Vlado Janković
Vladimir "Vlado" Janković (, Vladimiros "Vlando" Yankovits, ; born March 3, 1990) is a Greek-Serbian professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays as a small forward. He is the son of the late Serbian professional basketball player, Boban Janković. Early life. Janković was born March 3, 1990, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is the son of the famous late Serbian professional basketball player Boban Janković, who was tragically paralyzed during a Greek Basket League playoff game between Panionios and  Panathinaikos in 1993. Janković moved to Greece with his family at the age of two, when his father, Boban, joined the Greek club Panionios for the 1992–93 season. Professional career. Janković began his professional career with the Greek Basket League club Panionios in 2007. In 2008, he moved to the Serbian club Mega, on loan from Panionios. He then returned to Panionios in 2009. On 20 June 2013, Janković joined the Greek club Panathinaikos. He was announced as a new player of Panathinaikos, for the following three years, along with his Panionios teammate Nikos Pappas. During his second season at  the club, he switched his jersey number from 16 to 8. Janković played in the 2016 NBA Summer League, with the Summer League squad of the New Orleans Pelicans. On August 3, 2016, Janković signed with the Spanish Liga ACB club Valencia. On October 31, 2016, he was loaned to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, for the rest of the season. On July 20, 2017, Janković signed with Andorra. He spent the entire Greek League 2018–19 season with Holargos, averaging a career-high 13.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. On November 11, 2019, Janković signed a seven -month (2+5) contract with AEK Athens. He signed a two-year extension with the team on August 3, 2020. On July 23, 2021, Janković officially moved back to Thessaloniki for PAOK. National team career. Greek junior national team. Janković won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, while playing with the junior Greek national basketball team. Janković also won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup and the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship with Greece 's junior national team. Greek senior national team. Janković became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2013, when he was invited to train with the team during its preparation phase before the EuroBasket 2013. Personal life. Janković speaks Greek, Serbian, and English fluently. In September 2012, Jankovic began dating former Greek model Elena Papadopoulou and on July 21, 2018 they married in Paros. On September 7, 2019, Papadopoulou gave birth to their first child, a son Maximo Jankovic.