Dime Jankulovski

Dime Jankulovski ( born June 18, 1977 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish football player with Macedonian ancestors. The goalkeeper, who came to international duty use in the Swedish national team in 2000, played in his career in Sweden and Norway.

Career

Career Start

Jankulovski started playing football in youth at Rannebergens IF. In 1991 he moved to the youth department of GAIS, where he remained two years. He then joined the youth of the Lundby IF. In 1996 he made ​​his debut for the then second-rate antretenden Club in the men's team, however, rose with her at the end of the season in the third-class Västra Götaland from Division 2. With the club made ​​him the season winner right off the bat the resurgence and made it higher class attention.

Those in charge of the first division Västra Frölunda IF piloted Jankulovski within Gothenburg in the Allsvenskan. In the season of 1998 he came to his Erstligadebüt and reached with the club to fifth place in the table. As a goalkeeper, he convinced the Nationaltrainerduo Tommy Söderberg and Lars Lagerback, appointed him to the end of 1999 as a goalkeeper Eddie Gustafsson for the next opening matches of the Swedish national team in 2000.

National debut and international experience

On 4 February 2000 Jankulovski was in the 1-1 draw against the Norwegian national team on the side of Klebér Saarenpää, Anders Svensson, Teddy Lucic, Andreas Andersson and Roland Nilsson in the post of national stores and was only overcome by John Carew. The subsequent season was unsuccessful for him. With the team to George Mourad and Fredrik Björck get only three wins this season, so Västra Frölunda IF descent as Table.

Jankulovski then moved within the Allsvenskan AIK to. There he was behind Daniel Andersson, who made his debut in the national team in early 2001, first substitute goalkeeper. In the summer, coach Olle Nordin decided to change goalkeepers, so Jankulovski in the Intertoto Cup match against the Welsh club Carmarthen Town, which ended 0-0 draw, his competitive debut for the club from Solna celebrated. As a result, he established himself as a regular force and played in the Allsvenskan eleven games in a row in which the club did not lose. In mid-September he was injured during the local derby against Djurgårdens IF and then lost his starting place to Andersson.

After only one season Jankulovski left the club again and moved to Norway to IK Start. There he signed a two -year contract. However, after only one year abroad, he returned because he could not permanently prevail against its competitors Rune Nilssen MEAs, and moved on to IFK Norrköping in the Superettan. After the first half of the season he moved on on loan and came under the first division Örgryte IS. Once he was in the following season with IFK Norrköping spare man, he left the club in the summer again as Players out on loan. Next Game Station was the Norwegian second division club Raufoss IL.

Return to Sweden

2005 Jankulovski returned again to Sweden and signed a contract with his former youth station GAIS. In Gothenburg second division, he established himself at once as a regular player and was a guarantee that the club in time league season 2005 occupied the relegation place and then in the duels against Landskrona BoIS the resurgence in the Allsvenskan managed. After he had contributed as a perennial favorite in all 26 games for the league, he was voted player of the year at his club after the 2006 season. On the side of players like Bobbie Friberg Da Cruz, Fredrik Lundgren, Richard Ekunde and Kenneth Gustafsson he was under coach Roland Nilsson and his successors Magnus Pehrsson and Alexander Axén of the mainstays of the team.

Also in the following years was Jankulovski strain force in the goal of Gothenburg clubs, with whom he had established itself in the premier league. Even after the club had committed a competitor prior to the 2010 season with former Finnish international goalkeeper Henri Sillanpää, he stood in the season in 28 games between the posts. Finally the goalie extended his contract in early 2011 to 2013. Due to injury, he must however fit partially in the subsequent season after a meniscus injury. After his recovery he returned in August back again, after a few blunders but stood his representation Sillanpää in the fall in the gate. In preparation for the season 2012 he withdrew a few days before the first season game in training a knee injury. In the summer he returned to the club located in a relegation battle on the field when he was substituted in the 0-2 defeat against Malmö FF in July for the injured Sillanpää. By the end of the season he played 16 league games, as Table of the club got off to the second division.

After the season 2012 Jankulovski ended after 200 league appearances for GAIS his active career and joined as an assistant to Thomas Askebrand in the coaching staff of the Gothenburg club. After the revival had been missed as much in seventh, the club and his sports management organized new. As a result Jankulovski left after just one year of the end of November 2013 in the dugout the club.

End of March 2014 took Jankulovski his active career back on, when it joined in July of the year as the third goalkeeper the Gothenburg first division club BK Hacken joined to complete the squad in the injury time of the talented young Teodor Söderberg.