Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Lazarevac, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sabah | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2013–2014 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Domžale (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Chiasso (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 2017 | Winterthur | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Zemun | 16 | (5) |
| 2018–2021 | Red Star Belgrade | 44 | (9) |
| 2021–2023 | Vojvodina | 86 | (20) |
| 2023–2025 | Omonia | 45 | (6) |
| 2025– | Sivasspor | 15 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | → Sabah (loan) | 28 | (12) |
| 2026– | Sabah | 0 | (0) |
| 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 as of 29 November 2025 | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editA 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.[2] However, he never transitioned into the first team, and instead signed a professional contract with Basel in 2014. Technical problems made him ineligible, and he was consequently loaned to Slovenian outfit Domžale.[3] He made his first team debut against Radomlje, where he started the match only to be substituted off in the 70th minute.[4]
On 7 January 2016, he joined Schaffhausen on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[5] 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.[6]
Simić joined Serbian side Zemun as a free agent during the 2017–18 winter transfer window.[7] In his last game for Zemun, he scored a last-minute goal in a 1–1 tie against Vojvodina on 28 July 2018.[8]
Red Star Belgrade
editSimić signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade in the summer of 2018.[2] 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".[9] His contract was terminated after two and a half seasons on 11 January 2021.[10]
Vojvodina
editOmonia
editSimic signed a two plus one-year contract with Omonia on 17 July 2023.
Sabah
editInternational career
editSimić 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.[14]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 9 March 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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 | Swiss Challenge League | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | ||
| Winterthur | 2017–18 | Swiss Challenge League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zemun | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 5 | ||||
| Red Star | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9[b] | 0 | — | 39 | 8 | |
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 20 | 7 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 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 | Serbian SuperLiga | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 42 | 12 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 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[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Career total | 228 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 49 | ||
- ↑ Includes Slovenian Cup, Swiss Cup, Serbian Cup, Cypriot Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
International
edit- As of match played 25 January 2023[15]
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 January 2023 | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States | 1 |  United States | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ Simic, Veljko. "Veljko Simic". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- 1 2 Darjan Nedeljković (27 July 2018). "Mozzart: Povratak odbeglog sina: Veljko Simić potpisuje za Zvezdu na četiri godine" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ↑ "Talentovani Veljko Simic ne sme da igra u Vazelu". Telegraf. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Radomlje vs Domzale". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Veljko Simic wechselt leihweise zum FC Schaffhausen" (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "FCB und Simic lösen Vertrag in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen auf". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Dušan Ninković (31 July 2018). "Meridian Sport: Veljko Simić: Povratak odbeglog Zvezdinog deteta!" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Hotsport.rs: SUPERLIGA SRBIJE: Veljko Simić se golom u 98. minutu oprostio od dresa Zemuna (in Serbian) July 28, 2018. Accessed August 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Novosti: Veljko Simić: Rani odlazak u inostranstvo je bio velika greška" (in Serbian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ↑ "Zvezda i Simić sporazumno raskinuli ugovor". crvenazvezdafk.com (in Serbian). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ "Вељко Симић потписао за Војводину". fkvojvodina.rs (in Serbian). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "Xoş gəldin, Velko Simiç!". instagram.com/sabahfc/?hl=en (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC Instagram. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Velko Simiç daha 2 il "Sabah"da!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FK. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "БРАВО ОРЛОВИ, СРБИЈА БОЉА ОД АМЕРИКЕ". Football Association of Serbia. 26 January 2023.
- ↑ "Veljko Simić". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "9-cu çempion: 18 ildə ilk". pfl.az (in Azerbaijani). 30 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Ismayilova, Laman (14 May 2026). "'Sabah' enters Azerbaijani football history with Premier League and Cup triumph". offsideplus.az. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Igrač meseca Mozzart Bet Super lige - Veljko Simić". superliga.rs. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
External links
edit- Veljko Simić at Soccerway.com
- Veljko Simić at WorldFootball.net
- Veljko Simić at Soccerbase.com
- Veljko Simić at FBref.com
- Veljko Simić at kicker (in German)
- Veljko Simić club profile at NZS (in Slovene)
