Veljko Birmančević

Veljko Birmančević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Бирманчевић; born 5 March 1998) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sparta Prague on loan from Toulouse.

Veljko Birmančević
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
Place of birth Šabac, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Prague
(on loan from Toulouse)
Number 14
Youth career
ŠF Stevan Ćele Vilotić
OFK Šabac
2010–2016 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Partizan 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Teleoptik (loan) 34 (5)
2018 → Rad (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 → Čukarički (loan) 25 (0)
2019–2021 Čukarički 48 (11)
2021–2022 Malmö FF 46 (14)
2022– Toulouse 24 (0)
2023– → Sparta Prague (loan) 6 (3)
International career‡
2015–2016 Serbia U18 4 (1)
2016–2017 Serbia U19 7 (1)
2018–2020 Serbia U21 9 (0)
2021– Serbia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2021

Club career

Partizan

Birmančević signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 12 February 2016, and got the jersey number 30.[2] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 21 February 2016 in a match against OFK Beograd.[3] Later, during the spring half-season, coach Ivan Tomić used him as a back-up player in matches against Radnik Surdulica[4] and Vojvodina.[5] In summer 2016, Birmančević was loaned to Teleoptik,[6] where he scored 4 goals on 22 matches in the Serbian League Belgrade for the 2016–17 season. He also extended his loan to Teleoptik for the 2017–18 Serbian First League campaign. He was sold from Malmö FF to Toulouse FC for a sum around €5 million.[7]

Sparta Prague (loan)

In June 2023, Birmančević was loaned to Sparta Prague for one season with option.[8]

International career

Birmančević was called in U18 national during the 2015,[9] and scored 1 goal in a friendly match against Poland.[10] In August 2016, he was called into the Serbia U19 squad for the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele".[11] Birmančević scored his first goal for Serbia U19 in a match against Sweden, played on 14 November 2016.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 7 April 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 30———30
Teleoptik 2016–17 Serbian League Belgrade 224———224
2017–18 Serbian First League 121———121
Total 345000000345
Rad 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 111———111
Čukarički 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 25010——260
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 2624131—334
2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 2292200—2411
Total 73117331008315
Malmö FF 2021 Allsvenskan 28911134—4214
2022 Allsvenskan 1855674—3015
Total 461467208007229
Career total 1673113102390020350

International
As of 1 September 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202130
Total30

Honours
Partizan
Teleoptik
Malmö FF
Individual

References
  1. "Veljko Birmančević". International Sports Office Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. "Povratak Partizanovog DNK: Dva potpisa do 2019! Birmančević profesionalac, Vlahoviću revidiran ugovor i čuvena "devetka"". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. "Od vođstva do poraza za samo 6 minuta". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. "Partizan – Radnik 3:2 (0:2)". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 2 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. "Pobeda za kraj sezone i 2. mesto u prvenstvu". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "Partizan poslao Birmančevića u Teleoptik". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. "Birmancevic, Veljko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. Dosadil, Pavel (22 June 2023). "Sparta hlásí druhou posilu, sáhla pro ni do Francie". Sport.cz (in Czech).
  9. "U-18: Dve provere protiv Mađarske". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  10. "U18: Srbija preslišala Poljake". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 10 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  11. "Косановић одабрао за "Стеван Вилотић – Ћеле"". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  12. "Пораз који не боли: Омладинци поражени од Шведске 2:3(1:1), чекају се нови ривали на путу до ЕП у Грузији". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  13. Veljko Birmančević at Soccerway
  14. "Allsvenskans bästa prisas – Magnus Eriksson mest värdefulle spelaren". svenskelitfotboll.se (in Swedish). Svensk Elitfotboll. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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