Personal information | |||
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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. |
Slobodan "Čobo" Janjuš (born January 7, 1952 in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) 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.
Since the early 1990s Janjuš lives in the United States. Usually referred to as "Bobby" in the U.S., he worked as goalkeeping coach with MLS' Tampa Bay Mutiny.
Since 2008, he's been working as goalkeeping coach at the newly established Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL. 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.