February 24th, the Chinese Football Association officially announced that the Serbian coach Jankovic officially served as the head coach of the Chinese national football team
Previously, he served as the coach of the U23 national team’s men’s football team.
Football Association Official Announcement
In order to prepare for the 2023 Asian Cup and the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers, after the review of the expert review group and the approval of the Chinese Football Association, Jankovic was hired as the head coach of the Chinese National Men’s Football Team.
Aleksandar Jankovic was born in Serbia on May 6, 1972.
During the player period, he played for Belgrade Red Star (Serbia), ASC Sydney (Australia), AS Cherbourg (France) and other teams.
After serving as a coach, he has coached the Serbia U-21 National Men’s Football Team, Belgrade Red Star (Serbia), Standard Liege (Belgium) and other teams, and won the 2011 Serbia Most Visionary Coach Award issued by the Serbian Football Association.
On September 28, 2018, Jankovic became the head coach of the yellow team of the Chinese U-19 (1999 age group) national men’s football team.
On October 26, 2020, Jankovic completed his contract renewal and led the Chinese U-21 (1999 age group) national men’s football team to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
In July 2022, Jankovic led the Chinese National Men’s Football Selection Team to play in the 2022 East Asian Football Confederation E-1 Championship and won the third place.
During Jankovic’s coaching of the U23 national football team, he led the team in 10 games and achieved 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.