Luka Sučić

Luka Sučić
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2012 SV Alkoven
2012–2016 Union Edelweiß Linz
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Liefering 26 (6)
2020– 2024 Real Sociedad 6 (1)
National team
2017 Croatia U15 5 (1)
2018 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2018–2019 Croatia U17 8 (4)
2019 Croatia U19 3 (0)
2021– Croatia U21 9 (5)
2021– Croatia 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2024

Luka Sučić (born 8 September 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for the La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Croatia national team.

Career

He started his career with SV Alkoven and Edelweiß Linz. In 2016 he came to the Red Bull Academy. 2019 until 2020 he played for the feeder team FC Liefering (26 matches-6 goals). He also played for FC Salzburg U19 in the 2019-20 UEFA Youth League. From 2020 on he played for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. On 15 July 2020 he signed a new contract with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2024. [1] 2024 he moved to Real Sociedad San Sebastian.

International career

He had the possibility to play for Austria, Bosnia or Croatia. He decided to play for Croatia. He played for Craotia U15 to U21. On October 9th, 2021 he was called up for the national team and played his first match in a World Cup qualifier versus Slovakia on October 11th.

He was in the team of Croatia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Quatar.[2]

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 October 2023[3]
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering 2019–20 2. Liga 15 4 0 0 15 4
2020–21 11 2 0 0 11 2
Total 26 6 0 0 0 0 26 6
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 17 1 5 1 5[b] 0 27 2
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 28 8 6 2 10[c] 1 44 11
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 15 0 2 0 7[d] 0 24 0
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 4 0 1 0 3[c] 0 8 0
Total 64 9 14 3 25 1 103 13
Career total 90 15 14 3 25 1 129 19
Notes
  1. Includes Austrian Cup
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 16 November 2022[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2021 1 0
2022 3 0
Total 4 0

References

  1. Redbullsalzburg.at in English
  2. https://www.fussball-wm.pro Kroatien Kader (German)
  3. Luka Sučić at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. "Luka Sučić, international footballer". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2021.