Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Early career

A product of the

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, Simić and Filip Janković were considered the two most talented players from Red Star's youth team of players born in 1995. However, he never transitioned into the first team, and instead signed a professional contract with

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in 2014. Technical problems made him ineligible and was consequently loaned to Slovenian outfit

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. He made his first team debut against

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where he started the match only to be substituted off in the 70th minute. On 7 January 2016, he joined

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on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season. For the season 2016-17 he was loaned to

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. On 1 September 2017 Basel announced that the contract with Simić had been dissolved by mutual consent. Simić joined Serbian side

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as a

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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

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on July 28, 2018.

Red Star Belgrade

Simić signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade in the summer of 2018. 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". His contract was terminated after two and a half seasons on 11 January 2021.

Vojvodina

Simic signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vojvodina on 13 January 2021.

Omonia

Simic signed a two plus one-year contract with Omonia on 17 July 2023.

International career

Simić debuted for

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on 25 January 2023 in a friendly match against

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which Serbia won 2–1. Simić scored the second Serbian goal of the match and his first goal on international level.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list the Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simić's goal.''

Honours

;Red Star Belgrade *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20 Individual *

Player of the Month: July 2022

References

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Veljko Simić
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simic, Veljko 1995 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's international footballers FC Basel players NK Domžale players FC Schaffhausen players FC Chiasso players FC Winterthur players FK Zemun players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Vojvodina players AC Omonia players Sivasspor footballers Swiss Promotion League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Swiss Challenge League players Serbian SuperLiga players Cypriot First Division players Süper Lig players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey