

After moving to the United States, Janjuš married a woman named Susan. His daughter attended UNLV and resides in Vegas. On 6 December 2009, Janjuš was arrested for domestic battery by the St. Petersburg Police.^[3] He currently works for the Tampa Bay Rowdies as a goalkeepers coach and local clubs. Slobodan owns a number of local businesses including a bar which is filled with his footballing career photos and memories. 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 Real Salt Lake's attention who bought Attinella's contract. Bobby also coaches youth teams across the county and is has developed a youth female goalkeeper that represented the United States in a U-16 game.

References

1. Vujcic, Djuradj (2012-04-26). "Andres Arango RedNation Online Interview". Retrieved 2012-04-27.
2. Slobodan Janjuš : Suprugu Suzan sam upoznao u striptiz baru na Floridi
3. Slobodan Janjus

External sources

• Stats from Yugoslav Leagues at Zerodic.com.