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Veljko Nikolić
Personal information
Date of birth	29 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aris Limassol
Number	22
Youth career
	OFK Beograd
	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2023	Red Star Belgrade
2017	→ OFK Beograd (loan)
2018–2019	→ Grafičar (loan)
2023–	Aris Limassol
International career‡
2014–2015	Serbia U16
2015–2016	Serbia U17
2016–2017	Serbia U18
2016–2018	Serbia U19
2020	Serbia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020

Veljko Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Николић; born 29 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Limassol.^[2]

Club career

OFK Beograd

Veljko started playing football with football school "Arena" and later moved to OFK Beograd, where he passed all youth categories. He was promoted in the first team for the 2016–17 Serbian First League season. Nikolić made his senior debut for OFK Beograd on 27 August 2016, playing match against ČSK Čelarevo in third fixture match of the season. He had started the match on the field and was replaced in the second half by Filip Rajevac.^[3] He also played next four First League^[4] and a cup match against Sloboda Užice.^[5]

Red Star Belgrade

On 4 October 2016, Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade^[6] in an €80,000 transfer from OFK Beograd.^[7] The transfer initially had a clause which would have given OFK Beograd 20% of the sum of Nikolić's next transfer, but Red Star purchased the last 20% of his contract for €60,000 in February 2017.^[7] Nikolić made his debut for Red Star in a friendly match Njegoš Lovćenac on 18 October 2016.^[8] On 15 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2023.^[9] On 20 November 2019, he made his Serbian Cup debut for Red Star in a 1–0 win against Mačva in the Round of 16.^[10]

International career

Nikolić was a member of Serbia U16^[11] and Serbia U17^[12] squads between 2014 and 2016. In August 2016, Nikolić was called into Serbia U19 squad for memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in opening match against United States.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2023—24 season^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	2016–17	First League	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
Grafičar Beograd	2017–18	Serbian League Belgrade	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	2018–19	Serbian League Belgrade	24	12	0	0	—		—		24	12
	Total		37	12	0	0	—		—		37	12
Red Star Belgrade	2019–20	Serbian SuperLiga	11	1	1	0	—		—		12	1
	2020–21		35	7	5	0	9	0	—		49	7
	2021–22		6	0	1	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2022–23		9	1	1	0	3	1	—		13	2
	Total		61	9	8	0	13	1	—		82	10
Aris Limassol	2023–24	Cypriot First Division	28	1	4	1	5	0	—		37	2
Career total			131	22	13	1	18	1	—		162	24