Radovan Pankov

Radovan Pankov (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Панков; born 5 August 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.

Radovan Pankov
Personal information
Full name Radovan Pankov
Date of birth (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2014 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Vojvodina 46 (0)
2016–2018 Ural Yekaterinburg 5 (0)
2017–2018 → AEK Larnaca (loan) 5 (1)
2018–2019 Radnički Niš 35 (3)
2019– Red Star Belgrade 41 (2)
National team‡
2014 Serbia U19[1] 2 (0)
2015 Serbia U20 4 (0)
2018– Serbia U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2018

Club career

Vojvodina

As a youth player, Pankov developed under the supervision of Vojvodina youth coach Milan Kosanović.[2] He was a member of one of the most talented generations in Vojvodina's youth ranks, as his teammates at the time included Sergej Milinković-Savić, Mijat Gaćinović, Srđan Babić, Nebojša Kosović, Emil Rockov, and Milan Spremo.[2] He emphasized that Spremo was "by far the greatest talent of that generation".[2]

Pankov made his professional debut for Vojvodina on 10 May 2014 in 1-0 home loss to Jagodina.[3] In the summer of 2015, Pankov participated in Vojvodina's 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying campaign. On 30 July 2015, he played in a historic 0-4 away win against Sampdoria in the first leg of the third qualifying round for the Europa League.[4] In an interview with Mozzart Sport in August 2019, Pankov claimed that the best striker he ever played against was Luis Muriel from the 2015 Europa League duel with Sampdoria.[2] The first leg win against Sampdoria ultimately helped Vojvodina make the play-off against Viktoria Plzeň, after which Vojvodina was eliminated.

Ural Sverdlovskaya Oblast

On 23 May 2016, Pankov signed a long-term contract with Russian side Ural Sverdlovskaya Oblast.[5] He was the second player from Vojvodina to join Ural that spring, after Dominik Dinga.[2] Shortly after joining Ural, he suffered an adductor injury.[2]

On 30 June 2017, Pankov signed a one-season loan deal with Cypriot side AEK Larnaca.[6]

Radnički Niš

On 20 June 2018, Pankov signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Radnički Niš.[7] He played as a starter under coach Nenad Lalatović, and Radnički Niš went on to finish second overall in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga. He was named by Zajednica Super lige among the best eleven players in the entire league that season.[8]

Red Star Belgrade

On 31 May 2019, Pankov signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[9] On 13 August 2019, he played a memorable match in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League against Copenhagen. He marked Dame N'Doye throughout the match and scored the winning penalty in a penalty shoot-out after overtime.[2]

International career

Pankov was selected by coach Veljko Paunović to Serbia's squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Serbia ended up winning.

Personal life

Pankov's mother hailed from Herzegovina.[2] His father, Miloš Pankov, was originally from Tovariševo[10] and played as a playmaker for Proleter Zrenjanin in Yugoslavia's third tier.[2] At one point he was a teammate with Darko Kovačević.[2] He was killed in a car accident when Pankov was 11 years old.[2]

Honours

Club
Red Star Belgrade

International
Serbia

Individual

References
  1. Only official UEFA matches included
  2. Darjan Nedeljković (17 August 2019). "INTERVJU – RADOVAN PANKOV: Nikad ne zaboravi ko ti je bio đed!". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. "28.Kolo: Vojvodina - Jagodina". superliga.rs (in Serbian). 10 May 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. "EL: Vojvodina humiliate Samp 4-0". Football Italia. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. «УРАЛ» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ ДОЛГОСРОЧНЫЙ КОНТРАКТ С РАДОВАНОМ ПАНКОВЫМ Archived 2016-05-23 at Archive.today at Ural Sverdlovskaya Oblast official website, 23-5-2016 (in Russian)
  6. "Συμφωνία για τον δανεισμό του Radovan Pankov". www.aek.com.cy (in Greek). 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  7. Mihajlo Vidojević (20 June 2018). "Zlatni "Orlić" na Čairu!". Sportske.net. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. "НАЈБОЉИ У СУПЕР ЛИГИ: Марин најбољи играч, Милојевић поново без премца, квартет дуплирао успех". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. "Панков прво појачање за нову сезону". Red Star Belgrade (in Serbian). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. Mirko Marković (28 June 2019). "'LJUBAV PREMA ZVEZDI BILA JE SAMO PROBLEM': Trnovit put Radovana Pankova do dečijeg sna!". HotSport (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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