Vanja Vučićević

Vanja Vučićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Вучићевић; born 22 March 1998) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a forward for FK Inđija. He is a son of Serbian former professional footballer Nebojša Vučićević.[1]

Vanja Vučićević
Personal information
Full name Vanja Vučićević
Date of birth (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 FK Inđija
Number 98
Youth career
FK Dorćol
OFK Beograd
FK Čukarički
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 FK Čukarički 0 (0)
2016–2018 Red Star Belgrade 2 (0)
2017 → Borac Čačak (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Spartak Subotica (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Krylia Sovetov Samara 3 (0)
2019–2021 Sinđelić Beograd 10 (0)
2021– FK Inđija 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Serbia U17 2 (0)
2015 Serbia U18 5 (2)
2017 Serbia U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 May 2017

Club career

Early years

Born in Belgrade,[2] Vučičević was with Dorćol and OFK Beograd youth selections,[3] before he a scholarship contract FK Čukarički.[1] As the best Serbian youth league scorer, Vučićević was licensed for the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga season, but after he refused to sign a professional contract with club, he missed to play any official appearances with the first team.[4]

Red Star Belgrade

In summer 2016, Vučićević signed his first four-year professional contract with Red Star Belgrade,[5] but due to administrative problems[6] he failed to play with new club until November same year.[7] He passed the winter break-off season with senior squad, but later also played with reserves and youth team. He made his professional debut in 36 fixture of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season under coach Boško Gjurovski, replacing Srđan Plavšić in 71 minute of the match against Javor Ivanjica, played on 17 May 2017.[8] Vučićević also started his first senior match on the field in last fixture match of the season, against Radnički Niš.[9]

In August 2017, Vučićević moved on one-year loan deal to Borac Čačak.[10] Vučićević suffered a metatarsal bone fracture during the training on 18 September 2017, after which he left out of the team until the end of a year.[11] After the end of the first half-season in the domestic competition, a loan deal was mutually terminated and Vučićević returned to Red Star Belgrade.[12] Next he moved to Spartak Subotica on deal for the rest of season,[13] which was officially confirmed on 8 February 2018.[14] While with Spartak, Vučićević made an appearance against Red Star on 5 May 2018, joining the game as a back-up for Ognjen Đuričin.[15] Returning to Red Star Belgrade, Vučićević passed the first training with the club on 11 June 2018.[16] Later, he was excluded for the summer pre-season after which it was announced he would leave Red Star.[17] He mutually terminated the contract and officially left the club on 19 June 2018.[18]

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 25 August 2018, he signed a one-year contract with the Russian Premier League side PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[19] He only made 3 league appearances for the senior squad, mostly playing for the Under-21 team.

Sinđelić Beograd

On 29 July 2019, he signed with the Serbian club FK Sinđelić Beograd.[20]

International career

Vučićević was a part of Serbia national under-17 football team until 2015.[21] As a coach of Serbia national under-18 football team, Ivan Tomić called Vučićević into the squad in summer 2015.[22] He played several matches until the end of same year,[23] scoring goals in matches against Poland[24] and Germany.[25] He was also called into the Serbia U19 level in 2017.[26]

Style of play

In his early years, Vučićević mostly played as left winger. In a period while his father, Nebojša, trained him as a coach in OFK Beograd youth academy, he started using Vanja as a centre forward. After he converted his position on the field, Vučićević scored around 20 goals on average in each of the next several seasons in youth categories.[1] Playing with youth team of FK Čukarički, Vučićević was the best scorer in the first half of the 2015–16 season in Serbian youth league with 16 goals, playing as a centre forward.[5] Moving to Red Star Belgrade, Vučićević was usually used as a second striker in his first caps with the club.[27]

Career statistics

Club
As of 5 May 2018[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Čukarički 2015–16 SuperLiga 0000——00
Red Star Belgrade 2016–17[29] 2000——20
2017–18[30] 00—00—00
Total 200000—20
Borac Čačak (loan) 2017–18 SuperLiga 2000——20
Spartak Subotica (loan) 2017–18 10———10
Career total 500000—50

References
  1. "Вања Вучићевић, син некадашњег аса Партизана Небојше: Нови Ибрахимовић". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. "Vucicevic, Vanja". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "СПАРТАК ДОБИО ЗВЕЗДИНОГ ИГРАЧА: Вучићевић до јуна у Суботици". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. "Prvi put na Brdu - igrač nezadovoljan, agent smatra da Vanja Vučićević vredi više od ostalih". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. "Звезда јача и за Вању Вучићевића!". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 22 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. "Дисциплинци покренули поступак против Звезде: Вања Вучићевић играч Чукаричког!". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 28 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. ""FUDBAL" 44/16" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. "Вучићевић - Пресрећан сам због дебија". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. "Црвена звезда - Раднички Ниш 4:0 (1:0)". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. "Звезда позајмила 12 играча". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. "Још један играч Звезде поломио ногу као Јовичић и мора на операцију". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  12. ""FUDBAL" 4/18, page 49" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. "Zvezda pozajmila Vučićevića Spartaku". Sport Klub (in Serbian). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. "Профи уговори за тројицу омладинаца". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  15. "Poraz od šampiona". FK Spartak Subotica official website (in Serbian). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  16. "Владан Милојевић извршио прозивку". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  17. "Вучићевић одлази из Звезде". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  18. ""FUDBAL" 26/18" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  19. "Ваня Вучичевич – игрок "Крыльев Советов"" (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 25 August 2018.
  20. "ВАЊА ВУЧИЋЕВИЋ ПОЈАЧАО НАПАД СИНЂЕЛИЋА" [Vanja Vučićević improves the Sinđelić attack] (in Serbian). FK Sinđelić Beograd. 29 July 2019.
  21. "Čukarički ponosan zbog reprezentativaca". FK Čukarički official website (in Serbian). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  22. "Тoмић oбјaвиo списак У-18 селекције за Јaпaн". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  23. "Репрезентација Србије до 18 година" (PDF). [email protected] (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  24. "U18: Srbija preslišala Poljake". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 10 November 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  25. "У-18: Србијa - Немaчкa 1:5 (1:4)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  26. "Репрезентација Србије до 19 година" (PDF). [email protected] (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  27. "SA PRIPREMA ZVEZDE Vanja Vučićević za Blicsport: Od oca sam nasledio dobru levicu". Blic (in Serbian). 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  28. Vanja Vučićević at Soccerway
  29. "Vučićević, Vanja 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  30. "Vučićević, Vanja 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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