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Jelena Čanković
	Čanković with FC Rosengård in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2011–2013	Spartak Subotica
2013–2014	Barcelona
2014–2015	Spartak Subotica
2015–2017	Ferencváros
2017–2019	Växjö
2019–2022	FC Rosengård
2022–2024	Chelsea
2024–	Brighton & Hove Albion
International career‡
2013–	Serbia
	*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]

Serbian Super Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
Serbian Women's Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13

Barcelona^[6]

Primera División: 2013–14

Ferencváros^[6]

Női NB I: 2014–15, 2015–16
Hungarian Women's Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Växjö^[6]

Elitettan: 2017

FC Rosengård^[6]

Damallsvenskan: 2019,^[7] 2021
Svenska Cupen: 2021–22

Chelsea

Individual

Női NB I Player of the year: 2016^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rangadó Díjátadó: elismerésekben is tarolt a Ferencváros". Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Cankovic joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Brighton sign midfielder Cankovic from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Serbia - J. Čanković - Profile". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ 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.