Stojan Lukić (born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

club

Varbergs BoIS Varbergs BoIS FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Varberg, the main town of Varberg Municipality in Halland County. Background The club was formed at a meeting in the Varbergs Folkets Hus on 25 March 1925. The backbone of the ...

Career

Lukić grew up in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

but relocated with his family to

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational urban areas of Sweden, city at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat ...

at the age of 15. There he started out at local lower division side IF Leikin before eventually signing with another Halmstad based club,

IS Halmia IS Halmia is a association football, football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden. Background IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 3 (Swedish football), Division 3 Sydästra Götaland. The club originall ...

. After shorter stints with

Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

based clubs Högaborgs BK and

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap (, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of football in Sweden. The club was formed ...

Lukić joined third tier

Assyriska FF Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently play ...

for the 2007 season. Even though he was the starting keeper and Assyriska won promotion Lukić decided to end his two-year contract prematurely as he was unable to settle in

Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södert� ...

. He moved back home to Halmstad from where he was able to commute to nearby

Falkenberg Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...

, home to second tier

club

Falkenbergs FF Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...

. There he impressed right away by having the second best save percentage in the league that season. After five years with Falkenberg he finally got the chance to play at the highest Swedish level

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

when he signed for

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

before the 2013 season started. On 4 January 2019 it was announced, that Lukić would continue at

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

as an assistant manager under manager

Thomas Askebrand Thomas Askebrand, born ''Johansson'' 23 January 1969 in Åsa, is a Swedish football manager. He is the sporting director and formally manager of Varbergs BoIS. Management career Thomas started out his managing career for small local clubs in ...

. However, Lukić would still continue to be registered as a player. Lukić left Örgryte at the end of 2019 and joined

in February 2020 on a one-year deal.

Personal life

Lukić was born in Stockholm to

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history, and language. They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia ...

parents. His family moved to Halmstad when he was 15 years old.

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1979 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Halmstads BK players Falkenbergs FF players Landskrona BoIS players Assyriska FF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Swedish men's footballers IS Halmia players Örgryte IS players Högaborgs BK players Varbergs BoIS players Swedish people of Serbian descent Footballers from Stockholm {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub