Ranko Veselinović

Ranko Veselinović
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia[2]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back[4]
Team information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2017 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Vojvodina 59 (1)
2020 → Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) 18 (0)
2021– Vancouver Whitecaps 65 (2)
International career‡
2014–2015 Serbia U16 14 (1)
2015–2016 Serbia U17 15 (2)
2016–2017 Serbia U18 7 (0)
2017–2018 Serbia U19 10 (0)
2017–2019 Serbia U21 3 (0)
2021– Serbia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2023

Ranko Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Веселиновић; born 24 March 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps.

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in Novi Sad,[2] Veselinović came through the Vojvodina youth academy, as a captain of the generation.[5] In summer 2016, Veselinović signed a three-year scholarship contract.[6] He joined the first team during the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga campaign at the age of 17 but missed to make any official appearance until the end of season.[7] At the beginning of new season, Veselinović converted his squad number taking 33 jersey and continued playing with youth team respective.[8][9] He made his senior debut as a centre-back in 3–1 victory over Napredak Kruševac on 16 September 2017.[10][11] On 27 October 2017, Ranko signed his first professional contract, penning a deal that would keep him in Vojvodina until June 2021.[12]

Vancouver Whitecaps

On 9 February 2020, it was announced that Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer had acquired Veselinović on a season-long loan, with an option to purchase,[13] which they exercised on 18 October 2020.[14]

International career

Veselinović appeared as a member of Serbia national under-16 football team between 2014 and 2015, scoring a goal in 3–1 away victory over Russia on 23 August 2014.[15] Later he also played for Serbian under-17 and under-18 selection until 2017.[16][17] In August 2017, Veselinović was called into the Serbia U19 squad, when he made a debut at the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele".[18] In December 2017, Veselinović got his first call in Serbian under-21 team by coach Goran Đorović, instead of injured Srđan Babić.[19] He made his debut for the team in away friendly against Qatar on 17 December 2017.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 July 2022[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 2016–17[22] Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18[23] 21 0 2 0 0 0 23 0
2018–19[24] 19 0 2 0 — 21 0
2019–20[25] 19 1 1 0 — 20 1
Total 59 1 5 0 0 0 64 1
Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) 2020 Major League Soccer 19 0 0 0 — 19 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 2021 Major League Soccer 27 1 1 0 — 28 1
2022 18 1 2 0 — 20 1
Total 64 2 3 0 — 67 2
Total 123 3 8 0 0 0 131 3

International

As of 25 January 2023
Serbia
Year Apps Goals
2021 1 0
2022 0 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Vancouver Whitecaps

References

  1. ^ "Veselinović, Ranko". mojklub.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Veselinovic, Ranko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ "FK Vojvodina (SRB)". futuretalentscup.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Možda je ovo novi svetski rekord! Dvadeset fudbalera otišlo iz Vojvodine, novih dvadeset došlo!". supersport365.com (in Serbian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ "34. Memorijalni turnir "Stevan Nešticki"". kanal9tv.com (in Serbian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ^ ""FUDBAL" 35/16, page 2834" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ Признање и част за добар рад. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Nema mira u Voši posle prozivki: Vuković najavio pres-konferenciju". novisadinfo.info (in Serbian). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Voša Licencirala Čak 13 Kadeta, Ukupno 45 Igrača Za Narednu Sezonu". sportskevesti.info. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Nova pobeda Crveno-belih!". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  11. ^ Веселиновић: Трема нестала с почетком утакмице. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 19 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  12. ^ RANKO VESELINOVIĆ POTPISAO ČETVOROGODIŠNJI UGOVOR at FK Vojvodina official website, 27 October 2017 (in Serbian)
  13. ^ "WFC acquire Veselinović". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Whitecaps finalize transfer of Serbian centre back Ranko Veselinovic - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Kadeti Srbije pobedili fudbalere Rusije i osvojili turnir u Moskvi". Blic (in Serbian). 23 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. ^ "'Orlići' u Luksemburgu za Evropsko prvenstvo". B92 (in Serbian). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Милoш Велебит oдaбрao млaђе oмлaдинце за две прoвере прoтив Црне Гoре". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  18. ^ Милош Велебит одабрао најбоље омладинце Србије за турнир "Стеван Ћеле Вилотић". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Mlada reprezentacija u Kataru". fudbal.info (in Serbian). 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ Никад млађа селекција Србије до 21 године славила у Дохи против Катара -2:1(1:1). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  21. ^ Ranko Veselinović at Soccerway
  22. ^ "Veselinović, Ranko 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  23. ^ "Veselinović, Ranko 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Veselinović, Ranko 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  25. ^ "Veselinović, Ranko 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC win the 2022 Canadian Championship Final". Canada Soccer. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  27. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC win the 2023 Canadian Championship". Canada Soccer. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.


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