Luka Vučko (born 11 April 1984) is a Croatian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Club

A product of

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

, Vučko had stints with

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

sides

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

and

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Supersport HNL, of which they have been members ...

, after before moving to

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side

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

in July 2008. In February 2011, he joined Polish club

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

on a half-year deal. He rescinded his contract in 2012 by mutual consent. In September 2012, he joined Hungarian club (Pécsi MFC) for 2 years. In February 2013, he joined

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club San Antonio Scorpions FC.

International

Vučko also earned 19 caps for Croatia U21 team between 2004 and 2006. He was called up to the national team on 11 May 2010 by manager

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, as a replacement for Dario Knežević, for the May 2010 friendlies against

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and

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. The game against Estonia, in which he came on as a 46th-minute substitute for

Dejan Lovren Dejan Lovren (; born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club PAOK. Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Lyon in January 2010. He spent three and a half seas ...

, remained his sole international appearance.

Personal life

He is a younger brother of former Croatia international player

Jurica Vučko Jurica Vučko (born 8 October 1976) is a Croatian former professional footballer who currently serves as an assistant manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split. Club career Vučko started his professional career with hometown's Hajduk Split, playi ...

Coaching career

Vučko started after his active career as a youth coach at NK Primorac Stobreč and later under a brand new youth project between the football school Union and Primorac Stobreč. In the summer of 2021, Vučko was hired as coach of

's U-17 squad. He also coached the club's U-18 team for a period before moving back to U-17 coaching in October 2023.

Honours

Hajduk Split *

Croatian Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

: 2004–05 * Croatian Cup: 2002–03 * Croatian Super Cup:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

References

External links

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Luka Vučko profile
at Nogometni magazin {{DEFAULTSORT:Vucko, Luka 1984 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Solin players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players HNK Rijeka players Eskişehirspor footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Pécsi MFC players San Antonio Scorpions players NK Istra 1961 players NK Mosor players Croatian Football League players Süper Lig players Ekstraklasa players III liga players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United States HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff