Veljko Nikolić

Veljko Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Николић; born 29 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.[4]

Veljko Nikolić
Personal information
Full name Veljko Nikolić
Date of birth (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999[1]
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia[2]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder[3]
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 28
Youth career
OFK Beograd
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 OFK Beograd 5 (0)
2018– Red Star Belgrade 11 (1)
2018–2019 → Grafičar Beograd 10 (8)
National team‡
2014–2015 Serbia U16 14 (3)
2015–2016 Serbia U17 14 (1)
2016 Serbia U18 1 (0)
2016–2019 Serbia U19 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 March 2017

Club career

OFK Beograd

Veljko started playing football with football school "Arena" and later moved to OFK Beograd, where he passed all youth categories. He was promoted in the first team for the 2016–17 Serbian First League season. Nikolić made his senior debut for OFK Beograd on 27 August 2016, playing match against ČSK Čelarevo in 3rd fixture match of the season. He had started the match on the field and was replaced in the second half by Filip Rajevac.[5] He also played next 4 First League[6] and a cup match against Sloboda Užice.[7]

Red Star Belgrade

On 4 October 2016, Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade[8] in an €80,000 transfer from OFK Beograd.[9] The transfer initially had a clause which would have given OFK Beograd 20% of the sum of Nikolić's next transfer, but Red Star purchased the last 20% of his contract for €60,000 in February 2017.[9] Nikolić made his debut for Red Star in a friendly match Njegoš Lovćenac on 18 October 2016.[10] On 15 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2023.[11] On 20 November 2019, he made his Serbian Cup debut for Red Star in a 1-0 win against Mačva in the Round of 16.[12]

International career

Nikolić was a member of Serbia U16[13] and Serbia U17[14] squads between 2014 and 2016. In August 2016, Nikolić was called into Serbia U19 squad for memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in opening match against United States.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 October 2016[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFK Beograd 2016–17 First League 5010——60
Red Star Belgrade 2016–17 SuperLiga 0000——00
2017–18 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Career total 501000—60

Honours
Red Star Belgrade

References
  1. "Veljko Nikolić". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. "Veljko Nikolic". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. "Zvezda kupuje vezistu za 80.000 evra". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Nikolić, Veljko". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. "OFK BEOGRAD - ČSK ČELAREVO 0:2 (0:1)". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. Veljko Nikolić at Soccerway
  7. "FK SLOBODA UŽICE - OFK BEOGRAD 6-1". FK Sloboda Užice official website (in Serbian). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. "Вељко Николић Звездин!". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. "Zvezda otkupila ugovor Veljka Nikolića za 60.000 evra". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). 22 February 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  10. "Николић - Сваком бих пожелео овај осећај". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  11. "И Вељко Николић продужио уговор до 2023.". Moja Crvena Zvezda (in Serbian). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  12. Aleksandar Obrenović (20 November 2019). "Zabeležio debi u Zvezdi i odmah pokazao potencijal!". Sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  13. "Млaђи кaдети нa УEФA Рaзвoјнoм турниру". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  14. "FSS: Stolica sopštio spisak za EP kadeta". Sport Klub (in Serbian). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  15. ""Стевaн Ћеле Вилoтић": Србијa – СAД 2:1 (1:1)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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