Ranko Veselinović

Ranko Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Веселиновић; born 24 March 1999) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

Ranko Veselinović
Personal information
Full name Ranko Veselinović
Date of birth (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999[1]
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia[2]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2017 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Vojvodina 59 (1)
2020 → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 18 (0)
2021– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Serbia U16 14 (1)
2015–2016 Serbia U17 15 (2)
2016–2017 Serbia U18 7 (0)
2017–2018 Serbia U19 6 (0)
2017– Serbia U21 3 (0)
2021– Serbia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2020-11-13
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in Novi Sad,[2] Veselinović came through the Vojvodina youth academy, as a captain of the generation.[5] In summer 2016, Veselinović signed a three-year scholarship contract.[6] He joined the first team during the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga campaign at the age of 17 but missed to make any official appearance until the end of season.[7] At the beginning of new season, Veselinović converted his squad number taking 33 jersey and continued playing with youth team respective.[8][9] He made his senior debut as a centre-back in 3–1 victory over Napredak Kruševac on 16 September 2017.[10][11] On 27 October 2017, Ranko signed his first professional contract, penning a deal that would keep him in Vojvodina until June 2021.[12]

Whitecaps FC

On 9 February 2020, it was announced that Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer had acquired Veselinović on a season-long loan, with an option to purchase,[13] which they exercised on 18 October 2020.[14]

International career

Veselinović appeared as a member of Serbia national under-16 football team between 2014 and 2015, scoring a goal in 3–1 away victory over Russia on 23 August 2014.[15] Later he also played for Serbian under-17 and under-18 selection until 2017.[16][17] In August 2017, Veselinović was called into the Serbia U19 squad, when he made a debut at the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele".[18] In December 2017, Veselinović got his first call in Serbian under-21 team by coach Goran Đorović, instead of injured Srđan Babić.[19] He made his debut for the team in away friendly against Qatar on 17 December 2017.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 October 2020[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2016–17[22] Serbian SuperLiga 0000——00
2017–18[23] 2102000—230
2018–19[24] 19020——210
2019–20[25] 19110——201
Total 5915000—641
Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) 2020 Major League Soccer 16 0 — — — — — 16 0
Total 7515000—801

References
  1. "Veselinović, Ranko". mojklub.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. "Veselinovic, Ranko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "FK Vojvodina (SRB)". futuretalentscup.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. "Možda je ovo novi svetski rekord! Dvadeset fudbalera otišlo iz Vojvodine, novih dvadeset došlo!". supersport365.com (in Serbian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. "34. Memorijalni turnir "Stevan Nešticki"". kanal9tv.com (in Serbian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ""FUDBAL" 35/16, page 2834" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. Признање и част за добар рад. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. "Nema mira u Voši posle prozivki: Vuković najavio pres-konferenciju". novisadinfo.info (in Serbian). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  9. "Voša Licencirala Čak 13 Kadeta, Ukupno 45 Igrača Za Narednu Sezonu". sportskevesti.info. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  10. "Nova pobeda Crveno-belih!". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  11. Веселиновић: Трема нестала с почетком утакмице. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 19 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  12. RANKO VESELINOVIĆ POTPISAO ČETVOROGODIŠNJI UGOVOR at FK Vojvodina official website, 27 October 2017 (in Serbian)
  13. "WFC acquire Veselinović". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. "Whitecaps finalize transfer of Serbian centre back Ranko Veselinovic - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  15. "Kadeti Srbije pobedili fudbalere Rusije i osvojili turnir u Moskvi". Blic (in Serbian). 23 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. "'Orlići' u Luksemburgu za Evropsko prvenstvo". B92 (in Serbian). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  17. "Милoш Велебит oдaбрao млaђе oмлaдинце за две прoвере прoтив Црне Гoре". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  18. Милош Велебит одабрао најбоље омладинце Србије за турнир "Стеван Ћеле Вилотић". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  19. "Mlada reprezentacija u Kataru". fudbal.info (in Serbian). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  20. Никад млађа селекција Србије до 21 године славила у Дохи против Катара -2:1(1:1). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  21. Ranko Veselinović at Soccerway
  22. "Veselinović, Ranko 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  23. "Veselinović, Ranko 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  24. "Veselinović, Ranko 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  25. "Veselinović, Ranko 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2019.


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