Marc Janko
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Marc Janko is an Austria
n football player, who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie
side FC Twente
.
Janko has in various seasons been known as a goal-getter, scoring 77 goals in 121 Austrian Bundesliga matches. He has played for Admira Wacker Mödling
and Red Bull Salzburg.
He is the son of Eva Janko
, who won a bronze medal in the women's Javelin
event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City
.
from Mödling
, Lower Austria
. After successful years he came to Red Bull Salzburg. He was one of the most important players for the team and in the end of the 2005 season he scored 11 goals in 10 matches.
, who scored 23 during the 1990-91 season. Janko continued his scoring streak with a four goal performance against league rival Altach. On 6 December 2008, he surpassed Toni Polster as the all-time half-season scoring champion by registering 30 goals in 20 matches.
He scored 5 hat tricks in the league during the season, including a four-goal performance after coming on as a second-half substitute against SCR Altach (Salzburg won the game 4-3 due to his goals). In total he scored an impressive 39 goals (plus 9 assists) in only 34 games as RB Salzburg won the league.
Due to his 39 goals scored in the 2008-2009 season, he became the goal leader for all leagues worldwide during the year. His success caught the attention of several English Premier League clubs and Celtic
, however, he signed a new contract with Red Bull on 30 January 2009, which will keep him in Salzburg until June 2013.
. His best games were a 4-goal effort against FC Carinthia on October 4, and a pair of goals scored against Josko Ried on February 13, 2010.
Janko was also an integral part of the Salzburg team that enjoyed success in its pool play in the UEFA Europa League. He had a strong performance against Standard Liege
on 19 February 2010, scoring his side's 2 goals in a 3-2 loss in the first tie of the Round of 32.
in the 117th minute to seal a 3-2 victory.
|2002–03||rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker
||rowspan="3"|Austrian Bundesliga||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|2003–04||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|2004–05||13||2||?||?||?||?||13||2
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|2005–06||rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg||rowspan="5"|Austrian Bundesliga||18||11||?||?||?||?||18||11
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|2006–07||8||2||?||?||2||1||10||3
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|2007–08||14||5||?||?||0||0||14||5
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|2008–09||34||39||1||1||1||0||36||40
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|2009–10||34||18||?||?||6||4||40||22
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|2010–11|||FC Twente
|||Eredivisie
||29||14||4||2||6||1||39||17
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|2011–12
|||FC Twente
|||Eredivisie
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121||77||1||1||9||5||125||83
38||24||5||3||7||3||49||30
153||95||6||4||16||8||175||113
in a May 2006 friendly match against Croatia
and earned his second cap in October that year against Liechtenstein
. In 2009, he scored one of Austria's two goals against Lithuania on October 10, 2009. Four days later, he scored Austria's lone goal against France. So far he has scored 7 goals in 19 matches for the team.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n football player, who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
side FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
.
Janko has in various seasons been known as a goal-getter, scoring 77 goals in 121 Austrian Bundesliga matches. He has played for Admira Wacker Mödling
VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital...
and Red Bull Salzburg.
He is the son of Eva Janko
Eva Janko
Eva Janko is a former javelin thrower from Austria. She is the mother of the Austrian national football team player Marc Janko....
, who won a bronze medal in the women's Javelin
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
Red Bull Salzburg
Janko is a very well known tall striker also known as 'das hert' who started his career playing at the traditional club Admira WackerVfB Admira Wacker Mödling
FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital...
from Mödling
Mödling
Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.The settlement dates back to the Neolithic. In medieval times, the town was the residence of a branch of the Babenberger family, as a result of which it received the nickname...
, Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. After successful years he came to Red Bull Salzburg. He was one of the most important players for the team and in the end of the 2005 season he scored 11 goals in 10 matches.
2008-2009 Season
He started the 2008–09 season in great fashion, scoring 5 goals in the first 2 games. On 16 November 2008, Janko became the all-time club leader for goals scored in one season for Salzburg. His 25 goals in less than half a season, surpassed previous record-holder Oliver BierhoffOliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...
, who scored 23 during the 1990-91 season. Janko continued his scoring streak with a four goal performance against league rival Altach. On 6 December 2008, he surpassed Toni Polster as the all-time half-season scoring champion by registering 30 goals in 20 matches.
He scored 5 hat tricks in the league during the season, including a four-goal performance after coming on as a second-half substitute against SCR Altach (Salzburg won the game 4-3 due to his goals). In total he scored an impressive 39 goals (plus 9 assists) in only 34 games as RB Salzburg won the league.
Due to his 39 goals scored in the 2008-2009 season, he became the goal leader for all leagues worldwide during the year. His success caught the attention of several English Premier League clubs and Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
, however, he signed a new contract with Red Bull on 30 January 2009, which will keep him in Salzburg until June 2013.
2009-2010 Season
Though there were constant rumors and speculation that Janko would sign with a different club, he stayed with the Red Bulls. Through 21 games that season, Janko scored 12 goals which currently puts him in second place in the Austrian Bundesliga behind teammate Roman WallnerRoman Wallner
Roman Wallner is an Austrian footballer currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.-Domestic:Wallner began his career with hometown Sturm Graz in 1998. In the following year he moved to Rapid Wien, where he would have his most successful years, appearing in over 100 matches and scoring 42 goals...
. His best games were a 4-goal effort against FC Carinthia on October 4, and a pair of goals scored against Josko Ried on February 13, 2010.
Janko was also an integral part of the Salzburg team that enjoyed success in its pool play in the UEFA Europa League. He had a strong performance against Standard Liege
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....
on 19 February 2010, scoring his side's 2 goals in a 3-2 loss in the first tie of the Round of 32.
FC Twente
Marc Janko signed a 4-year contract with FC Twente Enschede in the Netherlands on June 21, 2010 and was given the number #21 shirt previously worn by fellow countryman Marko Arnautović. Twente will pay Red Bull Salzburg an amount between 4 and 7 million euro. On 8 May 2011, Janko scored the winning goal of the 2011 KNVB Cup Final against AjaxAjax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
in the 117th minute to seal a 3-2 victory.
Career statistics
|-|2002–03||rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker
VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital...
||rowspan="3"|Austrian Bundesliga||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2003–04||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|2004–05||13||2||?||?||?||?||13||2
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg||rowspan="5"|Austrian Bundesliga||18||11||?||?||?||?||18||11
|-
|2006–07||8||2||?||?||2||1||10||3
|-
|2007–08||14||5||?||?||0||0||14||5
|-
|2008–09||34||39||1||1||1||0||36||40
|-
|2009–10||34||18||?||?||6||4||40||22
|-
|2010–11|||FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|||Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||29||14||4||2||6||1||39||17
|-
|2011–12
2011–12 Eredivisie
The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the fifty-sixth season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and will end in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs.-Teams:...
|||FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|||Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||9||10||1||1||1||2||11||13
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121||77||1||1||9||5||125||83
38||24||5||3||7||3||49||30
153||95||6||4||16||8||175||113
International career
He made his debut for AustriaAustria national football team
The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
in a May 2006 friendly match against Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
and earned his second cap in October that year against Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein national football team
The Liechtenstein national football team is the national football team of Liechtenstein and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association. The organisation is known as the Liechtensteiner Fussballverband in German. The team's first match was an unofficial match against Malta in Seoul, a...
. In 2009, he scored one of Austria's two goals against Lithuania on October 10, 2009. Four days later, he scored Austria's lone goal against France. So far he has scored 7 goals in 19 matches for the team.
Club
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10
- FC TwenteFC TwenteFC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
- KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 2011 - Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2011Johan Cruijff-schaal XVIThe 2011 Johan Cruijff Schaal was held on July 30, 2011 at the Amsterdam ArenA. The match was between 2010–11 KNVB Cup winners FC Twente and the 2010-11 Eredivisie winners Ajax. FC Twente won 2-1 in the Amsterdam ArenA in front of 45,000 fans....
- KNVB Cup
Individual
- Austrian Football Bundesliga Topscorer: 2008-09 (39 goals)
External links
- Official website - Marc Janko
- Player profile - Red Bulls Salzburg