Veljko Simić
Personal information
Full name Veljko Simić
Date of birth (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995
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)
2014–2015Domžale (loan) 17 (0)
2016Schaffhausen (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017Chiasso (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 14 (2)
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 14 January 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 21 July 2023
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Domžale (loan) 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17030200
Schaffhausen (loan) 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 100100
Chiasso (loan) 2016–17 33420354
Winterthur 2017–18 200020
Zemun 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 143143
2018–19 220022
Total 16500165
Red Star 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 2664290398
2019–20 1732410207
2020–21 10101030
Total 449761106215
Vojvodina 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 18320203
2021–22 341042404212
2022–23 34731378
Total 862093409923
Career total 208382191500024447

International

As of match played January 25, 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202311
Total11
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
1January 25, 2023BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States1 United States2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Darjan Nedeljković (July 27, 2018). "Mozzart: Povratak odbeglog sina: Veljko Simić potpisuje za Zvezdu na četiri godine" (in Serbian). Retrieved August 30, 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 2017-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Dušan Ninković (July 31, 2018). "Meridian Sport: Veljko Simić: Povratak odbeglog Zvezdinog deteta!" (in Serbian). Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. 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). August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 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.
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