Luka Kulenović (; born 29 September 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

. Born in Canada, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Kulenović started his professional career at Željezničar Banja Luka, before joining Osijek II in 2019. In 2020, he switched to

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. Later that year, he signed with

Rudar Prijedor Fudbalski klub Rudar Prijedor (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Pудаp Пpиjeдop) is a professional football club from the city of Prijedor that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rudar plays in the Premier League of Bosnia ...

. Two years later, he joined Sloga Meridian. Kulenović was transferred to

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in 2023. The following year, he moved to Heracles Almelo. Kulenović made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024.

Club career

Early career

Kulenović started playing football at

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the main ...

and played in the youth setups of Krupa and

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, before signing with Željezničar Banja Luka in August 2018. He made his professional debut against Tekstilac on 25 August at the age of 18 and managed to score a goal. Kulenović scored his first career

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in a triumph over Podrinje Janja on 18 May 2019. In August, he joined Croatian team Osijek II. In February 2020, he switched to

. In June, he went to

. In June 2022, he moved to Sloga Meridian. In July 2023, Kulenović signed for Czech side

. In July 2024, he was transferred to Dutch outfit

International career

In November 2024, Kulenović received his first senior call up to

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, for

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games against

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and the

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. He debuted against the former on 16 November.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Rudar Prijedor * First League of the RS:

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