Milan Lukač (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Милан Лукач; born 4 October 1985) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

Club career

Lukač started his career in the team FK Mladost from

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, with whom he competed in

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. Season 2004/05. he played for

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in Serbian League Belgrade, after which he played two years for FK Srem in

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. In the highest rank, Serbian SuperLiga, he made his debut in the 2007/08 season as a goalkeeper of Čukarički. During the summer of 2009, he signed a contract with AEK Athens. In two years in the Greek club, he played in only one competitive game, on November 5, 2009 against

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

(2:2) in the group stage of the Europa League. In the summer of 2011, Lukač signed with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

. He spent two seasons at Karaburma, making 64 competitive appearances for the club. In June 2013, Lukač moved to

, penning a three-year deal. He started the 2013/14 season. as the first goalkeeper of the Black-Whites, playing in the qualification matches for Champions League against Armenian club

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and Bulgarian Ludogorets. In the game with Ludogorets, he was injured, after which he was absent from the field for six weeks. After recovering from injury, Lukač was a reserve for

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until the end of the first part of the championship. Stojković left the club in the winter transfer window, after which Lukač took the place of the first goalkeeper. On 146-th Eternal derby, played on April 26, 2014, Lukač saved two penalty kicks against

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, first to

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and then Nikola Mijailović. In the end, Partizan won with a score of 2:1, and Lukač became only the second goalkeeper to save two penalties in Eternal derby (the first was

Ratomir Dujković Ratomir Dujković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратомир Дујковић, born 24 February 1946) is a Serbian football manager and a former player. Playing career Born and raised in Borovo Naselje to an ethnic Serb family, Dujković attended Ivan ...

at the 43rd Eternal derby in 1970). In the next 2014/15. season, Partizan won the title in Serbian SuperLiga and Lukač had the status of the first goalkeeper during the autumn part of the championship, while in the spring part his place was taken by

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. In this season, Lukač also played in the group stage of

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with Partizan. He played in all the matches of Group C in which the opponents of the Belgrade club were

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and

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. In two years he spent at Partizan, Lukač played in a total of 46 competitive matches (29 championship, 16 European and one cup match). In July 2015, he signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Akhisar Belediyespor. He spent the next six years in the Turkish club, playing 104 league games. In the first four seasons with the club, he played in the highest rank,

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, and the last two in the second tier of the competition. On 10 May 2018, Lukač helped

Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisarspor Kulübü (Akhisar Sports Club), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.

win their first professional trophy, the

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International career

Lukač made his international debut for

in a friendly match against

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on 6 June 2014, coming on as a substitute for

in the 89th minute. He managed to save a header from

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in the second minute of injury time.

Career statistics

Honours

;Partizan * Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2014–15 ;Akhisarspor *

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(1): 2017-18

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukac, Milan 1985 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian footballers Serbia men's international footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serbian SuperLiga players Super League Greece players Süper Lig players FK Čukarički players AEK Athens F.C. players FK Partizan players FK Srem players OFK Beograd players Akhisarspor footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Turkey