Jelena Čanković

Jelena Čanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Чанковић; born 13 August 1995), is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FC Rosengård of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She 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. 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.

Jelena Čanković
Personal information
Full name Jelena Čanković
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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Rosengård
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– FC Rosengård 15 (2)
National team
2013– Serbia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

The footballer Jovana Damnjanović is Čanković's first cousin.[1]

Achievements

References
  1. Radović, D. (17 July 2013). "Jelena Čanković: Mesi, izvini, moj idol je Ronaldinjo" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 10 January 2014.


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