Stefan Lukic (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 June 1996 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | OKWU Eagles | 112 | (62) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Corpus Christi FC | 21 | (9) |
| 2022–2023 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | 52 | (2) |
| 2024– | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 | |||
Stefan Lukic (born 1 June 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chattanooga Red Wolves in USL League One.
Career
[edit]Youth
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Former Partizan Prize Stefan Lukic at Home in a Hailstorm". www.ussoccer.com.
- ^ "Chelsea, Everton, Aston Villa and Arsenal all keeping tabs on Serbian starlet". 2 December 2014.
- ^ O’Keeffe, Greg (15 January 2015). "Everton FC won't swoop for Serbian wonder-kid Stefan Lukic". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ Tupa, Mike. "HEARTBREAK IN DECATUR: OKWU men's soccer team loses in NAIA quarterfinals". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.
- ^ "Stefan Lukic". Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
- ^ a b "Hailstorm FC Scores Hat Trick with the Signings of Johan Pearanda, Stefan Lukic, and Jerry Desdunes".
- ^ "Athletic Awards". Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
- ^ "Corpus Christi FC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Stefan Lukic -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
- ^ "Corpus Christi FC | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
- ^ USLLeagueOne com Staff (1 February 2022). "Hailstorm FC Announce Addition of Johan Peñaranda, Stefan Lukic and Jerry Desdunes". USL League One.
- ^ "Colorado Springs vs. Northern Colorado - 7 April 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Chattanooga Red Wolves Continue 2024 Roster Build with Three Marquee Signings".
- 1996 births
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players
- Corpus Christi FC players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Living people
- Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC players
- Serbian expatriate men's footballers
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Serbian men's footballers
- USL League One players
- USL League Two players