His acquisition Vlado Jankovic formalized by Carditsa. The 33-year-old forward (2.02m), who finished last season in AEK, will strengthen the effort of Thessaly to stay in the Stoiximan Basket League. He is the second “winter” acquisition of the team after Tevin Mack, while he exists agreement with Ray McCallum as well.
The announcement:
Significant support for A.S. Karditsas JAPONIKI
AS Karditsas JAPONIKI announces the addition of Vlado Yankovic to the roster of the men’s team.
The experience, quality and personality of the Greek-Serbian forward will be very important elements in the course of the team in the rest of the season in the Basket League.
Vlado Jankovic is 33 years old (born March 3, 1990) with a height of 2.02 m and is the son of the late ace Boban Jankovic. In 2005 at the age of 15, he joined the youth team of Panionio, with which he showed his great talent from the first moment. He made his first appearance in the A1 National Team in 2017, while he remained at Panionios until 2013, with the exception of the period in which he played for Mega in Serbia.
Completing a long and very successful presence at Panionios, in 2013 he signed for Panathinaikos, with whom he played for three seasons (2013-2016), winning the Greek championship in 2014, as well as three Greek Cups (2014,2015,2016), while in the Euroleague, he reached the “8” of the competition three times.
In 2016-17 he started the season with the Spanish Valencia, but finished the year with the jersey of Aris Thessaloniki. Back to Spain in 2017, this time for Andorra with whom he competed throughout the season. In the 2018-19 season he was the leader of Cholargos in his first appearance in the A1 National Team, while the following year 2019-20 he wore the shirt of AEK, with which he played for two seasons until 2021, winning the Greek Cup and reaching the final of the Champions League.
In 2021-22 he moved to Thessaloniki for PAOK, while in the previous season, he joined AEK in the middle of the season, with whom he played in 12 league matches and 9 in the Champions League.
In total, he has 309 appearances, 2,451 points and 1,207 rebounds in the Basket League, 66 games with 359 in the Euroleague, 18 games and 125 points in the Eurocup and 45 appearances and 333 points in the BCL with 1 Greek championship and 4 Greek Cups.
Jankovic has played with all the national teams (Children, Youth, Youth and Men) with a total of 108 appearances and 929 points in the “blue and white” jersey. He has won gold medals at the European Junior Championships (2008) and the European Youth Championships (2009) and silver medals at the World Junior Championships (2009) and the European Youth Championships (2010).
We welcome Vlantos to AS Karditsa Japanese and wish him health and success with our team.
Source: Sport Fm
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