Ljubiša Vukelja

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ljubiša Vukelja

| image = Vukelja Ljubisa.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Vukelja with Vasas

| fullname = Ljubiša Vukelja

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1993–1995

| youthclubs1 = ŽSK Žabalj

| youthyears2 = 1995–2001

| youthclubs2 = Vojvodina

| years1 = 2001–2006

| clubs1 = Vojvodina

| caps1 = 107

| goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2006–2007

| clubs2 = Partizan

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007

| clubs3 = → Ethnikos Achna (loan)

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008

| clubs4 = Vojvodina

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2008–2010

| clubs5 = Borac Banja Luka

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2009

| clubs6 = → Vasas (loan)

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2011

| clubs7 = Śląsk Wrocław

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2011

| clubs8 = Slavija Sarajevo

| caps8 = 6

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2012

| clubs9 = Čelik Nikšić

| caps9 = 12

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2013

| clubs10 = Radnički Klupci

| caps10 = 13

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2014–2015

| clubs11 = Proleter Novi Sad

| caps11 = 30

| goals11 = 4

| years12 = 2015–2018

| clubs12 = Nordvärmlands FF

| caps12 = 55

| goals12 = 11

| years13 = 2018–2019

| clubs13 = Radnički Zrenjanin

| caps13 =

| goals13 =

| nationalyears1 = 1999

| nationalteam1 = FR Yugoslavia U16{{Efn|name=UEFA|Official UEFA matches only}}

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2004

| nationalteam2 = Serbia and Montenegro U21{{Efn|name=UEFA}}

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 3

}}

Ljubiša Vukelja ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Љубиша Вукеља}}; born 22 July 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Vukelja came through the youth system of Vojvodina, making his first-team debut in 2001. He collected over 100 league appearances for the club in the top flight and scored 22 goals. In June 2006, Vukelja signed a four-year deal with Partizan.{{Cite web | url=http://staraarhiva.partizan.rs/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=288&akcija=show&prikaz1=2006&prikaz2=6&sec=2 | title=Vukelja potpisao za Partizan! | language=sr | publisher=partizan.rs | date=23 June 2006 | access-date=11 December 2015}}

Between 2008 and 2012, Vukelja played for several clubs abroad, including Borac Banja Luka, Vasas, Śląsk Wrocław, Slavija Sarajevo and Čelik Nikšić.

In July 2015, Vukelja moved to Sweden and signed with Nordvärmlands FF. He scored three goals in 10 appearances until the end of the year in Div 2 Norra Götaland,{{Cite web | url=https://www.lagstatistik.se/team?teamId=1752 | title=Div 2 Norra Götaland, herrar 2015 | language=sv | publisher=lagstatistik.se | access-date=22 August 2021}} as the club suffered relegation from the league. In the 2016 season, Vukelja scored six goals in 19 matches in Div 3 Västra Svealand,{{Cite web | url=https://www.lagstatistik.se/team?teamId=4083 | title=Div 3 Västra Svealand, herrar 2016 | language=sv | publisher=lagstatistik.se | access-date=22 August 2021}} helping the side earn promotion back to the fourth tier of Swedish football. He appeared in 14 games and scored two goals in the 2017 Div 2 Norra Götaland.{{Cite web | url=https://www.lagstatistik.se/team?teamId=120 | title=Div 2 Norra Götaland, herrar 2017 | language=sv | publisher=lagstatistik.se | access-date=22 August 2021}} In the 2018 season, Vukelja made 12 appearances in Div 2 Norra Götaland, scoring no goals.{{Cite web | url=https://www.lagstatistik.se/team?teamId=931 | title=Div 2 Norra Götaland, herrar 2018 | language=sv | publisher=lagstatistik.se | access-date=22 August 2021}}