Jelena Čanković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Чанковић, ; born 13 August 1995) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Serbia women's national team. She previously played for

FC Rosengård FC Rosengård (), known as Malmö FF Dam () until 2007 and later LdB FC Malmö until 2013, is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons ...

of the Swedish

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Club career

Čanković joined

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in August 2013 from Spartak Subotica. In September 2013, Čanković made her debut for the senior

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. She played for

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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. On 26 August 2022, Chelsea announced that they had sign Čanković on a three-year deal. On 23 August 2024, she signed for fellow WSL club

Personal life

The footballer

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is Čanković

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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Spartak Subotica * Serbian Super Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 *

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: 2011–12, 2012–13 Barcelona * Primera División: 2013–14 Ferencváros *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Växjö *

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: 2017 FC Rosengård *

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: 2021–22 Chelsea *

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, 2023–24 *

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Individual *

Player of the year: 2016

References

External links

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UEFA Statistic

Jelena Čanković via Skype

Jelena Čanković young girl, YouTube

Jelena Čanković analiza la Champions contra el Brondby
* * 1995 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Serbian women's footballers 21st-century Serbian sportswomen Serbia women's international footballers Liga F players FC Barcelona Femení players Ferencvárosi TC (women) footballers Damallsvenskan players Växjö DFF players FC Rosengård players Serbian expatriate women's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate women's footballers in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Serbian expatriate sportspeople in England ŽFK Spartak Subotica players Footballers from Belgrade Expatriate women's footballers in England Chelsea F.C. Women players Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players Women's Super League players {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub