After briefly playing for Partizan,[1] Ognjanović made a name for himself at Radnički Beograd, totaling 153 appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club in the Yugoslav First League between 1953 and 1961.
Ognjanović joined Basel's first team for their 1964–65 season under head coach Jiří Sobotka.
[2] He scored his first goal for the club, just three days later, on 16 December, in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise as Basel won 2–1 against Lausanne-Sport.
[4] Ognjanović moved on and played one season for Grenchen and one more for Moutier and then he retired from active football.
[5] After hanging up his boots, Ognjanović served as manager of several clubs and national teams,[6] most notably Cameroon and Ivory Coast.