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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 (age 26)
Place of birth	Sremska Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Forward
Club 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	25	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022

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]

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