Saša Ognenovski

Ognenovski played for Macedonian Australians' club Preston Lions for four years early in his career before joining National Soccer League club Melbourne Knights in 2000. He moved to Greek side Panahaiki in 2002, but returned to Preston Lions the next year after making only two Alpha Ethniki appearances. In 2006, Ognenovski transferred to Queensland Roar, started to play at the A-League. In the 2008–09 season, he participated as an Adelaide United player in the 2008 AFC Champions League final and was selected for the A-League Team of the Season by Professional Footballers Australia. He was also voted the second best Macedonian footballer behind Lazio's forward Goran Pandev. In January 2009, Ognenovski received an offer from Shin Tae-yong, then manager of K League club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and former coach of Queensland Roar. On 13 January 2009, Adelaide United revealed he would join Seongnam at the end of the 2008–09 season on a two-year deal. He gave a glowing tribute to the club upon the announcement saying, "I've met some great people, the owners Nick and Dario are probably the best people I've met in football so it is a tough decision but obviously I have to secure my future and look after my family so that was the main reason that I took up the offer". In his first season at Seongnam, Ognenovski played both legs of the 2009 K League Championship final against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, but lost 3–1 on aggregate. The next year, he captained the club and led them to win the…

Ognenovski was eligible to represent Australia, but after not being selected for 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches against Indonesia and Kuwait, he expressed his disappointment and put himself up for selection for the country of his heritage, Macedonia (now North Macedonia). Although not available to play (due to not having yet received FIFA clearance), Ognenovski was called by Srečko Katanec to play for Macedonia in the match against Moldova on 11 February 2009, although he did not feature due to issues with his eligibility. After dashing his hopes for playing for the Socceroos under the late Pim Verbeek, new manager Holger Osieck called him up for a friendly against Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, and he was subsequently named in the 23-man 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad. Throughout the AFC Asian Cup, he started every match and developed a solid defensive partnership with Lucas Neill, and scored the second goal in Australia's 6–0 defeat of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.

Between 2019 and 2021, Ognenovski managed National Premier Leagues Victoria club Dandenong City. In August 2026, Ognenovski was named head coach of A-League Men club Macarthur FC, signing a two-year contract.

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