Ognjen Čančarević (; sr-Cyrl, Огњен Чанчаревић; born 25 September 1989) is a professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Serbia, he plays for the Armenia national team.

Club career

Čančarević initially played with

Sloboda Užice A sloboda was a type of settlement in the history of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for 'freedom' and may be loosely translated as 'free settlement'.

, FK Zlatibor Užice, FK Sloga Bajina Bašta and

FK Sevojno FK Sevojno () is a football club based in Sevojno, Užice, Serbia. They compete in the Drina Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. History The beginnings of the club coincided with the construction of a local copper rolling ...

. He joined Radnički in summer 2009 and after playing two seasons in the

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they won promotion to the

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in 2011. In 2018, he became an Alashkert player. On 15 January 2024,

announced the signing of Čančarević following his release from Alashkert on 11 January 2024. On 6 August 2024, he scored as a goalkeeper against

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in the third qualifying round of

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. On 10 June 2025, Noah announced that they had extended their contract with Čančarević.

International career

Čančarević was called up to the Serbia national team for a friendly match against the

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on 29 January 2017. He remained on the bench with the match ending 0–0. After five years of living in Armenia, he received Armenian citizenship. In June 2023 he was called up to join the Armenia national team, making his debut against

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on 16 June 2023.

Personal life

His father

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was also a professional footballer and so is his cousin Luka.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Alashkert *

: 2017–18,

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Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

: 2018–19 *

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Ar ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Noah *

: 2024–25 *

: 2024–25

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cancarevic, Ognjen 1989 births Living people Footballers from Užice Serbian emigrants to Armenia Armenian people of Serbian descent Naturalized citizens of Armenia Naturalised association football players Men's association football goalkeepers Serbian men's footballers Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers GFK Sloboda Užice players FK Sevojno players FK Radnički 1923 players OFK Beograd players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Radnik Surdulica players FC Alashkert players FC Noah players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Armenian Premier League players