| Ranko Veselinović | |
| Fullname: | Ranko Veselinović |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1999[1] |
| Birth Place: | Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia |
| Height: | 1.89 m[2] |
| Position: | Centre-back[3] |
| Currentclub: | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vojvodina |
| Years1: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Vojvodina |
| Caps1: | 59 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021– |
| Clubs3: | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| Caps3: | 65 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Serbia U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Serbia U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Serbia U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam4: | Serbia U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam5: | Serbia U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam6: | Serbia |
| Nationalcaps6: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 16 October 2022 |
| Ntupdate: | 26 January 2023 |
Ranko Veselinović (Serbian: Ранко Веселиновић; born 24 March 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps.
Born in Novi Sad,[4] 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]
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]
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]
Vancouver Whitecaps
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vojvodina | 2016–17[23] | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[24] | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19[25] | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[26] | 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 | 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 | |||
| Serbia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |