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.

Club Career

Vojvodina

As a youth player, Pankov developed under the supervision of Vojvodina youth coach Milan Kosanovic. He was a member of one of the most talented generations in Vojvodina's youth ranks, as his teammates at the time included Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Mijat Gacinovic, Srdan Babic, Nebojsa Kosovic, Emil Rockov, and Milan Spremo. He emphasized that Spremo was "by far the greatest talent of that generation".

Pankov made his professional debut for Vojvodina on 10 May 2014 in 1-0 home loss to Jagodina. 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. 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. The first leg win against Sampdoria ultimately helped Vojvodina make the play-off against Viktoria Plzen, after which Vojvodina was eliminated.

Ural Sverdlovskaya Oblast

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

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

Radnicki Nis

On 20 June 2018, Pankov signed a three-year contract with Serbian club Radnicki Nis.

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