Sara Cetinja

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| name = Sara Cetinja

| image =

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|16}}

| birth_place = Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.68 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Lazio

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| youthyears1= 2007–2014

| youthclubs1= FK „Prof. Bolesnikov“

| youthyears2= 2014–2015

| youthclubs2= ŽFK Spartak Subotica

| years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = ŽFK Spartak Subotica | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2018–2020 | clubs2 = ŽFK Crvena zvezda | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Nancy | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = Pomigliano | caps4 = 45 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = Inter Milan | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = Lazio | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1= 2019– | nationalteam1= Serbia | nationalcaps1= 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0

|club-update = 18 November 2024

|ntupdate = 12:22, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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Sara Cetinja ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|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“.{{cite news |title=Наша Сара Цетиња у шампионском јату! |url=https://www.bolesnikov.rs/nasa-sara-cetinja-u-sampionskom-jatu/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=ФК "Проф. Болесников" |date=12 February 2014 |language=sr}} She made her Serbian Women's Super League debut for the club on 31 August 2015.{{cite web |title=Osnovni podaci: |url=http://www.zfk-spartak.in.rs/z_razno/tim/cetinja-sara.htm |publisher=ŽFK Spartak Subotica |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=sr |archive-date=19 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019224915/http://www.zfk-spartak.in.rs/z_razno/tim/cetinja-sara.htm |url-status=dead }}

In October 2020, Cetinja transferred to AS Nancy Lorraine of the French Division 2 Féminine.{{cite news |title=L’AS Nancy-Lorraine recrute une gardienne internationale serbe ! |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2020/10/02/l-as-nancy-lorraine-feminine-recrute-une-gardienne-internationale-serbe |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=L'Est Républicain |date=2 October 2020 |language=fr}} She made two league appearances,{{cite web |title=Sara Cetinja |url=https://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=13173&saison=46 |publisher=Footofeminin |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=fr}} before the club requested its own demotion to the regional categories at the end of the season.{{cite news |last1=Jacquot |first1=Romain |title=À la demande du club, l’équipe féminine de l'AS Nancy Lorraine redescend au niveau régional ! |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2021/06/02/contraintes-de-serrer-la-ceinture-les-feminines-de-l-as-nancy-lorraine-redescendent-au-niveau-regional-a-la-demande-du-club |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=L'Est Républicain |date=2 June 2021 |language=fr}}

On 27 July 2021, it was announced that Cetinja had moved from Nancy to newly-promoted Serie A club Pomigliano.{{cite news |last1=Villani |first1=Marco |title=Pomigliano, arriva tra i pali Sara Cetinja |url=https://calciofemminileitalia.it/2021/07/27/pomigliano-arriva-tra-i-pali-sara-cetinja/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=Calcio Femminile Italia |date=27 July 2021 |language=it}}

Cetinja joined Inter Milan for the 2023-24 season, starting in goal in 23 of their 28 league games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLd3kqki-E&ab_channel=Inter|title=SARA CETINJA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW🎙️|date=8 Aug 2023|access-date=18 Nov 2024|website=YouTube|publisher=Inter Milan}} After one season with the Nerazzurri, Cetinja moved to newly-promoted Lazio in August 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inter.it/en/news/inter-women-sara-cetinja-lazio|title=Sara Cetinja joins Lazio|date=11 July 2024|access-date=18 Nov 2024|website=inter.it|publisher=Inter Milan}}

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.{{cite news |title=Сара Цетиња дебитовала у најбољој селекцији Србије |url=http://www.mojacrvenazvezda.net/199809/2019/06/18/sara-cetinja-debitovala-u-najboljoj-selekciji-srbije/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=Moja Crvena Zvezda |date=18 June 2019 |language=sr}}

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.{{cite news |title=Ženska "A" {{!}} Portugal srećniji, 16 – godišnja Nina Matejić ponovo postigla gol |url=https://fss.rs/zenska-a-portugal-slavio-16-godisnja-nina-matejic-ponovo-postigla-gol/?pismo=lat |access-date=3 January 2022 |publisher=Football Association of Serbia |date=21 October 2021 |language=sr}}