Senad Lulić

Senad Lulić (Bosnian pronunciation: [sěnaːd lǔlitɕ]; born 18 January 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains Serie A club Lazio.

Senad Lulić
Personal information
Full name Senad Lulić[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-18) 18 January 1986
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 19
Youth career
1998–2003 Chur 97
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Chur 97
2006–2008 Bellinzona 63 (13)
2008–2010 Grasshopper 41 (6)
2010–2011 Young Boys 31 (6)
2011– Lazio 267 (28)
National team‡
2008–2017 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2017

Lulić started his professional career at Chur 97, before joining Bellinzona in 2006. Two years later, he moved to Grasshopper. In 2010, he was transferred to Young Boys. The following year, he moved to Lazio, for whom he scored the winning goal in 2013 Coppa Italia Final against city rivals Roma.

Lulić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008, earning over 50 caps and scoring 4 goals until 2017. He represented the nation at their first major tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Lulić was born in Mostar, but he spent most of his childhood in Jablanica. Due to Bosnian War, his family moved to Switzerland, where he started playing football at a local club, Chur 97, whose youth setup he joined in 1998. He made his professional debut in 2003 at the age of 17.[3]

In the summer of 2006, Lulić switched to Bellinzona.[4]

In May 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Grasshopper.[5]

On 5 June 2010, he moved to Young Boys on a three-year deal.[6]

Lazio

On 16 June 2011, Lulić was transferred to Italian team Lazio for an undisclosed fee.[7] He made his competitive debut for the club on 18 August against Rabotnički in 1st leg of UEFA Europa League play-off.[8] Three weeks later, he made his league debut in an away draw at Milan.[9] On 23 October, Lulić scored his first goal for Lazio.[10] Following his debut season, in June 2012, Lulić was voted third as Bosnia and Herzegovina's player of the year, behind Edin Džeko and Miralem Pjanić.[11]

Lulić won his first trophy with the club on 26 May 2013, by beating city rivals Roma in Coppa Italia final. He scored the only goal of the game in 71st minute.[12]

On 28 November, Lulić played his 100th game for the side in a comfortable victory over Legia Warsaw.[13]

On his 30th birthday, he extended his contract until June 2020.[14]

Lulić played his 200th game for Lazio against Bologna on 16 October.[15]

He was accused of racially insulting Antonio Rüdiger after a loss against city rivals Roma in December 2016.[16] After being found guilty of these allegations, he was suspended for 20 days and fined €10,000.[17]

In July 2017, after departure of Lucas Biglia, Lulić was named team captain.[18] He won his first trophy as captain on 13 August, by triumphing over Juventus in 2017 Supercoppa Italiana.[19]

In a game against Apollon Limassol on 29 November 2018, Lulić entered Lazio's top 10 appearance makers ever, as he played his 294th game for the club.[20]

A few weeks later, he scored a goal in his 300th game for the team.[21]

On 7 December 2019, Lulić played his 343rd match for Lazio and overtook Aldo Puccinelli as club's 5th all-time appearance maker.[22]

International career

In May 2008, Lulić received his first senior call-up to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for friendly game against Azerbaijan,[23] and debuted in that game on 1 June.[24]

On 15 November 2011, he was dismissed for protesting in the second leg of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs, which his team lost against Portugal.[25]

On 7 June 2013, in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Latvia, Lulić scored his first senior international goal.[26]

In June 2014, Lulić was named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup, country's first major competition.[27] He made his competition debut in the opening group game on 15 June, and assisted Vedad Ibišević for Bosnia's first ever goal in tournament finals, a consolation in defeat to Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium.[28]

With six assists, Lulić was the best assist provider in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, along with Arkadiusz Milik and Vladimír Weiss.[29]

Lulić retired from international football on 29 December 2017.[30]

Style of play

During his career, Lulić has been deployed both as a left winger and as a left wing-back. He possesses great pace, stamina and important defensive skills [31]

Personal life

Lulić married his long-time girlfriend Sandra in May 2005. Together they have three children, a girl and two boys.[32]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 January 2021[33]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bellinzona 2006–07 Swiss Challenge League 30320–2[lower-alpha 1]0343
2007–08 Swiss Challenge League 331051–2[lower-alpha 2]2[lower-alpha 3]4013
Total 631371–427416
Grasshopper 2008–09 Swiss Super League 2634262–367
2009–10 Swiss Super League 15320––173
Total 4166262–5310
Young Boys 2010–11 Swiss Super League 31620113–449
Lazio 2011–12 Serie A 2742090–384
2012–13 Serie A 33151121–503
2013–14 Serie A 30710501[lower-alpha 4]0377
2014–15 Serie A 25341––294
2015–16 Serie A 3031080–393
2016–17 Serie A 31340––353
2017–18 Serie A 353411011[lower-alpha 5]0505
2018–19 Serie A 3544070–464
2019–20 Serie A 20010501[lower-alpha 6]1[lower-alpha 7]271
2020–21 Serie A 102000–30
Total 267282835623135434
Career total 402534367377352569
  1. Appearances in 2006–07 Swiss Super League play-offs
  2. Appearances in 2007–08 Swiss Super League play-offs
  3. Goals in 2007–08 Swiss Super League play-offs
  4. Appearance in 2013 Supercoppa Italiana
  5. Appearance in 2017 Supercoppa Italiana
  6. Appearance in 2019 Supercoppa Italiana
  7. Goal in 2019 Supercoppa Italiana

International
As of match played 7 October 2017[34]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
200810
200900
201040
2011110
201270
201381
201480
201581
201650
201752
Total574

International goals
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.[34]
GoalDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 7 June 2013 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia
26
  Latvia
1–0
5–0
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6 September 2015 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
43
  Andorra
3–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3 28 March 2017 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania
53
  Albania
2–0
2–1
 Friendly
4 3 September 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal
56
  Gibraltar
3–0
4–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lazio[33]

References
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  3. "Tihi borac Senad Lulić: Fudbaler kojeg nismo dovoljno cijenili?". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Lulic: In Rom heissen die Babys jetzt so wie ich". aargauerzeitung.ch (in German). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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  6. "YB verpflichtet Lulic und liebgäugelt mit Costanzo". bernerzeitung.ch (in German). 5 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  7. "Senad Lulić zvanično postao novi igrač Lazija". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. "Lazio ubjedljiv, Lulić ušao s klupe". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 18 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  9. "Luliću 10 minuta u remiju Lazija". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  10. "Lulić pogodio, Lazio na bod iza lidera". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  11. "Edin Džeko treći put zaredom Idol nacije!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  12. "Nebesko-plavi vladaju Rimom: Lulić Laziju donio trofej Kupa". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  13. "Lazio slavio u Varšavi, Luliću devet minuta". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 28 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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  17. "Službeno: Italijanski savez kaznio Senada Lulića!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  18. "Nakon preuzimanja kapitenske trake: Lulić prenio prve utiske". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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  28. "Argentina prejaka, ali poslana je lijepa slika u svijet". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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