Veljko Simić

Veljko Simić
Personal information
Full name Veljko Simić
Date of birth (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Lazarevac, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 21
Youth career
–2013 Red Star Belgrade
2013–2014 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Basel 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Domžale (loan) 17 (0)
2016 → Schaffhausen (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Chiasso (loan) 33 (4)
2017 Winterthur 2 (0)
2018 Zemun 16 (5)
2018–2021 Red Star Belgrade 44 (9)
2021–2023 Vojvodina 86 (20)
2023– Omonia 40 (5)
International career‡
2011–2012 Serbia U17 6 (3)
2013–2014 Serbia U19 7 (5)
2014 Serbia U20 1 (0)
2015 Serbia U23 1 (0)
2023– Serbia 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2023

Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Omonia as a winger.

Club career

Early career

A product of the Red Star Belgrade, Simić and Filip Janković were considered the two most talented players from Red Star's youth team of players born in 1995.[1] However, he never transitioned into the first team, and instead signed a professional contract with Basel in 2014. Technical problems made him ineligible and was consequently loaned to Slovenian outfit Domžale.[2] He made his first team debut against Radomlje where he started the match only to be substituted off in the 70th minute.[3]

On 7 January 2016, he joined Schaffhausen on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[4] For the season 2016-17 he was loaned to Chiasso. On 1 September 2017 Basel announced that the contract with Simić had been dissolved by mutual consent.[5]

Simić joined Serbian side Zemun as a free agent[6] during the 2017–18 winter transfer window. In his last game for Zemun, he scored a last-minute goal in a 1–1 tie against Vojvodina on July 28, 2018.[7]

Red Star Belgrade

Simić signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade in the summer of 2018.[1] In a promotional event, he told journalists that his early departure from Red Star to Basel had been "a mistake from which young players can learn".[8] His contract was terminated after two and a half seasons on 11 January 2021.[9]

Vojvodina

Simic signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vojvodina on 13 January 2021.[10]

Omonia

Simic signed a two plus one-year contract with Omonia on 17 July 2023.

International career

Simić debuted for Serbia on 25 January 2023 in a friendly match against United States which Serbia won 2–1. Simić scored the second Serbian goal of the match and his first goal on international level.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 March 2024
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Domžale (loan) 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17 0 3 0 — — 20 0
Schaffhausen (loan) 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 10 0 — — — 10 0
Chiasso (loan) 2016–17 33 4 2 0 — — 35 4
Winterthur 2017–18 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Zemun 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 14 3 — — — 14 3
2018–19 2 2 0 0 — — 2 2
Total 16 5 0 0 — — 16 5
Red Star 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 26 6 4 2 9[a] 0 — 39 8
2019–20 17 3 2 4 1[a] 0 — 20 7
2020–21 1 0 1 0 1[b] 0 — 3 0
Total 44 9 7 6 11 0 — 62 15
Vojvodina 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 18 3 2 0 — — 20 3
2021–22 34 10 4 2 4[c] 0 — 42 12
2022–23 34 7 3 1 — — 37 8
Total 86 20 9 3 4 0 — 99 23
Omonia 2023-24 Cypriot First Division 20 2 1 0 4[c] 0 1[d] 0 26 2
Career total 228 40 22 9 19 1 0 0 270 49
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearanc(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup

International

As of match played January 25, 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2023 1 1
Total 1 1
Scores and results list the Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simić's goal.
List of international goals scored by Veljko Simić
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 January 25, 2023 BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States 1  United States 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Darjan Nedeljković (27 July 2018). "Mozzart: Povratak odbeglog sina: Veljko Simić potpisuje za Zvezdu na četiri godine" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Talentovani Veljko Simic ne sme da igra u Vazelu". Telegraf. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Radomlje vs Domzale". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Veljko Simic wechselt leihweise zum FC Schaffhausen" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "FCB und Simic lösen Vertrag in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen auf". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 1 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Dušan Ninković (31 July 2018). "Meridian Sport: Veljko Simić: Povratak odbeglog Zvezdinog deteta!" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ^ [1] Hotsport.rs: SUPERLIGA SRBIJE: Veljko Simić se golom u 98. minutu oprostio od dresa Zemuna (in Serbian) July 28, 2018. Accessed August 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "Novosti: Veljko Simić: Rani odlazak u inostranstvo je bio velika greška" (in Serbian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Zvezda i Simić sporazumno raskinuli ugovor". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Вељко Симић потписао за Војводину". fkvojvodina.rs (in Serbian). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  11. ^ "БРАВО ОРЛОВИ, СРБИЈА БОЉА ОД АМЕРИКЕ". Football Association of Serbia. 26 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Igrač meseca Mozzart Bet Super lige - Veljko Simić". superliga.rs. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.