Luka Racic (born 8 May 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for SønderjyskE.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luka Racic[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Greve, Denmark[2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SønderjyskE | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2018 | Copenhagen | ||
2018–2019 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Brentford | 6 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022 | → HB Køge (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2022– | SønderjyskE | 9 | (0) |
National team | |||
2014–2015 | Denmark U16 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U17 | 7 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Denmark U20 | 4 | (0) |
2020 | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:04, 5 November 2022 (UTC) |
Racic is a graduate of the F.C. Copenhagen academy and began his senior career in England with Brentford in 2018. Following his promotion into the first team squad in 2019, he appeared sparingly before departing to join SønderjyskE in 2022. Racic represented Denmark at youth level.
A central defender, Racic began his career in the F.C. Copenhagen academy and was an unused substitute during two first team matches in the 2016–17 season.[3][4][2] He departed the Parken Stadium in July 2018.[3]
On 5 July 2018, Racic moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year.[3] He was a part of the B team's 2019 Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad and injuries in the first team squad allowed him to make two late-season first team appearances.[5][6][7] In October 2019, Racic signed a new four-year contract and was promoted into the first team squad.[8] He finished the 2019–20 season with seven appearances and one goal, but he did not feature during Brentford's unsuccessful playoff campaign.[9][10]
Down the central defensive pecking order, Racic joined newly-promoted League One club Northampton Town on a loan for the duration of the 2020–21 season.[11] He made 10 appearances before a back injury led to the termination of the loan in January 2021.[12] Racic returned to match play with the B team in mid-April,[13] but he did not win a call into a matchday squad before the end of Brentford's promotion-winning season.[2][14] Despite being named in Brentford's 25-man Premier League squad for the first half of the 2021–22 season,[15] Racic played exclusively for the B team during the first half of the campaign.[2][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] He joined Danish 1st Division club HB Køge on loan in January 2022 and made 14 appearances and scored two goals during the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[2][23]
Returning to the Community Stadium for the 2022–23 pre-season, Racic made one first team friendly appearance,[24] but was not given a squad number ahead of the start of the regular season.[25] He departed Brentford on 1 September 2022, after making 9 appearances and scoring one goal during four years with the club.[26]
On 1 September 2022, Racic transferred to Danish 1st Division club SønderjyskE for an undisclosed fee and signed a contract running until the end of the 2022–23 season.[27]
Racic was capped by Denmark between U16 and U21 level.[28] He was a part of the Danish 2016 UEFA European U17 Championship squad and made three appearances at the tournament.[29]
Racic is of Montenegrin descent and his uncle's brother is goalkeeper Filip Đukić.[30]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
F.C. Copenhagen | 2016–17[2] | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Brentford | 2018–19[7] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20[9] | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
Northampton Town (loan) | 2020–21[31] | League One | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
HB Køge (loan) | 2021–22[2] | Danish 1st Division | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
SønderjyskE | 2022–23[2] | Danish 1st Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Career total | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
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