| Veljko Antonijević | |
| Fullname: | Veljko Antonijević |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Raška, FR Yugoslavia |
| Position: | Right midfielder, right-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Bane |
| Youthclubs2: | Sloga Kraljevo |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Sloga Kraljevo |
| Caps1: | 105 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Clubs2: | Jagodina |
| Caps2: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | BSK Borča |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | Dinamo Vranje |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | Sloboda Užice |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | Smederevo 1924 |
| Pcupdate: | 29 December 2017 |
Veljko Antonijević (Serbian: Вељко Антонијевић; born 28 May 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Born in Raška,[1] Antonijević arrived in Sloga from local club Bane. After youth categories, he made his first appearances in first team of Sloga in 2010–11 season Serbian League West. At the beginning of competition, he was usually getting the chance from the bench, but later, in second half of season, he was often starting the matches. In his first senior season, he made 19 league appearances, and scored 1 goal.[2] He was also sitting of the bench in a cup match, against Red Star Belgrade.[3]
For the 2011–12 season, Antonijević mostly played regularly, with jersey number 8, he operated along the right line in midfield, until the 19th fixture, when he substituted out, because of injury. He didn't play until the 25 fixture, when he substituted in from the bench, but he renewed the injury, and got out after 23 minutes.[4] 3 of 19 appearances, he started from the bench, and he was substituted out 12 times. He scored 2 goals against Mladenovac,[5] and Radnički Sombor,[6] both at home.
After recovered an injury, Antonijević started season in first 11, but he didn't fully recover, and he played variable in season extension, and often get the minutes from the bench. After 18th fixture, he didn't play until the 26th fixture. Although he missed better part of season, because of injury, he made 25 appearances contributed team for existence in league. He was also a member of Serbian First League representation.[7]
Most players from the previous season left club, and place in team mainly got players from Kraljevo, and environment, from the youth system, together with some experienced players. Coach Veljko Dovedan included Antonijević in starting 11, and he and teammates have enormous merits for total 7 wins in first half of season, and draw result against Vojvodina in cup. He made 28 league appearances, all starts, and scored 2 goals, including one from corner kick, against BSK Borča.[8]
First match in 2014–15 season Antonijević missed because of yellow card suspension.[9] Since second fixture, against Bačka Bačka Palanka, he played all 14 fixtures, until the end of first half of season. He scored 1 goal against Bačka, from the direct free kick in home lost with result 1:4.[10] As one of the most experienced player in team, he changed many positions on the field. He played on his primary right midfielder position, but he also played as a right-back, on left side, or as a central, and an attacking midfielder. After end of contract, he left club after the end first half of season.[11]
He signed Jagodina in January 2015.[12] Mostly games he passed on the bench, but he made his Jelen SuperLiga debut in 29 fixture, against Radnički Kragujevac.[13] He was also substituted in from the bench in last fixture, against OFK Beograd, and scored a goal on that match.[14] After a year spent with Jagodina, Antonijević terminated contract, and left the club in January 2016.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sloga Kraljevo | 2010–11 | Serbian League West | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | Serbian First League | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 105 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 106 | 6 | |||||
| Jagodina | 2014–15 | Serbian SuperLiga | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||||
| BSK Borča | 2015–16 | Serbian First League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 122 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 124 | 7 | |||||