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Jelena Čanković

Jelena Čanković
Čanković with FC Rosengård in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Batajnica, FR Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2011 FK Perspektiva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Spartak Subotica 50 (35)
2013–2014 Barcelona 20 (5)
2014–2015 Spartak Subotica 11 (1)
2015–2017 Ferencváros 40 (3)
2017–2019 Växjö 30 (4)
2019–2022 FC Rosengård 62 (19)
2022–2024 Chelsea 23 (4)
2024– Brighton & Hove Albion 6 (1)
International career‡
2013– Serbia 38 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Jelena Čanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Чанковић; born 13 August 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Serbia women's national team. She previously played for FC Rosengård of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.

Club career

Čanković joined FC Barcelona in August 2013 from Spartak Subotica. In September 2013, Čanković made her debut for the senior Serbia women's national football team. She played for Ferencvárosi TC before she signed for Växjö DFF. In 2016 Čanković was chosen as Player of the year in the Hungarian Jet-Sol Liga.[1] In 2018 she provided the most assists in Damallsvenkan and was named one of three nominees for Best Midfielder, selected from Swedish national team players and Damallsvenskan players.

On 26 August 2022, Chelsea announced that they had sign Čanković on a three-year deal.[2][3] On 23 August 2024, she signed for fellow WSL club Brighton & Hove Albion.[4]

Personal life

The footballer Jovana Damnjanović is Čanković first cousin.[5]

Career statistics

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 June 2021 Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged, Hungary  Hungary 2–1 3–2 Friendly
2. 23 February 2022 Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey  Turkey 4–2 5–2 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3. 22 September 2023 Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański, Poland  Ukraine 1–1 2–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Spartak Subotica[6]

Barcelona[6]

Ferencváros[6]

Växjö[6]

FC Rosengård[6]

Chelsea

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Rangadó Díjátadó: elismerésekben is tarolt a Ferencváros". Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Cankovic joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ Frith, Wilf (26 August 2022). "Chelsea Women signed Serbian midfielder Jelena Cankovic". SheKicks. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Brighton sign midfielder Cankovic from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ^ Radović, D. (17 July 2013). "Jelena Čanković: Mesi, izvini, moj idol je Ronaldinjo" (in Serbian). Blic. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Serbia - J. Čanković - Profile". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ Karlsson, Erik; Bergström, Kristoffer (20 October 2019). "FC Rosengård är svenska mästare". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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