Veljko Simić

Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Red Star Belgrade as an attacking midfielder.

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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
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 → NK Domžale (loan) 17 (0)
2016 → FC Schaffhausen (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 → FC Chiasso (loan) 33 (4)
2017 FC Winterthur 3 (0)
2018 Zemun 16 (5)
2018– Red Star Belgrade 42 (9)
National team
2011–2012 Serbia U17 6 (3)
2013–2014 Serbia U19 7 (5)
2014 Serbia U20 1 (0)
2015 Serbia U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2020

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 FC Basel in 2014. Technical problems made him ineligible and was consequently loaned to Slovenian outfit NK 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 FC 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 FK 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 FK 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]

Honours
Red Star Belgrade
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References
  1. 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.
  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.
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