 Ognenovski in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sasa Ognenovski[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1979[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Preston Lions (director of football) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Preston Lions | 88 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Melbourne Knights | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Panachaiki | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Preston Lions | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Queensland Roar | 38 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Adelaide United | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 80 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Umm-Salal | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Sydney FC | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Preston Lions | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Preston Lions | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Australia | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Dandenong City (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Dandenong City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Preston Lions (assistant) & (technical director) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 December 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
Sasa Ognenovski (Macedonian: Саша Огненовски, romanized: Saša Ognenovski; born 3 April 1979) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a central defender, who played for the Australia national team on 22 occasions, and who last played for Sydney FC in the A-League.[2] He is currently work as director of football at Preston Lions.
In 2010, he was named Asian Footballer of the Year,[3] won a position in the K-League Best XI, and won the AFC Champions League with Seongnam. These achievements led to his inclusion in the Australian squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Eli Babalj, Ognenovski, at 1.95 m, is the joint third tallest player to have played for the Australia national soccer team, behind Zeljko Kalac (2.02 m) and Harry Souttar (1.98 m).[4]
- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
- ^ "Brosque to skipper Sydney". Australian FourFourTwo. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Ognenovski crowned AFC player of the year". FIFA. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Smithies, Tom. "World Cup qualifiers: Harry Souttar poised to become second-tallest Socceroo in clash against Kuwait". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2019.