Career
Jelić played for FK Modriča Maxima in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina until he signed with 1. Football Club Nürnberg of the Bundesliga. Nürnberg had loaned Jelić to Second Division side Football Club Carl Zeiss Jena, but he could not gain a place in the first team
After his return to Nuremberg, he was sold to OFK Beograd.
In summer 2010 he joined Russian side Football Club Volga Nizhny Novgorod where he stayed until summer 2013, with an exception of a loan to Football Club Dinamo Tbilisi in 2011. In summer 2013 he returned to Serbia and joined Serbian SuperLiga side FK Novi Pazar.
Jelić transferred to China League One side Guangdong Sunray Cave on 23 March 2014. In summer 2014 he returned to Serbia and joined FK Rad.
In his debut in the 2014-2015 Serbian SuperLiga he scored five goals in the victory over Voždovac by 6–1.
He set the record of goals per game (5) since the formation of the Serbian SuperLiga in 2006.