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.

Club career

On 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

Cetinja 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

  1. ^ "Наша Сара Цетиња у шампионском јату!" (in Serbian). ФК "Проф. Болесников". 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Osnovni podaci:" (in Serbian). ŽFK Spartak Subotica. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "L'AS Nancy-Lorraine recrute une gardienne internationale serbe !" (in French). L'Est Républicain. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Sara Cetinja" (in French). Footofeminin. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Villani, Marco (27 July 2021). "Pomigliano, arriva tra i pali Sara Cetinja" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italia. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "SARA CETINJA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW🎙️". YouTube. Inter Milan. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Sara Cetinja joins Lazio". inter.it. Inter Milan. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Сара Цетиња дебитовала у најбољој селекцији Србије" (in Serbian). Moja Crvena Zvezda. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Ženska "A" | Portugal srećniji, 16 – godišnja Nina Matejić ponovo postigla gol" (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Cetinja
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