Veljko Birmančević ( sr-cyr, Вељко Бирманчевић; born 5 March 1998) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the Serbia national team.

Club career

Partizan

Birmančević signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 12 February 2016, and got the jersey number 30. He made his

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debut on 21 February 2016 in a match against

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. Later, during the spring half-season, coach Ivan Tomić used him as a back-up player in matches against Radnik Surdulica and

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. In summer 2016, Birmančević was loaned to Teleoptik, where he scored 4 goals on 22 matches in the

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for the 2016–17 season. He also extended his loan to Teleoptik for the

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campaign. He was sold from Malmö FF to

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for a sum around €5 million.

Sparta Prague

In June 2023, Birmančević was loaned to

for one season with an option to buy. He signed for the club permanently on 5 March 2024, official from 1 July. In May 2024, Birmančević helped the club to win its second championship title in two seasons and domestic cup. He was awarded as the player, midfielder and foreign player of the 2023–24 season by the League Football Association.

International career

Birmančević was called in U18 national during the 2015, and scored one goal in a friendly match against

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. In August 2016, he was called into the Serbia U19 squad for the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele". Birmančević scored his first goal for Serbia U19 in a match against

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, played on 14 November 2016. In January 2021, Birmančević was called up to the Serbian senior squad by coach Ilija Stolica. He made his debut for the team in a friendly match against the

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on 25 January and, four days later, made his second appearance against

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. On 28 May 2024, Birmančević was named in the Serbia squad for

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. He appeared as a substitute for

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in the team's opening match of the tournament against

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, making his first competitive appearance for Serbia in the 1–0 loss. He also played in group stage match against

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. Serbia finished fourth in the group.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Partizan *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

: 2015–16 Teleoptik *

: 2016–17 Malmö FF *

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: 2021–22 Toulouse *

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: 2022–23 Sparta Prague *

: 2023–24 *

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: 2023–24 Individual *

Young Player of the Year:

Top goalscorer: 2021–22 *

player of the season: 2023–24 *

midfielder of the season: 2023–24 *

foreign player of the season: 2023–24

References

External links

Veljko Birmančević stats
at utakmica.rs * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birmancevic, Veljko 1998 births Living people Footballers from Šabac Serbian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serbia men's international footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Allsvenskan players Ligue 1 players Czech First League players FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players FK Rad players FK Čukarički players Malmö FF players Toulouse FC players AC Sparta Prague players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic UEFA Euro 2024 players