Luka Adžić

Luka Adžić
Personal information
Full name Luka Adžić
Date of birth (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2017 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Red Star Belgrade 11 (2)
National team‡
2015 Serbia U18 4 (0)
2016−2017 Serbia U19 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2017

Luka Adžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Аџић; born 17 September 1998) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Red Star Belgrade.[1]

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

2015–16 season

Born in Belgrade,[2] Adžić joined Red Star Belgrade at the age of 6.[3] He joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade for the 2015–16 season, after he passed all youth categories of the same club. At the beginning of 2016, during the winter break off-season, Adžić earned an anterior cruciate ligament injury,[4] and later he was out of the field until May same year.[5] He signed his first three-year professional contract with club on 3 March 2016.[6]

2016–17 season

After fully recovery, Adžić returned in squad for the next season, but also stayed with youth team until the end of first half-season in youth league, when he rejoined the first team.[7] In the meantime, he made his official debut for Red Star Belgrade in a cup match against BSK Borča, played on 26 October 2016 at the Rajko Mitić Stadium.[8] Adžić made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in away match against Metalac Gornji Milanovac replacing Srđan Plavšić in 83 minute, and he also scored his first senior goal for 2–1 victory in last minutes of the game.[9] Adžić scored his second goal for the team in 23rd fixture match of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season, against OFK Bačka, when he also joined the game as a substitution.[10] Adžić started his first senior match on the field in last fixture match of the season, against Radnički Niš.[11]

2017–18 season

After he overgrown youth selection, Adžić became fully senior in 2017. During the summer pre-season, Adžić presented as an one of the club's top 10 youth prospects.[12] He converted his squad number before the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifications, taking jersey 11. On 29 June 2017, Adžić made his first continental appearance, replacing Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes during the match against Floriana.[13]

International career

Adžić was called into the Serbia national under-18 football team and played several matches in 2015 under coach Ivan Tomić.[14][15] He was also a member of the Serbia U19 squad[16] between 2016 and 2017.[17] He scored his first goal for the team in a friendly match against Bulgaria, played on 21 February 2017.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2017[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Star Belgrade 2015–16 SuperLiga 0000——00
2016–17 723000—102
2017–18 400010—50
Total 1123010—152

Personal life

Luka is a son of former footballer Ivan Adžić,[20] and grandson of a Serbian folk singer Šaban Šaulić.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Лука Аџић". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Adzic, Luka". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Лука Аџић: Годину ћу памтити по првенцу против Металца". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 25 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Raosavljević o Adžiću: Izgleda da su ligamenti...". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 24 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Luka Adžić počeo sa treninzima". B92 (in Serbian). 13 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Лука Аџић потписао уговор са Звездом: Једва чекам поново да заиграм". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Стојановић и Мичел поново са првотимцима". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Аџић и Милошевић дебитовали за Звезду". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "17.Kolo: Metalac - Crvena zvezda". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Zvezda mezila u Bačkoj, raspucani Boaći poručio Partizanu: Mislite i na mene (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Црвена звезда - Раднички Ниш 4:0 (1:0)". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "ALO! PREDSTAVLJA Top 10 Zvezdinih klinaca za budućnost". Alo! (in Serbian). 31 May 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Црвена звезда - Флоријана 3:0 (1:0)". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Тoмић oбјaвиo списaк У-18 селекције зa Јaпaн". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Репрезентација Србије до 18 година" (PDF). fudbalpsiho@wordpress.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Кoсaнoвић изaбрao oмлaдинце зa прoвере у Грузији". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Репрезентација Србије до 19 година" (PDF). fudbalpsiho@wordpress.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Обрадовић дебитовао победом,омладинци убедљиви у првој провери против Бугарске - 3:1 (3:0)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  19. ↑ Luka Adžić at Soccerway
  20. ↑ "Лука Аџић: Тату сам гледао само на касетама, није био лош". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "Mlad, lep i perspektivan: Ovo je unuk Šabana Šaulića". svet.rs (in Serbian). 16 May 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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