Josip Lukačević

Josip Lukačević
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-11-03)3 November 1983
Place of birth Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 23 October 2025(2025-10-23) (aged 41)
Place of death Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Left midfielder
Youth career
Orašje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Orašje 19 (2)
2005 Hajduk Split 0 (0)
2005–2006 Široki Brijeg 22 (2)
2006 Graničar Županja ? (?)
2007–2008 Čelik Zenica 39 (10)
2008 Luch-Energiya 6 (0)
2009–2010 Cibalia 32 (4)
2010–2012 Osijek 36 (1)
2012–2013 Lučko 14 (0)
2013–2014 Orašje 5 (0)
2014–2018 SC Golling 101 (50)
2018 FC Hallein 04 6 (0)
2019–2021 USK St. Koloman 28 (15)
International career
2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina XI 1 (0)
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josip Lukačević (3 November 1983 – 23 October 2025) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Club career

Lukačević spent the latter seasons in the Austrian amateur ranks.[1]

International career

Lukačević made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an unofficial match in 2007 against Poland. His sole official match was a June 2008 friendly against Azerbaijan in which he came on as a second-half substitute for Mladen Žižović.[2]

Death

Lukačević died in Salzburg, Austria on 23 October 2025, at the age of 41.[3]

References

  1. ^ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
  2. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ Tolić, Josip (24 October 2025). "Umro bivši igrač HNL-a Josip Lukačević (41). Pronašli su ga u svlačionici: "Još ne vjerujemo..."" [Former HNL player Josip Lukačević (41) dies. He was found in the locker room: "We still don't believe it..."]. 24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 October 2025.