Luka Tankulic (born 21 June 1991) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a striker for German club Rot-Weiss Ahlen.

Club career

Tankulic began his career with Ahlener SG and was later scouted by city rival

LR Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...

. After three years with the club he signed with

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

in summer 2005. After two years with Borussia he signed with Rot-Weiss Ahlen, where he played his debut match in the

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on 22 September 2009 leading to a contract with the club, signed on 6 October 2009, which runs through 30 June 2012. On 15 July 2014, after Tankulic appeared as a trialist for

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in their pre-season fixture against

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and scored in a 2–0 win, manager

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expressed a desire to offer the player a contract. Tankulic and his compatriot Thomas Konrad subsequently signed two-year contracts with Dundee in July 2014. He scored on his debut as Dundee won 4–0 against

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on 2 August 2014, in the

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. On 28 August 2015, Tankulic left Dundee, with his contract being terminated by mutual consent. In February 2016, Tankulic signed for

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club

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. Tankulic would play for

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

for 5 years, helping get the club promoted to and stay in the 3. Liga and becoming

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. In 2023, Tankulic would leave Meppen and return to his hometown and to former club Rot-Weiss Ahlen.

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* * 1991 births Living people People from Ahlen Footballers from Münster (region) German people of Croatian descent German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Scottish Professional Football League players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Rot Weiss Ahlen players Borussia Dortmund players Fortuna Düsseldorf II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players VfL Wolfsburg II players Dundee F.C. players Sportfreunde Lotte players SV Meppen players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub