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Stefan Lukic (footballer)
Serbian footballer (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stefan Lukic (born 1 June 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Tulsa in USL Championship.
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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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