Perica Ognjenović

Perica Ognjenović
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-24) 24 February 1977
Place of birth Smederevska Palanka, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward, Right winger
Team information
Current team
Rudar Prijedor (manager)
Youth career
–1993 Mladost Smederevska Palanka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Mladost Smederevska Palanka 28 (9)
1994–1998 Red Star Belgrade 78 (19)
1999–2001 Real Madrid 12 (1)
2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 (0)
2003 Dalian Shide 2 (0)
2003–2004 Dynamo Kyiv 2 (0)
2003–2004Dynamo-2 Kyiv 21 (9)
2005 Angers 7 (0)
2006 Selangor 16 (2)
2006–2008 Ergotelis 26 (3)
2008–2009 Kallithea 9 (1)
2009–2011 Jagodina 43 (3)
Total 246 (46)
International career
1999 FR Yugoslavia U21 1 (0)
1995–1998 FR Yugoslavia 8 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Serbia U17
2017–2018 Serbia U18
2020 Zvijezda 09
2023 Metalist Kharkiv (caretaker)
2025– Rudar Prijedor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Perica Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Перица Огњеновић; born 24 February 1977) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Rudar Prijedor.

He played as a forward or right winger. At one point considered to be among Serbia's brightest footballing talents, Ognjenović signed with European giants Real Madrid in his early 20s, but never became a regular there, despite winning major titles, eventually going on to have an irregular career in six other countries.

He represented FR Yugoslavia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.