Veljko Nikolić

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Veljko Nikolić
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aris Limassol
Number 22
Youth career
OFK Beograd
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Red Star Belgrade 61 (9)
2017 → OFK Beograd (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019 → Grafičar (loan) 37 (12)
2023– Aris Limassol 27 (1)
International career‡
2014–2015 Serbia U16 16 (3)
2015–2016 Serbia U17 17 (1)
2016–2017 Serbia U18 7 (0)
2016–2018 Serbia U19 15 (0)
2020 Serbia U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020

Veljko Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Николић; born 29 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Limassol.[2]

Club career[edit]

OFK Beograd[edit]

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 third fixture match of the season. He had started the match on the field and was replaced in the second half by Filip Rajevac.[3] He also played next four First League[4] and a cup match against Sloboda Užice.[5]

Red Star Belgrade[edit]

On 4 October 2016, Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade[6] in an €80,000 transfer from OFK Beograd.[7] 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.[7] Nikolić made his debut for Red Star in a friendly match Njegoš Lovćenac on 18 October 2016.[8] On 15 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2023.[9] 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.[10]

International career[edit]

Nikolić was a member of Serbia U16[11] and Serbia U17[12] 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.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 28 May 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFK Beograd 2016–17 First League 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
Grafičar Beograd 2017–18 Serbian League Belgrade 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2018–19 24 12 0 0 — — 24 12
Total 37 12 0 0 — — 37 12
Red Star Belgrade 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 11 1 1 0 — — 12 1
2020–21 35 7 5 0 9 0 — 49 7
2021–22 6 0 1 0 1 0 — 8 0
2022–23 9 1 1 0 3 1 — 13 2
Total 61 9 8 0 13 1 — 82 10
Career total 103 21 9 0 13 1 0 0 125 22

Honours[edit]

Red Star Belgrade

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Veljko Nikolić". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nikolić, Veljko". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ "OFK BEOGRAD - ČSK ČELAREVO 0:2 (0:1)". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Veljko Nikolić at Soccerway
  5. ^ "FK SLOBODA UŽICE - OFK BEOGRAD 6-1". FK Sloboda Užice official website (in Serbian). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Вељко Николић Звездин!". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Zvezda otkupila ugovor Veljka Nikolića za 60.000 evra". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). 22 February 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Николић - Сваком бих пожелео овај осећај". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ^ "И Вељко Николић продужио уговор до 2023.". Moja Crvena Zvezda (in Serbian). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  10. ^ Aleksandar Obrenović (20 November 2019). "Zabeležio debi u Zvezdi i odmah pokazao potencijal!". Sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Млaђи кaдети на УEФA Рaзвoјнoм турниру". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ^ "FSS: Stolica sopštio spisak za EP kadeta". Sport Klub (in Serbian). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  13. ^ ""Стевaн Ћеле Вилoтић": Србијa – СAД 2:1 (1:1)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

External links[edit]

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