Luka Glavas ( hr, Luka Glavaš; born 20 January 1985) is a former

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Biography

Luka Glavas played for Hurstville Zagreb from 2003 to 2004,

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from 2004 to 2005 and

Sydney United Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but it ...

from 2005 to 2006. In the 2006

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Grand Final against

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, Glavas scored all four goals in a 4–0 win for

. Glavas then joined

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

in mid-2006. Glavas scored his first ever

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goal against

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on 29 October 2006. However, he was generally disappointing during his time at

. At the end of the 2006–2007 A-League season, Perth advised Glavas that he was one of five players to be released by the club. On 13 February 2007,

announced Glavas had signed with the club and was included in the squad for the

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. Glavas was released by Sydney at the completion of their ACL campaign and signed with

Heidelberg United Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently ...

in the

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. In 2008 Glavas returned to

and returned to goalscoring form in the

. Glavas was Sydney United's top goalscorer in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The talismanic striker retired on 24 August 2014, playing his last match against Sutherland Sharks in the last round of the 2014

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glavas, Luka Perth Glory FC players 1985 births Living people A-League Men players Australian people of Croatian descent Sydney United 58 FC players Melbourne Knights FC players Sydney FC players Soccer players from Sydney National Premier Leagues players Men's association football forwards Australian men's soccer players Heidelberg United FC players