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.

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. 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.

Personal life
The footballer Jovana Damnjanović is Čanković's first cousin.

Career statistics
International goals

Honours
Spartak Subotica Barcelona  Ferencváros  Växjö  FC Rosengård  Chelsea Individual
 * Serbian Super Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
 * Serbian Women's Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13
 * Primera División: 2013–14
 * Női NB I: 2014–15, 2015–16
 * Hungarian Women's Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Elitettan: 2017
 * Damallsvenskan: 2019, 2021
 * Svenska Cupen: 2021–22
 * FA Women's Super League: 2022–23, 2023–24
 * Women's FA Cup: 2022–23
 * Női NB I Player of the year: 2016