Jovo Lukić

Jovo Lukić (born 28 November 1998) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.

Jovo Lukić
Personal information
Full name Jovo Lukić
Date of birth (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998
Place of birth Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s) Centre-forward
Club information
Current team
 Borac Banja Luka
Number 19
Youth career
0000–2016 Sloga Doboj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Sloga Doboj 43 (13)
2018–2020 Krupa 36 (12)
2019 → Zvijezda Gradačac (loan) 14 (5)
2020– Borac Banja Luka 17 (8)
National team‡
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2020

He started his professional career at Sloga Doboj, before joining Krupa in 2018, who loaned him to Zvijezda Gradačac the next year. Lukić came back to Krupa when his loan ended. In June 2020, he signed a contract with Borac.

Club career

Early career

Lukić started playing professional football at hometown club Sloga Doboj, for who he debuted in 2016. He stayed at Sloga until December 2017, after which he joined Bosnian Premier League club Krupa in early 2018 and in his first season with the club, became runner-up in the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup, losing against Željezničar in the final.[1] The next year, Lukić was loaned out to Zvijezda Gradačac for the remainder of the season.[2] In the next season with Krupa, he got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League, though after the season was ended abruptly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which, by default, Krupa were crowned league champions and got promoted.[3] That season Lukić also became the league's top goalscorer with 12 scored goals.[4]

Borac Banja Luka

On 20 June 2020, Lukić left Krupa and signed a contract with Borac Banja Luka on a free transfer.[5] He made his official debut for Borac in a league game against Mladost Doboj Kakanj on 1 August 2020.[6] Lukić scored his first official goal for the club on 7 August 2020 in a league win against Sloboda Tuzla.[7]

He scored two goals in Borac's 2020–21 Bosnian Cup second round win against Rudar Kakanj on 21 October 2020.[8]

International career

Lukić was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team on 7 November 2018[9] and made his debut against Azerbaijan twelve days later on 19 November.[10]

Personal life

Lukić's father Mitar was also a professional footballer who currently works as a football manager.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 December 2020.[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sloga Doboj 2016–17 First League of RS 2810——2810
2017–18 First League of RS 153——153
Total 4313——4313
Krupa 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 8030–110
2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 14020–160
2019–20 First League of RS 141200–1412
Total 361250—4112
Zvijezda Gradačac (loan) 2018–19 First League of FBiH 145––145
Borac Banja Luka 2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 17822202110
Career total 11038722011940

Honours

Krupa[12]

Individual

Performance

References
  1. N.K. (9 May 2018). "Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. E. Čaušević (20 February 2019). "Jovo Lukić novo pojačanje NK Zvijezda" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. A. Pašić (8 May 2020). "FSRS prekinuo sva takmičenja" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. Bojan Jakovljević (22 May 2020). "Jovo Lukić u odabranom društvu - Sa 21 godinom, najbolji strijelac lige!" (in Bosnian). mondo.ba. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. E. Škorić (20 June 2020). "Jovo Lukić potpisao za FK Borac" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  6. M. Šljivak (1 August 2020). "FK Borac deklasirao FK Mladost" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. F.Z. (7 August 2020). "Borac i u drugom kolu rutinski: Sloboda pala u Banjoj Luci" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. E. Čaušević (21 October 2020). "Borac deklasirao Rudar u Kaknju" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. "Vinko Marinović odabrao igrače za susret s Azerbejdžanom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. "Mlada fudbalska reprezentacija BiH u Zenici savladala Azerbejdžan" (in Bosnian). Faktor.ba. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  11. "Fudbaler Borca na meti inostranog kluba za koji je igrao i njegov otac: Da li će se historija ponoviti?". Sport1.ba (in Bosnian). 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  12. "J. Lukić: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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