Željko Lukajić

Željko Lukajić
Personal information
Born (1958-12-14) December 14, 1958
Goražde, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / Bosnian
Position Head coach
Coaching career 1986–present
Career history
As coach:
1986–1987 KK Famos Hrasnica
1988–1989 KK Igman Ilidža
1991–1992 Željezničar
1992–1993 KK Kikinda
1993–1994 Partizan Belgrade
1994–1995 Borovica
1996 P.A.O.K.
1997–1998 Vojvodina
1998–2005 Hemofarm Vršac
2007 Igokea
2007–2008 Lukoil Academic
2008–2009 Universitet Yugra Surgut
2010–2012 Hemofarm Vršac
2012–2013 Politekhnika-Halychyna
2014–2015 Igokea
2017–2018 MZT Skopje
Career highlights and awards

As head coach:

Željko "Struja" Lukajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Лукајић, born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is serving as a head coach of MZT Skopje of the ABA League and the Macedonian First League.

Coaching career

Lukajić began his long coaching career back in 1986 when he was the head coach of KK Famos Hrasnica for the 1986–1987 season. Over two decades he worked with many Bosnian and Serbian clubs, most notably Partizan Belgrade in 1993–94 season and Hemofarm Vršac from 1998 until 2005.

In January 2010, he became the head coach of his former team Hemofarm Vršac.[1] He parted ways with the team in January 2012.[2] That 2011–12 season would be the last season in prominent era of Vršac-based team under Hemofarm's sponsorship. Month later, he took the coaching position in the Ukrainian team Politekhnika-Halychyna.[3] He stayed there for one and a half season.

On November 26, 2014, he returned to Igokea to be the team's new head coach; he already had short stint coaching Igokea in 2007.[4]

On December 8, 2017, he became a head coach of Macedonian basketball team MZT Skopje.[5]He left MZT on April 3, 2018.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Struja opet u Hemofarmu". rts.rs (in Serbian). 13 January 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lukajić napustio Hemofarm". sportskacentrala.com (in Serbian). 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lukajić preuzeo ukrajinsku Politehniku". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lukajić novi trener Igokee". igokea.rs (in Serbian). 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Официјално: Србинот Жељко Лукајиќ е нов тренер на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Србинот Лукајиќ си замина, Кочов е нов тренер на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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