Veljko_Simić
Veljko Simić
Serbian footballer
Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Omonia as a winger.
| 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 | |||
| 0000–2013 | 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 | 22 | (3) |
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2023 | |||
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.
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]
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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 39 | 8 | |
| 2019–20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Career total | 228 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 49 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearanc(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Apperance in Cypriot Super Cup
International
- As of match played January 25, 2023
| 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.
| 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 |
- Red Star Belgrade
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Month: July 2022[12]
- Darjan Nedeljković (July 27, 2018). "Mozzart: Povratak odbeglog sina: Veljko Simić potpisuje za Zvezdu na četiri godine" (in Serbian). Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- "Talentovani Veljko Simic ne sme da igra u Vazelu". Telegraf. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- "Radomlje vs Domzale". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- "Veljko Simic wechselt leihweise zum FC Schaffhausen" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- FC Basel 1893 (2017). "FCB und Simic lösen Vertrag in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen auf". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Dušan Ninković (July 31, 2018). "Meridian Sport: Veljko Simić: Povratak odbeglog Zvezdinog deteta!" (in Serbian). Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- "Novosti: Veljko Simić: Rani odlazak u inostranstvo je bio velika greška" (in Serbian). August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- "Zvezda i Simić sporazumno raskinuli ugovor". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Вељко Симић потписао за Војводину". fkvojvodina.rs (in Serbian). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- "БРАВО ОРЛОВИ, СРБИЈА БОЉА ОД АМЕРИКЕ". Football Association of Serbia. 26 January 2023.
- "Igrač meseca Mozzart Bet Super lige - Veljko Simić". superliga.rs. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- Veljko Simić at Soccerway