Teddy Lucic

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Teddy Lučić
Personal information
Full name	Teddy Mark Sime Lučić
Date of birth	April 15, 1973 (1973-04-15) (age 36)
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Elfsborg
Number	15
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1992 1993–1995 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2003 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2008–	Lundby IF Västra Frölunda IFK Göteborg Bologna AIK → Leeds United (loan) Bayer Leverkusen Häcken Elfsborg	044 0(10) 068 00(0) 058 00(2) 009 00(0) 058 00(4) 017 00(1) 011 00(0) 070 00(8) 011 00(0)
National team2
1994–2006	Sweden	086 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Teddy Mark Sime Lučić (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɛdʏ ˈlʊtɕɪtɕ]; born April 15, 1973 in Biskopsgården, Gothenburg) is a Swedish football defender, currently playing for Elfsborg.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Sweden

Lučić has played for a number of elite clubs in Sweden during his playing career. He began playing Lundby IF as an 18-year-old for whom he played 44 times in the Swedish league and scored an impressive 10 goals from fullback. He moved to Västra Frölunda IF in 1993 for a two year spell in which he played 68 matches. In 1996 he moved on to IFK Göteborg where he met with great success, landing the Swedish championship in his first season.

[edit] Bologna

Lučić went abroad to Italy upon leaving IFK Göteborg in 1998. However he found his opportunities limited at his new club and consequently made just 9 league appearances in the Serie A in a two-year spell.

[edit] AIK Fotboll

Lučić returned to Sweden in 2000, signing for AIK Fotboll. He had far more opportunities back in his home nation, where he made 58 appearances and scored 4 times. He left the club in 2003 to move to Germany.

[edit] Leeds United

Lučić's period at AIK Fotboll was broken up by a loan spell at English club Leeds United, starting in 2002.^[1] During his time in England he made a total of 17 league appearances and scored one goal, in a 3-2 defeat at Chelsea in January 2003.^[2] His loan spell ended in 2003 after Leeds decided not to sign him on a permanent deal. AIK had offered Lučić to a number of clubs.^[3]

[edit] Bayer Leverkusen

Lučić signed for Bayer Leverkusen directly from Leeds in May 2003.^[4] In two years between 2003 and 2005 he played 11 times for the club.

[edit] Return to Sweden

Teddy Lučić went back to Sweden for a second time to sign for BK Häcken, where he made 70 appearances and scored 8 goals. In 2008, Lučić moved again to the ninth club of his career, IF Elfsborg where he has played 11 league matches.

[edit] International career

Lučić has played 86 times for the Swedish national team, mostly as a full back, but since 2004 also as a centre back. Lučić played in Euro 2004, and the 1994, 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Against Germany, in what turned out to be Sweden's final 2006 World Cup match, he was given two yellow cards by Brazilian referee Carlos Eugênio Simon, and dismissed from the match in the 35th minute.

[edit] Personal life

Due to his multinational background, Lučić had the option to turn out for two other countries - his mother is Finnish and his father Croatian. Teddy is fluent in Croatian and also speaks some Finnish. He has a summer cottage in Lappeenranta, Finland, and is a fan of Lappeenranta-based first division football team Rakuunat and ice hockey team SaiPa.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Teddy Lucic at Leverkusen who's who

Sweden squad v • d • e Sweden squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Ravelli • 2 R. Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Ljung • 6 Schwarz • 7 Larsson • 8 Ingesson • 9 Thern • 10 Dahlin • 11 Brolin • 12 Eriksson • 13 M. Nilsson • 14 Kåmark • 15 Lucic • 16 Limpar • 17 Rehn • 18 Mild • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Erlingmark • 21 Blomqvist • 22 Hedman • Coach: Svensson v • d • e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Hedman • 2 Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Lucic • 6 Sundgren • 7 Mild • 8 Gustafsson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Pettersson • 11 Alexandersson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Svensson • 14 Mellberg • 15 D. Andersson • 16 A. Andersson • 17 Mjällby • 18 Osmanovski • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Larsson • 21 Allbäck • 22 Asper • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg v • d • e Sweden squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Hedman • 2 Mellberg • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Mjällby • 5 Michael Svensson • 6 Linderoth • 7 Alexandersson • 8 A. Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Allbäck • 11 Larsson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Antonelius • 14 Edman • 15 Jakobsson • 16 Lucic • 17 Magnus Svensson • 18 Jonson • 19 Farnerud • 20 D. Andersson • 21 Ibrahimović • 22 A. Andersson • 23 Isaksson • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg v • d • e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Isaksson • 2 Lucic • 3 Mellberg • 4 Mjällby • 5 Edman • 6 Linderoth • 7 Nilsson • 8 Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Ibrahimović • 11 Larsson • 12 Hedman • 13 Hansson • 14 Östlund • 15 Jakobsson • 16 Källström • 17 Andersson • 18 Jonson • 19 Farnerud • 20 Allbäck • 21 Wilhelmsson • 22 Wahlstedt • 23 Kihlstedt • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg v • d • e Sweden squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Isaksson • 2 Nilsson • 3 Mellberg • 4 Lucic • 5 Edman • 6 Linderoth • 7 Alexandersson • 8 A. Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Ibrahimović • 11 Larsson • 12 Alvbåge • 13 Hansson • 14 Stenman • 15 K. Svensson • 16 Källström • 17 Elmander • 18 Jonson • 19 Andersson • 20 Allbäck • 21 Wilhelmsson • 22 Rosenberg • 23 Shaaban • Coach: Lagerbäck