Jelena Čanković

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 Chelsea FC and the Serbia women's national team. She previously played for FC Rosengård of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.

Jelena Čanković
Čanković with FC Rosengård in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995
Place of birth Batajnica, FR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 28
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– Chelsea 14 (4)
International career‡
2013– Serbia 36 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:55, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

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]

Personal life

The footballer Jovana Damnjanović is Čanković's first cousin.[4]

Career statistics

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2021Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged, Hungary Hungary2–13–2Friendly
2.23 February 2022Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey Turkey4–25–22023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.22 September 2023Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański, Poland Ukraine1–12-12023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Spartak Subotica[5]

Barcelona[5]

Chelsea

Ferencváros[5]

Växjö[5]

FC Rosengård[5]

Individual

References
  1. Rangadó Díjátadó: elismerésekben is tarolt a Ferencváros
  2. "Cankovic joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. Frith, Wilf (26 August 2022). "Chelsea Women signed Serbian midfielder Jelena Cankovic". SheKicks. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. Radović, D. (17 July 2013). "Jelena Čanković: Mesi, izvini, moj idol je Ronaldinjo" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. "Serbia - J. Čanković - Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. Karlsson, Erik; Bergström, Kristoffer (20 October 2019). "FC Rosengård är svenska mästare". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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