Stjepan Jukić (; born 10 December 1979) is a

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n retired

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player.

Club career

Jukić has previously played for

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik ( en, Croatian Football Club Šibenik), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, and plays their ...

and Inter Zapresic in the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...

. In 2008, he played for

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the coun ...

of the

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. On 20 February 2010, Jukić was signed by

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is b ...

as its first foreign footballer that season. He made his debut for the club in the first round match against

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

, in which he served

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for the first goal. In the whole season, he capped 27 times with 4 goals and 4 services. In 2011, Jukić has agree to sign a one-year contract with

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league syst ...

. But he suffered a leg fracture during a pre-sonson friendly match in February, which ruling him out for the rest of the 2011 league season.

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Đakovo Association football midfielders Croatian footballers NK Osijek players HNK Šibenik players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players NK Croatia Sesvete players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990) players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Croatian Football League players Belgian First Division A players J2 League players Chinese Super League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub