Marc Janko

Marc Janko during the match against Germany (2012 )

Marc Janko ( born June 25, 1983 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player. He plays since August 2012 in the Süper Lig Trabzonspor.

Janko is the son of the former Austrian track and field athlete Eva Janko, in Mexico City won the bronze medal in the javelin at the Olympic Summer Games in 1968, and by Herbert Janko, 1966 to 1968 Austrian high jump champion.

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  • 4.2 Awards

Career

Admira Wacker Mödling

Janko began in 1990 with VfB Admira Wacker Mödling with the club football. In his youth he was often injured due to the enormous growth spurts. He managed the 2003 leap from amateur squad into the first team. But his first game in the Bundesliga, he completed a year later, in which he scored his first goal in the highest Austrian game level: On December 8, 2004 game against Grazer AK he was substituted at half-time and scored in the 87th minute be Premierentor. In spring 2005, followed by other missions as well as his winning goal at SV Austria Salzburg to 0:1 draw. After a relatively successful game year in Mödling the striker moved to the 2005/06 season for FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Red Bull Salzburg

In Salzburg, many new players had been brought, so Janko only after initial difficulties could win a fixed place in the starting line in spring 2006 and scored eleven goals in 17 games after the club takeover by Red Bull. The following season he fell due to injuries from almost complete, but wore for the first title of the Salzburg since 1997, two Goals. Rest of the year 2007 he spent with rehabilitation and construction training to the spring of 2008 again to be fit and to recommend for the European Championships held in summer. After a moderate spring and the cancellation of coach Josef Hickersberger a season followed with records.

With the offensive game orientation of new coach Co Adriaanse, he scored in the first Season 2008/ 09 three goals and gave one assist. On October 19, 2008 game against Altach he met for the first time in a top flight game four times. In this and the following round, he met a total of seven times. 16 November 2008 Janko was charged with 25 Bundesliga goals for the scorer of Red Bull Salzburg, fueling Oliver Bierhoff from which had stopped the record with 23 goals since the 1990/91 season. Three weeks later, he scored his 30th goal of the season in the 20th game, which he set the Saisonhalbzeittorrekord of Toni Polster. At the end of the season Janko was top scorer with 39 goals and won the Bronze Shoe. He also proclaimed by the IFFHS world's best Premiership Scorers 2009.

After a goal drought at the beginning of the season 2009/10 Janko scored 4 October 2009 again four goals in a league game. Also in the UEFA Europa League, he contributed two wins in Salzburg against Lazio and Villarreal CF ever to score in further two goals in the knockout phase against Standard Liege. The season he finished third in the scoring charts with 18 goals behind Steffen Hofmann (Rapid Wien, 20 goals ) and Roman Wallner ( LASK / Red Bull Salzburg, 19 goals). In the course of the season, it already came to disagreements with the coach Huub Stevens, who repeatedly anschuldete his defeats. One day after his third championship celebration with Salzburg hinted Janko wanting to leave the club. In the summer of 2010, he finally moved to Twente Enschede. The release was seven million euros - the highest sum that has been paid by then for an Austrian footballer.

Twente Enschede

Janko signed with the former Dutch champions Twente Enschede a four-year contract. With the release of seven million euros, he was the most expensive transfer in Twente club's history. In November 2012, he scored his 100th competitive goal and addendum of the Eredivisie match against Heracles Almelo for the third time in his career with four goals in a match of the national league. In the Cup Final 2011 against Ajax Amsterdam Janko came on to the second half of extra time, scoring three minutes from time to win a 3-2.

With Twente Janko was the 2010/11 season his debut in the UEFA Champions League and finished second in the group stage with his team to third place, which they still qualified for the UEFA Europa League. There he made ​​it to the quarterfinals, where you eliminated against Villarreal. In the last game of the championship Janko lost with Twente against Ajax Amsterdam 1:3, which Twente only runner-up was. The championship he finished as top scorer of his team with 14 goals.

Start of the season 2011/12 Janko was the second time the Dutch Supercup, the Johan Cruijff Schaal win. The 2-1 victory over Ajax Amsterdam, he scored the 1-0 with a penalty. In the third round of the Champions League Qualification Janko scored both goals in the 2-0 home win over FC Vaslui. He also scored in the Europa League group stage also a brace in the 4-1 win over Wisla Krakow. In the fifth group match against Fulham he came on as a 79th minute and scored ten minutes later, the 1-0 final score for Twente. After he had lost his place in Luuk de Jong in late 2011, he moved on the last day of the transfer time, on 31 January 2012 to FC Porto.

FC Porto

At FC Porto Europa League Winners 2011, he signed a contract until June 2015. This included a release clause of 20 million euros. At Porto he was not as usual will wear the number 21, but the 29 On February 5, 2012 at the League Cup Final against Vitória Setúbal he made his debut for FC Porto and scored the only goal in a 2-0 draw. In the Portuguese league Janko scored in a 4-0 home win over Uniao Leiria also in his first his first goal. He won with his team the championship and had ten missions and scored four goals. In the League Cup, he resigned from Porto in the semi-final against Benfica. In the Europa League, his team against Manchester City in the Round of difference with a total score of 1:6 in, but without the use Jankos because he was not eligible to play for the Europa League after he was already running for his former club Twente Enschede.

To prepare for the new season of the Primeira Liga in 2012/13 Janko suffered a hamstring and fell out a few weeks. He missed the preparation for the new season since the championship began in mid- August. To this end, Porto had committed the Colombian striker Jackson Martinez means for nine million euros. Since he was no longer in the squad of the team, he decided for a change to another club.

Trabzonspor

During the summer break in 2012 moved to Turkish club Trabzonspor Janko. He signed a three year contract there in 2015 and got the number 83 He made his debut on 2 September 2012 in the 0-1 away defeat against Gaziantepspor, when he came on in the 72nd minute. His first goal came on 12 Janko game against Orduspor; 2-1 Auswärtsieg he scored the intermediate 1-0. After the team of Janko had shown only average to poor performance, the coach Senol Güneş was dismissed and replaced by Tolunay Kafka.

Under his new coach, with whom he has already played at the Admiralty and the suggested him for Trabzonspor, Janko was initially his place. But after the 0-3 defeat against Fenerbahce Janko was deleted by Kafka from the squad on 17 February 2013. From today for some unknown reason Janko was suspended and sentenced to one training. He himself could not explain the situation and had to be loud statement owners nothing to be guilty. After Trabzonspor, at the end of the season ranked without Janko only ranked 9 and they lost the Turkish Cup final Tolunay Kafka was dismissed.

As a new coach Mustafa Resit Akçay was presented, the Janko finally brought back after almost 7 months of absence and individual training to the team. After Janko again stood for several weeks in training, he was a substitute in 0-1 away win against Kayserispor in 85 minutes on Matchday 5, 23 September 2013. This was followed in the league a few more brief appearances between 10 and 15 minutes. On October 24, 2013, Janko was the first time in a long time in the starting XI of the Black Sea clubs and posted at the same time, the first goal in the 2-0 home win in the UEFA Europa League against Legia Warsaw. This was followed by Janko yet another use in the league, but after that he only very rarely got spanked in the squad of Trabzonspor. Only one more grid, in the Turkish Cup, the 1-3 defeat against Balikesirspor where Marc Janko 's only goal for the club was successful, and an insert in the league, was Janko no longer inside. Marc Janko was then at the club during the winter break want to leave. According to some media reports had clubs from Italy, England ( Leicester City ), and the Scottish giants Celtic Glasgow interested in signing. Janko himself admitted in an interview: "I would go for walk to Glasgow Celtic ." However, Trabzonspor was at the end of the transfer time no green light for a change from Janko, which was a big surprise for him, since he rarely or do not play.

National

Known to a wider public Janko was his two goals in the 2-1 victory for the Austrian U-21 national team in 2005 against the U-21 team in England.

His debut for the Austrian national team, he was on 23 May 2006 in the match against Croatia. He also stood in the extended squad for the Austrian Championship 2008 in their own country, but was dropped from the squad shortly before the tournament by coach Josef Hickersberger. Under the new team manager Karel Bruckner Janko gave the EM his comeback in the national team. In the friendly against Italy, he scored his first goal in the team dress in the qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup against France and Serbia he contributed also per a hit on. In addition, he scored a brace against the Faroe Islands as well as one goal against Lithuania and in the away match against France. Overall, Janko scored in seven qualifiers six goals for Austria.

In the next European Championship qualifier for the 2012 European Football Championship Marc Janko first achieved a single goal. After two years without a goal for the national team Janko scored in a 4-1 away win against Azerbaijan in October 2011 a brace. So he ranked with Austria after qualifying in Group A at No. 4, with 5 panels and 2 gates.

On 12 August 2009, he was in a friendly against Cameroon for the first time the loop captain of the national team; from 3 March 2010 friendly match against Denmark, he was the official captain. This office he had to release it again under the new coach Marcel Koller after two and a half years in 2012. New captain was Christian Fuchs; Janko himself became deputy captain.

Others

Janko contributed Salzburg, Twente, at the beginning of the second season with Porto and currently with the national team, the number 21

On the occasion of EURO 2008, he sang at the anthem We are Europe of Rain Fendrich.

Achievements

Title

  • 3 × Austrian champion: 2007, 2009, 2010
  • 1 × Dutch Cup winner: 2011
  • 2 × Dutch Super Cup winners: 2010 (no use ), 2011
  • 1 × Portuguese champions: 2012
  • 1 × Portuguese Supercup: 2012 (no use )

Awards

Social Commitment

For several years, Janko is a supporter of the Salzburg Children's Cancer Aid. He has visited many a time the bodies of the Foundation and participated in different projects.

Most recently, he was involved in the project of the construction of the Island of the Sun, the Austria 's first psycho- social rehabilitation center in Neumarkt am Wallersee. As a contribution Janko collected for one year a variety of soccer jerseys of soccer players, which were then auctioned on eBay. A total of 25 jerseys were sold, among other things by himself and other prominent players such as Hulk, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Alaba, Arjen Robben, Manuel Neuer, Franck Ribery, Neymar, Radamel Falcao, Didier Drogba, Raul Gonzalez and many others. The proceeds then benefited the edifying of the building. A total of 14,000 euros could be bought in the two weeks of action. Heather Janik, the chairwoman of the Children's Cancer Aid and building owner taught a big thanks to the footballer Janko.

Pictures

Open Day 2009

Champions League qualification against Bohemians Dublin

Marc Janko during warm-up

Marc Janko in the Champion 2008 /09

Marc Janko in Austria against Denmark Dress

Marc Janko ( 2009)

Marc Janko in the game against Mattersburg

Marc Janko

Marc Janko during interview

Marc Janko with Gustafsson

Marc Janko in Austria dress against Belgium

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