Stefan Lukic (footballer)

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Stefan Lukic
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Sremska Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chattanooga Red Wolves
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2017 Partizan
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 OKWU Eagles 112 (62)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Corpus Christi FC 21 (9)
2022–2023 Northern Colorado Hailstorm 52 (2)
2024– Chattanooga Red Wolves 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2024

Stefan Lukic (born 1 June 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chattanooga Red Wolves in USL League One.

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Career

Youth

Lukic was recruited to play with Partizan when he was just 11-year's old. Lukic spent nine of his eleven years at Partizan as captain of the club's various age-group sides. [1] As a youth player, Lukic was linked to top European teams [2] and was close to joining Everton, [1] but the deal collapsed. [3]

College & Amateur

In 2017, Lukic moved to the United States to play college soccer at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. During his five seasons with the Eagles, including a truncated 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lukic went on appear in 112 matches, scoring 62 goals and tallying 93 assists as one of the Eagles' best all-time scorers. Lukic helped the Eagles reach the NAIA national tournament Final Four in multiple years, earned NAIA First-Team All-America honors every year between 2018 and 2021, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference MVP four times, and was the 2019 NAIA Men's Soccer National Player of the Year. [4] [5] [6] [7]

In both 2018 and 2019, Lukic played in the USL League Two with Corpus Christi FC, scoring nine goals in 21 regular season appearances over two seasons. [8] [9]

Professional

On 1 February 2022, Lukic signed his first professional contract, joining USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm ahead of their inaugural season. [6] [10] He debuted for the club on 6 April 2022, starting in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup game against Colorado Springs Switchbacks. [11]

On 22 December 2023, it was announced that Lukic would join Chattanooga Red Wolves SC ahead of their 2024 season. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Former Partizan Prize Stefan Lukic at Home in a Hailstorm". www.ussoccer.com.
  2. ↑ "Chelsea, Everton, Aston Villa and Arsenal all keeping tabs on Serbian starlet". 2 December 2014.
  3. ↑ O’Keeffe, Greg (15 January 2015). "Everton FC won't swoop for Serbian wonder-kid Stefan Lukic". Liverpool Echo.
  4. ↑ Tupa, Mike. "HEARTBREAK IN DECATUR: OKWU men's soccer team loses in NAIA quarterfinals". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.
  5. ↑ "Stefan Lukic". Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
  6. 1 2 "Hailstorm FC Scores Hat Trick with the Signings of Johan Pearanda, Stefan Lukic, and Jerry Desdunes".
  7. ↑ "Athletic Awards". Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
  8. ↑ "Corpus Christi FC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Stefan Lukic -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  9. ↑ "Corpus Christi FC | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  10. ↑ USLLeagueOne com Staff (1 February 2022). "Hailstorm FC Announce Addition of Johan Peñaranda, Stefan Lukic and Jerry Desdunes". USL League One.
  11. ↑ "Colorado Springs vs. Northern Colorado - 7 April 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. ↑ "Chattanooga Red Wolves Continue 2024 Roster Build with Three Marquee Signings".
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