Vladimir Lukarić (born 22 January 1939) is a former

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ian

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player and manager. He has had six appearances for the Yugoslav national team, scoring his only goal against Ethiopia in 1962.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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(back then still named Fiume and part of the

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) as a player, he was

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's first player to be capped for the Yugoslav national team in 1961. He spent much of his career in Rijeka, collecting over 200 league caps and scoring 42 goals. He also had a two-year spell with

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as assistant manager.

International

Lukarić made his first international appearance for Yugoslavia national team in 1961 in a

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against

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and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1965 friendly away against the

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International appearances

International goals

Career statistics

Player statistics

Managerial career

As a manager, Lukarić was a coach of all youth levels of Rijeka before becoming their main coach between 1989 and 1991. He also coached other local clubs such as NK Buje, NK Crikvenica and NK Pomorac Kostrena. He was also the assistant manager of the Croatian national team in 1990 in their match against the United States.

Managerial statistics

: *Dates of first and last games under Lukarić; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Player

;HNK Rijeka *

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: 1971-72

Individual

all time XI by Novi list

Manager

;HNK Rijeka (Youth) * SR Croatia Youth Cup: 1982 * Yugoslav Youth Cup: 1982 *Croatian Youth Cup: 1992

References

External links

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