Vladan Lukić

Vladan Lukić
Personal information
Full name Vladan Lukić
Date of birth February 16, 1970 (1970-02-16) (age 42)
Place of birth Sopot, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986-1993 Red Star Belgrade 76 (31)
1993 Atletico Madrid 9 (2)
1993-1994 Vojvodina Novi Sad 11 (3)
1994 OFK Beograd 4 (1)
1994-1995 CA Marbella 19 (11)
1995-1996 OFK Beograd 0 (0)
1996-1997 FC Sion 29 (15)
1997-1999 FC Metz 53 (10)
1999-2000 Paniliakos 14 (2)
National team
1991 Yugoslavia 4 (2)
1998 FR Yugoslavia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vladan Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Лукић ; born February 16, 1970) is a former Serbian international football player, from Serbia. He is current president of Red Star Belgrade.

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Playing career

After arrival to Red Star Belgrade from hometown Sopot, Lukić entered first team and immediately showed scoring abilities. He also had a good start with Yugoslavia national team, but his luck turned around in 1991 in a match against Austria, when he broke his leg in a collision with teammate Siniša Mihajlović. Lukić returned to football eventually, but never reached his full potential as a player. He had top performances in the 1996-97 season, when he won the Swiss Football League with FC Sion. The following year, he finished second placed in French Ligue 1 with modest club FC Metz.

Administrative career

After retiring from playing Lukić returned to his hometown and became the chairman of FK Sopot who were competing in the Belgrade group of Serbian League, which is the third tier of the Serbian football pyramid.

Red Star Belgrade president

On 26 May 2009 Lukić became president of Red Star Belgrade[1] whilst the club were experiencing major financial difficulties with its account blocked due to reported debt of €23 million. Lukić replaced previous club president Dan Tana at the position.

Lukić's first order of business was hiring new head coach Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović in early June 2009.[2]

In November 2009, public prosecutor's office demanded for Lukić to be prohibited from performing the function of the president of Red Star Belgrade and fined due to his alleged support to hooligans.[3] In December 2009, at the Serbian SuperLiga winter break, Red Star led the standings with three points ahead of eternal rivals FK Partizan. At the same time, Lukić announced that over his seven months in charge, the club managed to lower its debt by €6 million.[4] Soon after the league restart, Lukić fired head coach Petrović despite Red Star still leading the league by three points, replacing him with club's youth system coach Ratko Dostanić.[5] The coaching change did not produce the desired effect as the club not only failed to its lead, but also lost its points advantage over Partizan. The league title was decided on 8 May at the Eternal Derby with Partizan winning the controversial match 1-0.[6]

During the summer 2010 off-season, Lukić struck a sponsorship deal with Russian oil company Gazprom Neft.[7] The terms of the 5-year deal between two parties were not disclosed.

References

  1. ^ Lukić predsednik FK Crvena zvezda;B92, 26 May 2009
  2. ^ Pižon i zvanično na čelu Zvezde;B92, 3 June 2009
  3. ^ Lukić ne sme da bude predsednik Zvezde
  4. ^ Lukić: "Dug smanjen za 6 miliona";B92, 17 December 2009
  5. ^ Dostanić menja Pižona;B92, 21 March 2010
  6. ^ Partizan na korak od titule prvaka;B92, 8 May 2010
  7. ^ Gazprom generalni sponzor Zvezde!;B92, 9 July 2010