Luka Adžić ( sr-cyr, Лука Аџић; born 17 September 1998) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a midfielder for Čukarički.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Born in

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, Adžić joined Red Star Belgrade at the age of 6. He joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade for the 2015–16 season, after he passed all youth categories of the same club. At the beginning of 2016, during the winter break off-season, he suffered an

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, and later he was out of the field until May same year. He signed his first three-year professional contract with club on 3 March 2016. Adžić returned the next season, but stayed with youth team until the end of first half-season in youth league, after which he rejoined the first team. In the meantime, he made his official debut for Red Star Belgrade in a

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match against BSK Borča, played on 26 October 2016 at the

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. Adžić made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in away match against

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replacing

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in 83 minute, and he also scored his first senior goal for 2–1 victory in last minutes of the game. Adžić scored his second goal for the team in 23rd fixture match of the

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season, against OFK Bačka, when he also joined the game as a substitution. Adžić started his first senior match on the field in last fixture match of the season, against Radnički Niš. During the summer 2017 pre-season, Adžić presented as one of the club's top 10 youth prospects. He converted his squad number before the

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qualifications, taking jersey 11. On 29 June 2017, Adžić made his first continental appearance, replacing

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during the match against Floriana. Adžić joined his first eternal derby, replacing

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in 90 minute of a match played on 27 August 2017. Adžić scored his first season realising direct free kick goal in the Serbian Cup match against

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11 October 2017. Later, during the same match, he completed his first hat-trick in professional career, by two

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's assists. In opening match of the second half- season of the

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campaign, played on 17 February 2018, Adžić scored his second league goal, against

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. Several days later, on 21 February, Adžić also joined in the second leg against CSKA Moscow in

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match of the UEFA Europa League. On 18 March 2018, Adžić realised a direct free kick in 28 SuperLiga fixture against Mačva Šabac. Replacing

in second half of the match against Čukarički, played on 25 April 2018, Adžić scored and made an assist to El Fardou Ben Nabouhane in 3–0 victory. In May 2018, he suffered a toe injury and missed the rest of season.

Anderlecht

In May 2018, reports of interest from

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surfaced, after which Adžić refused to sign a new contract with Red Star. On 23 May 2018, he signed a four-year contract with Anderlecht and the transfer fee was reported to be €800,000.

Emmen (loan)

Adžić scored on his debut for Emmen on 21 February 2020 while playing against

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PEC Zwolle

On 31 August 2021, he joined Dutch club PEC Zwolle as a free agent, for the term of one year with an option for another. He made his debut on 2 October in a 1–0 home loss to SC Heerenveen, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute for

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. His first goal for the club came on 14 December in a 4–0 win in the

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over

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International career

Adžić was called into the

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and played several matches in 2015 under coach Ivan Tomić. He was also a member of the Serbia U19 squad between 2016 and 2017. He scored his first goal for the team in a friendly match against Bulgaria, played on 21 February 2017. Adžić got his first call in Serbian under-21 team by coach

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in August 2017. Adžić made his debut for the team replacing Aleksandar Mesarović in 80 minute of the match against

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on 1 September 2017.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Red Star Belgrade * Serbian SuperLiga: 2017–18

Personal life

Luka is a son of former footballer

Ivan Adžić Ivan Adžić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Аџић; born 21 June 1973) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Adžić came through the youth system of Red Sta ...

, and grandson of a Serbian folk singer Šaban Šaulić.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adzic, Luka 1998 births Footballers from Belgrade Serbian people of Bosniak descent Living people Association football midfielders Serbian footballers Serbia under-21 international footballers Serbia youth international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players FC Emmen players MKE Ankaragücü footballers PEC Zwolle players FK Čukarički players Serbian SuperLiga players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Serbian expatriate footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey