Sara Cetinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Сара Цетиња, born 16 April 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Lazio and the Serbia women's national team, after previously playing for Inter Milan.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | FK „Prof. Bolesnikov“ | ||
| 2014–2015 | ŽFK Spartak Subotica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | ŽFK Spartak Subotica | ||
| 2018–2020 | ŽFK Crvena zvezda | ||
| 2020–2021 | Nancy | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Pomigliano | 45 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Inter Milan | 23 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lazio | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Serbia | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:22, 28 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editOn 12 February 2014 Cetinja signed her first contract with national champions ŽFK Spartak Subotica, following seven years in the youth teams at FK „Prof. Bolesnikov“.[1] She made her Serbian Women's Super League debut for the club on 31 August 2015.[2]
In October 2020, Cetinja transferred to AS Nancy Lorraine of the French Division 2 Féminine.[3] She made two league appearances,[4] before the club requested its own demotion to the regional categories at the end of the season.[5]
On 27 July 2021, it was announced that Cetinja had moved from Nancy to newly-promoted Serie A club Pomigliano.[6]
Cetinja joined Inter Milan for the 2023-24 season, starting in goal in 23 of their 28 league games.[7] After one season with the Nerazzurri, Cetinja moved to newly-promoted Lazio in August 2024.[8]
International career
editCetinja made her first appearance for the senior Serbia women's national football team on 17 June 2019, in a 3–2 friendly win over Romania at the headquarters of the Football Association of Serbia at Stara Pazova.[9]
In October 2021, Cetinja played the full match as a Serbia team depleted by injuries and COVID-19 lost their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier 2–1 to Portugal at Estádio do Bonfim in Setúbal.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Наша Сара Цетиња у шампионском јату!" (in Serbian). ФК "Проф. Болесников". 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Osnovni podaci:" (in Serbian). ŽFK Spartak Subotica. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "L'AS Nancy-Lorraine recrute une gardienne internationale serbe !" (in French). L'Est Républicain. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Sara Cetinja" (in French). Footofeminin. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Jacquot, Romain (2 June 2021). "À la demande du club, l'équipe féminine de l'AS Nancy Lorraine redescend au niveau régional !" (in French). L'Est Républicain. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Villani, Marco (27 July 2021). "Pomigliano, arriva tra i pali Sara Cetinja" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italia. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "SARA CETINJA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW🎙️". YouTube. Inter Milan. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Sara Cetinja joins Lazio". inter.it. Inter Milan. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Сара Цетиња дебитовала у најбољој селекцији Србије" (in Serbian). Moja Crvena Zvezda. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Ženska "A" | Portugal srećniji, 16 – godišnja Nina Matejić ponovo postigla gol" (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
External links
edit- Sara Cetinja at Soccerway
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