Asian Footballer of the Year
In 2010, he was named Asian Footballer of the Year, won a position in the K-League Best XI, and won the AFC Champions League with Seongnam. These achievements led to his inclusion in the Australian squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Eli Babalj, Ognenovski, at 1.95 m, is the joint third tallest player to have represented the Australia national soccer team, behind Zeljko Kalac (2.02 m) and Harry Souttar (1.98 m).