Zsanett Bernadett Kaján (born 16 September 1997) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Fenerbahçe and the Hungary national team.
Collegiate career Kaján played forward for the St. John's University Red Storm women's soccer team in Queens, New York City, from 2017 to 2021, scoring 45 goals and 11 assists in nearly 6,000 minutes played and 86 appearances. She was one of eight players to score more than 40 total points in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
Club career Ferencvárosi TC While playing with the youth teams of Ferencvárosi TC, Kaján began her club career with the senior team in 2012. She left the team after the 2013–14 JET-SOL Liga Női NB I season, having tied for second-most goals scored on the team's season with 9.
MTK Hungária FC Kaján played for MTK Hungária FC from 2014 to 2016. In the JET-SOL Liga 2015–16 season, she scored 10 goals in 14 matches, the league's sixth-largest tally. With MTK, she started at forward in 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 matches against SV Neulengbach. She scored and assisted in the first leg of the 2016 JET-SOL Liga finals, which MTK lost to Kaján's former team Ferencvárosi TC on aggregate. She then departed for St. John's University.
OL Reign Kaján was selected eighth overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft by OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League and signed with the team on 20 January 2022. She did not appear for the Reign in her six months with the team before being transferred for an undisclosed fee to ACF Fiorentina on 27 June 2022.
Fiorentina On 18 July 2022, ACF Fiorentina announced that the club had signed Kajan to a contract through June 2023.
International career Kaján earned her first cap with the Hungary women's national football team at the age of 18.
International goals Scores and results are list Hungary's goal tally first. No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 23 November 2013 ETO Park, Győr, Hungary 2–1 4–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2. 15 November 2022 Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary 5–0 5–0 Friendly 3. 7 April 2023 Alcufer Stadion, Győr, Hungary 1–1 3–1 4. 3–1 5. 5 December 2023 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 2–0 6–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League 6. 27 February 2024 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium 1–0 1–5 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches 7. 12 July 2024 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying 8. 16 July 2024 Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary 1–3 1–4 9. 24 October 2025 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 3–0 4–0 Friendly 10. 29 November 2025 Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain 2–3 2–3 11. 18 April 2026 Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary 5–0 7–0 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 12. 9 June 2026 Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 2–0 6–1
Personal life Her brother, Norbert Kaján, is a Hungarian international footballer who was also developed at Ferencváros. Her father was also a footballer, playing for Ganz-Mávag.
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St. John's bio