Vicko Ševelj (born 19 September 2000) is a Croatian professional
footballer who plays as a defender for club
Dundee United.
Club career
Ševelj was born in
Dubrovnik, living in its suburb of
Mokošica,
and played youth football for several local clubs before passing a trial with
HNK Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
in 2015, moving to the club's
youth academy in the summer of 2016.
A versatile defensive player, Ševelj advanced to the club's second-tier reserve team in 2018, where he would amass 42 caps and 1 goal in three seasons, largely playing as right back.
In April 2021, Ševelj made his first team debut, coming in for
Dino Skorup
Dino Skorup (born 4 October 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for GOŠK Gabela.
Club career
Born in Split, Skorup graduated from the youth academy of Hajduk Split and was promoted to the reserves ahead of th ...
against
NK Slaven Belupo in the 60th minute, after the injury of first-choice right back
Darko Todorović
Darko Todorović (; born 5 May 1997) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny.
Todorović started his professional career at Sloboda Tuzla, before joining Red Bull Salzburg i ...
.
His contract expired that summer, however, and he moved on to the
Bosnian FK Sarajevo
Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country.
Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...
, joining former Hajduk reserve team coach
Goran Sablić.
Not finding much playing time at Sarajevo, Ševelj moved to the
Russian club
Akron Tolyatti on loan in early 2022, returning after two months without any official caps
His subsequent loan to the
Slovenian side
NK Radomlje would be more fruitful, however, as he became a first-team regular and was retained by the club, Sarajevo keeping a percentage of a potential future sale.
On 19 June 2024, Ševelj signed a two-year contract with
Scottish Premiership club
Dundee United.
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Dubrovnik
Men's association football defenders
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's youth international footballers
HNK Hajduk Split II players
HNK Hajduk Split players
FK Sarajevo players
FC Akron Tolyatti players
NK Radomlje players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian Football League players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Dundee United F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland