Ivan Lučić (footballer, born 1995)

This article is about the Austrian footballer. For the Serbian footballer, see Ivan Lučić (footballer, born 1996). For the Dalmatian historian, see Johannes Lucius.

Ivan Lučić
Lučić in November 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hajduk Split
Number 13
Youth career
2004–2006 Post SV Wien
2006–2008 FC Stadlau
2008–2012 Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Austria Wien II 0 (0)
2012–2014 Ried 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Union St. Florian (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2016 Bayern Munich II 15 (0)
2015–2016 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2016–2018 Bristol City 2 (0)
2017 → AaB (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2020 Austria Wien 23 (0)
2020–2023 Istra 1961 55 (0)
2023– Hajduk Split 41 (0)
International career‡
2010 Austria U16 3 (0)
2011 Austria U17 1 (0)
2012–2013 Austria U18 4 (0)
2013–2014 Austria U19 11 (0)
2016 Austria U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2017

Ivan Lučić (born 23 March 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hajduk Split.

Club career

Youth years in Austria

Lučić began playing football when he was nine years old at the Viennese club Post SV in 2004. In 2006, he moved to FC Stadlau before entering the youth teams of Austria Vienna in 2008. After four years at die Veilchen, Lučić joined Austrian Bundesliga side SV Ried prior to the 2012–13 season. Eventually, he made his professional debut for Ried on 11 May 2014 in the last match of the 2013–14 season, a 2–5 home defeat against Rapid Vienna, where he played 89 minutes.[1]

In order to receive more playing time, he was loaned to Austrian Regional League Central team Union St. Florian for the 2013–14 season. Lučić debuted for the club on the first day of the season in a 3–0 win against Klagenfurt. Late in the season, he was also able to score two goals for St. Florian, one via penalty kick in a home loss against Kapfenberger SV reserves on 2 May 2014[2] and one via a converted direct free kick in a home win against Union Vöcklamarkt on 16 May 2014.[3]

Bayern Munich

Prior to the 2014–15 season, Lučić was transferred to German Regionalliga Bayern club FC Bayern Munich II, the reserve team of Bayern Munich.[4] His first appearance for his new club was in a home loss against Würzburger Kickers on 11 July 2014. Soon thereafter, he was invited to join the professional team in their training camp in the United States. However, Lučić suffered a sprained ankle during the camp which sidelined him for several months.[5] He returned to action for Bayern II on 10 April 2015. A few days later, first-team coach Pep Guardiola added him to the squad for the first leg of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against FC Porto.[6]

Bristol City

On 27 July 2016, Lučić signed for Bristol City for an undisclosed fee, following a successful trial.[7] Lučić made his Bristol City debut in a 2–1 EFL Cup win against Fulham on 21 September 2016, a game in which he saved a Cauley Woodrow penalty.[8]

Lučić had his contract at the club cancelled by mutual consent on 31 January 2018, making two appearances for the club.[9]

AaB (loan)

Lučić was loaned out to Danish Superliga-side AaB on 28 January 2017 for the rest of the season.[10]

International career

Born in Austria, Lučić is of Croatian descent.[11] Lučić made his international debut for the Austria national youth football team in an under-16 match against Hungary at Bruck an der Leitha on 28 September 2010. His only under-17 team appearance came on 11 January 2011 against Portugal at Miróbriga. The first of four under-18 appearances was a match against the German under-17 team at Waldkraiburg on 14 April 2012. Lučić then debuted for the Austrian under-19 side against Northern Ireland at Vienna on 11 September 2013 and was subsequently added to the squad for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played in two group stage matches against Hungary and Israel and in the semifinal against Germany.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 November 2023
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ried 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Union St. Florian (loan) 2013–14 Regional League Central 25 2 1 0 — — — 26 2
Bayern Munich II 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2015–16 Regionalliga Bayern 11 0 — — — — 11 0
Total 15 0 — — — — 15 0
Bristol City 2016–17 Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 — — 3 0
2017–18 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 — — 3 0
AaB (loan) 2016–17 Danish Superliga 0 0 2 0 — — — 2 0
Austria Wien 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 5 0 — — — — 5 0
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 18 0 2 0 — 2[c] 0 — 22 0
Total 23 0 2 0 — 2 0 — 27 0
Istra 1961 2020–21 Prva HNL 23 0 3 0 — — — 26 0
2021–22 Prva HNL 31 0 1 0 — — — 32 0
2022–23 Prva HNL 1 0 2 0 — — — 3 0
Total 55 0 6 0 — — — 61 0
Hajduk Split 2022–23 Prva HNL 13 0 3 0 — — — 16 0
2023–24 Prva HNL 15 0 1 0 — 2[d] 0 1[e] 0 19 0
Total 28 0 4 0 — 2 0 1 0 35 0
Career total 149 2 15 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 170 2
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Danish Cup, Croatian Football Cup
  2. ^ Includes Football League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup

Honours

Hajduk Split

References

  1. ^ "SV Ried – Rapid Wien 2:5". weltfussball.de. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Union St. Florian – Kapfenberger SV 1919 (A) 1:2". weltfussball.de. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Union St. Florian – Union Vöcklamarkt 3:1". weltfussball.de. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "FCB II bekommt ein neues Gesicht". www.fcbayern.de. FC Bayern Munich. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bänderriss: Bayerns dritter Torwart Lucic verletzt". www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de. Abendzeitung. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Porto assume pole position against Bayern". www.uefa.com. UEFA. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Ivan Lucic: Bayern Munich goalkeeper signs for Bristol City". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Fulham 1-2 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Lucic leaves Ashton Gate". Adam Baker. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Lucic bekræfter AaB-aftale" (in Danish). bold.dk. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Schnappt uns Kroatien unser Tormann-Supertalent weg?". heute.at (in German). 28 May 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Wegbereiter Selke: U 19 marschiert ins Finale". www.kicker.de. kicker Sportmagazin. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.