Stefan Lukic

Stefan Lukic (born 1 June 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Colorado Hailstorm in USL League One.

Stefan Lukic
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 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
 Northern Colorado Hailstorm
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– Northern Colorado Hailstorm 52 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

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, Luckic 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]

References
  1. "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". December 2, 2014.
  3. O’Keeffe, Greg (January 15, 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. "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 (February 1, 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.
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