Nishan Velupillay
17 Attacker
A proud product of the Melbourne Victory Academy, Nishan Velupillay is an electric Melbourne-born winger.
Making his senior debut in 2021, Velupillay would become a first-team regular in the 2021/22 FFA Cup-winning season, recognised as the club’s Young Player of the Year.
Velupillay would progressively receive more minutes over the next two seasons, working his way into the Australian U23s setup in 2023.
Following a remarkable showing in the 2024 Australia Cup, Velupillay received a call-up to the Socceroos’ World Cup Qualifying squad, managing to score on his debut off the bench versus China.
Registering 12 goals and nine assists in all competitions for Victory, Velupillay’s 2024/25 season was his best to date, even managing to score in two consecutive games in Green and Gold against Indonesia and China in March 2025.
Missing out on the Grand Final after suffering an unfortunate injury during Victory’s semifinal away leg in Auckland, Velupillay’s return to the pitch will be highly anticipated after taking out the Victory Golden Boot alongside Nikos Vergos.
Club Career
2021- Melbourne Victory (AUS)
International Career
Australia: Senior & U23
Team Honours
FFA Cup: 2021/22
Individual Honours
Victory Golden Boot: 2024/25
Victory Young Player of the Year: 2021/22
Height
181Weight
-Age
24Born
Melbourne16
Games Played
991
Time Played
12
Starts
11
Substitute Off
3
Total Clearances
-
Blocks
5
Interceptions
Tackles
64.3%
Success Rate
Duels
41.7%
Success Rate
Areial Dual
42.9%
Success Rate
Passes
74.1%
Success Rate
363
Total passes
269
Successful passes
23
Passes per 90 mins
Long passes
47%
Success Rate
25.3%
Forward
24.8%
Left
21.8%
Right
28.1%
Backward
54.5%
Opp half
20.9%
Own half
3
Topic
5
Succ. crosses
1
Assists
13
Key Passes
Total Shots
28
Shots on target
14
Goals scored
2
7.14%
Conversion rate
496
Min per goals
-
Left foot goals
2
Right foot goals
-
Headed goals
-
Other
2
Goal inside the box
-
Goal outside the box
0
Direct free kick goals
17
Fouls won
12
Foul conceded
-
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
