Aleksandar Jankovic was born on May 6, 1972 in Belgrade, Serbia City, · and played for Red Star Belgrade (Serbia), ASC Sydney (Australia), AS Cherbourg (France) and FC Pau (France).
Jankovic started as an assistant coach at Red Star Belgrade in July 1999 and later as an assistant coach for Levski Sofia, Metallurgy Donetsk, Lokren, Lokomotiv Moscow and Serbia U21. In July 2007, Jankovic officially became the head coach of Red Star Belgrade, and since then has coached Belgrade, Loklen, Serbia U21, Mechelen, Standard Liege, China U19 B, China U20, and China U23. In February 2023, in order to prepare for the 2023 Asian Cup and the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the Chinese Football Association approved the appointment of Jankovic as the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team. In June 2023, in a friendly match against Myanmar, Jankovic ushered in his first victory since taking charge of the Chinese team. In February 2024, due to the failure of the Chinese men's national football team to qualify for the knockout stage of the Asian Cup, the coaching contract of the head coach was automatically terminated according to the agreement, and Jankovic no longer served as the head coach of the Chinese men's national football team.