Dime Jankulovski

Dime Jankulovski (Macedonian: Диме Јанкуловски; born 18 June 1977) is a Swedish football coach and former professional player who currently is the assistant coach of Västra Frölunda IF. He played as a goalkeeper.

Dime Jankulovski
Jankulovski in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-06-18) 18 June 1977
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Västra Frölunda (assistant)
Youth career
1982–1989 Rannebergens IF
1990–1992 GAIS
1993–1996 Lundby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Lundby IF 21 (0)
1998–2001 Västra Frölunda 56 (0)
2001 → AIK (loan) 11 (0)
2002–2003 IK Start 14 (0)
2003–2004 IFK Norrköping 13 (0)
2003 → Örgryte IS (loan) 4 (0)
2004 → Raufoss IL (loan) 19 (0)
2005–2012 GAIS 200 (0)
2014 BK Häcken 0 (0)
2015–2017 Örgryte IS 0 (0)
International career
1998–1999 Sweden U21 9 (0)
2000 Sweden 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013 GAIS (assistant)
2014 Lärje-Angered IF
2020– Västra Frölunda (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Having started his youth years at Rannebergens IF, Jankulovski shortly after moved to join GAIS youth section. Due to financial difficulties for the youth section, he was forced to depart the club and ended up at Lundby IF, where he eventually made his senior team debut.[1]

Jankulovski's playing in Lundby attracted the attention of local rival Västra Frölunda IF, and he signed for them prior to the 1998 season, helping them to 5th place in the 1998 season, ending up ahead of local rivals IFK Göteborg. The following seasons did not go as well and eventually saw the club relegated at the end of the 2000 season. He decided not to follow and was instead loaned out to Swedish top club AIK.[2] Due to an injury and surgery, Jankulovski was unable to fully compete for the goalkeeper position until after the season had started, and he made his debut against Carmarthen Town in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, followed by 11 straight games in Allsvenskan. In the second Tvillingderbyt of the season, Jankulovski injured himself, and the injury prevented him from playing any more matches that season.[2]

AIK decided not to sign Jankulovski after the season and he returned to Västra Frölunda. Frölunda, however, decided to go for young and talented John Alvbåge rather than Jankulovski, and after a few failed attempts they were able to release him to Norwegian club IK Start.[3] Following a promising start, having been voted player of the month in April,[4] Jankulovski suffered a three-match ban, while at the same time the club sacked Jan Halvor Halvorsen as manager of the club, the new manager Guðjón Þórðarson, did sidline [sic?] Jankulovski, and on top of it all IK Start suffered from economic difficulties, resulting in the club selling several of its players and Jankulovski had his contract terminated.[5] As Balázs Rabóczki left IFK Norrköping, the club decided to sign Jankulovski on a three-year contract as a replacement.[5][6]

Jankulovski's time in IFK Norrköping was not successful, as he was early loaned out to Örgryte IS,[7] returning to Norrköping he ended up as second choice behind Andreas Lindberg and the club decided to yet again loan him out, this time to 1. divisjon club Raufoss IL.[8]

Returning to Norrköping, both Jankulovski and the club decided to release him from his contract and Jankulovski returned home to Göteborg and GAIS.[1]

International career

Jankulovski represented Sweden's U21 team in 9 games. In 2000, he was called up to Sweden national team for a match against Norway on 4 February, which ended 1–1.[9]

Coaching and later career

On 8 October 2012, it was announced that Jankulovski would become new assistant manager to Thomas Askebrand in 2013.[10] He left the position in November 2013. At the end of the same month, he was hired head coach of Lärje-Angered IF for the 2014 season.[11] In March 2014, he also signed with BK Häcken as a back-up keeper, training one or two times a week and eventually sit on the bench if one of the two goalkeepers was unavailable.[12]

In the summer 2015, Jankulovski returned to Örgryte IS as a goalkeeper coach and back-up keeper.[13] He left the position as goalkeeper coach at the end of December 2019.[14]

At the end of December 2019 it was confirmed, that Jankulovski had been appointed assistant coach of his former club Västra Frölunda IF under newly appointed manager and Jankulovski's former teammate Fredrik Björck.[15] As of March 2023 he coaches his daughter's youth football team Sävedalens IF.[16]

Personal life

Jankulovski played both football and handball in his youth but stopped with handball when debuting for Lundby IF's senior team,[2] he also been a GAIS supporter since young years and saw several matches from GAIS support section on Gamla Ullevi.[1]

References
  1. "Presentation av Dime" (in Swedish). gais.se. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. "Dime Jankulovski – Målvakten sommaren 2001" (in Swedish). aik.se. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  3. "Dime gör succé i Norge" (in Swedish). fotbolldirekt.se. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. "Best i Norge" (in Norwegian). dagbladet.no. 4 May 2002. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. "Balázs ut och Dime in – Målvaktsbyte i IFK" (in Swedish). folkbladet.se. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. "Jankulovski tar över i Norrköpings mål" (in Swedish). dn.se. 20 January 2003. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  7. "Klart med Dime till Öis" (in Swedish). sverigesradio.se. 16 July 2003. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  8. "Jankulovski flyttar till Norge" (in Swedish). folkbladet.se. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  9. "Herr: Oavgjort mot Norge" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 4 February 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  10. Ny sportchef och assisterande tränare klar inför 2013, svenskafans.com, 8 October 2010
  11. Dime Jankulovski klar för Lärje-Angereds IF, gp.se, 27 November 2013
  12. Skrällen: Dime Jankulovski blir backup i Häcken, fotbolltransfers.com, 27 March 2014
  13. Öis värvar duo från superettan – och Dime Jankulovski, fotbollskanalen.se, 8 August 2015
  14. Dime Jankulovski lämnar Sällskapet, fotboll.ois.se, 6 December 2019
  15. Frölundaprofilerna tillbaka – som tränare, gp.se, 6 December 2019
  16. Sävedalens IF flickor 13, truppen 2023, svenskalag.se
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