| Veljko Simić | |
| Fullname: | Veljko Simić |
| Birth Date: | 1995 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Lazarevac, FR Yugoslavia |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Omonia |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Red Star Belgrade |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Basel |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Basel |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Domžale (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Schaffhausen (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Chiasso (loan) |
| Caps4: | 33 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | Winterthur |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | Zemun |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs7: | Red Star Belgrade |
| Caps7: | 44 |
| Goals7: | 9 |
| Years8: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs8: | Vojvodina |
| Caps8: | 86 |
| Goals8: | 20 |
| Years9: | 2023– |
| Clubs9: | Omonia |
| Caps9: | 27 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Serbia U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Serbia U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam3: | Serbia U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam4: | Serbia U23 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam5: | Serbia |
| Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 20 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 25 January 2023 |
Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Omonia as a winger.
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]
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]
Simic signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vojvodina on 13 January 2021.[10]
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 | 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 | 0 | — | 39 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| Career total | 228 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 49 | |||
| 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.
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