Ranko Veselinović

Biography

Ranko Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Веселиновић; born 24 March 1999) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Club career Vojvodina Born in Novi Sad, Veselinović came through the Vojvodina youth academy, as a captain of the generation. In summer 2016, Veselinović signed a three-year scholarship contract. 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. At the beginning of new season, Veselinović converted his squad number taking 33 jersey and continued playing with youth team respective. He made his senior debut as a centre-back in 3–1 victory over Napredak Kruševac on 16 September 2017. On 27 October 2017, Ranko signed his first professional contract, penning a deal that would keep him in Vojvodina until June 2021. 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, which they exercised on 18 October 2020. 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. Later he also played for Serbian under-17 and under-18 selection until 2017. In August 2017, Veselinović was called into the Serbia U19 squad, when he made a debut at the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele". In December 2017, Veselinović got his first call in Serbian under-21 team by coach Goran Đorović, instead of injured Srđan Babić. He made his debut for the team in away friendly against Qatar on 17 December 2017.