Jovan Lučić (born 26 May 1987) is a

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, holding both Canadian and Serbian citizenship, who plays for Budućnost Dobanovci in the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

Career

Born in Vancouver,Serbia World Cup soccer fans: Cup rookies could soar in debut
at Canada.com, 5-6-2010, retrieved 1-3-2015 he played with the

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned soc ...

in Vancouver. During the second half of the 2013–14 season he played with FK Gorni Lisiče in the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

. In summer 2014 he joined

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

side FK Rad, and during the winter break of the 2014–15 season he was loaned to

FK Hajduk Beograd FK Hajduk Beograd () is a football club based in Lion, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. History After triumphing in the 1992–93 Belgrade Zone League, the club subsequentl ...

. In winter 2016 he joined

Vršac Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a pop ...

, played 14 games and saved the club from relegation. In summer 2016 he joined

side

Bežanija Bežanija ( sr-cyr, Бежанија, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd, in the Syrmia region. Location Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sav ...

, In winter 2017 he joined Radnički Beograd, and won the 2017 Belgrade Football Association Cup which was decided on penalties, and Lučić was decisive by stopping two, and subsequently was named the Man of the Match.FK „Radnički“ iz Novog Beograda pobednik Kupa FS Beograda u sezoni 2016/2017
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Personal life

Lučić's father, Dobrivoje, had been a soccer player in Yugoslavia, and his brother is

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player

Milan Lucic Milan Lucic (; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played major junior hockey with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for three seas ...

Honours

;Radnički Beograd *Belgrade FA Cup: 2016–17

Ice hockey

Lučić played Ice Hockey as well. He played for

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...

based club White Eagles in the Adult Safe Hockey League. Lučić has played as a professional in the

Serbian Hockey League The Serbian Hockey League is the top league for ice hockey in Serbia. Teams The total number of teams varies from season to season, as certain clubs can't fill their senior teams due to lack of players or finances. Some clubs only participate in ...

, 2013 to 2015 for HK Beostar during his football winter breaks.Jovan Lučić - Hokej na ledu Srbije
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References

1987 births Living people Serbian footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Soccer players from Vancouver Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Serbian descent Canadian expatriate soccer players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Serb diaspora sportspeople Association football goalkeepers FK Bežanija players FK Brodarac players FK BSK Batajnica players FK Gorno Lisiče players FK Hajduk Beograd players FK Rad players FK Radnički Beograd players FK Vršac players FK Zvezdara players FC Botev Vratsa players FC Arda Kardzhali players FK Budućnost Dobanovci players Serbian First League players Serbian White Eagles FC players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria {{Serbia-footy-goalkeeper-stub