Luka Majcen (born 25 July 1989) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Early career

Majcen started his senior career with Interblock.

Churchill Brothers

In 2020, Majcen moved to India and signed with

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in the

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. He was the second best goalscorer of the

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season with 11 goals in 15 matches.

Bengaluru United

In August 2021, Majcen moved to

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side Bengaluru United. He made his debut on 6 September in a 1–0 win against

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in the group stage of the

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, but their journey ended with a 4–2 defeat to Mohammedan Sporting in the semi-finals. With Bengaluru United, he won the 2021–22 Bangalore Super Division title, in which he emerged as the league's top scorer with thirteen goals.

Gokulam Kerala

On 9 January 2022, it was announced that I-League defending champions

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have signed Majcen for the remainder of the season. On 3 March 2022, he made his debut for the club in I-League match against NEROCA, which ended in a 0–0 stalemate. Majcen scored his first goals for Gokulam Kerala on 7 March, in their 5–1 win against Real Kashmir. He scored his first

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on 12 March in their 6–2 win against Kenkre. With Gokulam Kerala, Majcen won the league title in the 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the

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on 14 May, as Gokulam became the first club in fifteen years to defend the title. Overall, Majcen scored thirteen league goals during the season. In the

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group stage opener, Majcen scored a brace in Gokulam's 4–2 win against

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. He also appeared in the remaining two matches when Gokulam was defeated 1–0 by Maldivian side

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, and 2–1 by

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of Bangladesh, respectively, and was eliminated from the tournament.

RoundGlass Punjab

On 23 September 2022, Majcen joined another I-League side

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on a one-year deal. With Punjab, Majcen won the

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title, his second consecutive I-League championship, and helped the team gain promotion to the

. He was also named the player of the season and was the league's top scorer with 16 goals. Majcen made his

debut on 23 September 2023, in their 3–1 away defeat to Mohun Bagan, in which he scored the club's first ever goal in India's highest division.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Interblock *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09 *

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Triglav Kranj *

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: 2016–17 Churchill Brothers *

runner-up:

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Bengaluru United *

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: 2021–22 Gokulam Kerala *I-League: 2021–22 RoundGlass Punjab *I-League:

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Individual * I-League Player of the Season: 2022–23 * I-League top scorer: 2022–23

References

External links

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NZS profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majcen, Luka 1989 births Living people Slovenian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players I-League players Indian Super League players NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players NK Ivančna Gorica players NK Rudar Velenje players FC Koper players NK Triglav Kranj players ND Gorica players NK Krka players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players FC Bengaluru United players Gokulam Kerala FC players Punjab FC players Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India