Veljko_Birmančević

Veljko Birmančević

Veljko Birmančević

Serbian footballer

Veljko Birmančević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Бирманчевић; born 5 March 1998) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Serbia national team.

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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 for a sum around €5 million.[7]

Sparta Prague

In June 2023, Birmančević was loaned to Sparta Prague for one season with an option to buy.[8] He signed for the club permanently on 5 March 2024.[9]

International career

Birmančević was called in U18 national during the 2015,[10] and scored one goal in a friendly match against Poland.[11] In August 2016, he was called into the Serbia U19 squad for the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele".[12] Birmančević scored his first goal for Serbia U19 in a match against Sweden, played on 14 November 2016.[13]

In January 2021, Birmančević was called up to the Serbian senior squad by coach Ilija Stolica.[14] He debuted at the same time in a friendly match against the Dominican Republic.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 March 2024[16]
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Includes four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League and three appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Includes two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League and nine appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. Includes two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 1 September 2021
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Honours

Partizan

Teleoptik

Malmö FF

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    "Veljko Birmančević". International Sports Office Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. [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. [3]
    "Od vođstva do poraza za samo 6 minuta". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Partizan – Radnik 3:2 (0:2)". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 2 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Pobeda za kraj sezone i 2. mesto u prvenstvu". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Partizan poslao Birmančevića u Teleoptik". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Birmancevic, Veljko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. [8]
    Dosadil, Pavel (22 June 2023). "Sparta hlásí druhou posilu, sáhla pro ni do Francie". Sport.cz (in Czech).
  9. [9]
    "Birmančević kmenovým hráčem". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). AC Sparta Prague. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. [10]
    "U-18: Dve provere protiv Mađarske". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  11. [11]
    "U18: Srbija preslišala Poljake". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 10 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  12. [12]
    "Косановић одабрао за "Стеван Вилотић – Ћеле"". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  13. [13]
    "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.
  14. [14]
    "Илија Столица позвао 25 играча за северноамеричку турнеју". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Нула Србије и Доминиканске Републике". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 26 January 2021.
  16. [16]
    Veljko Birmančević at Soccerway
  17. [17]
    "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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