Luka Racic
Luka Racic (born 8 May 1999) is a Danish professional football central defender who plays for Brentford. He is a product of the FC Copenhagen academy and represented Denmark at youth level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luka Racic[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Central defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2016 | FC Copenhagen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | FC Copenhagen | 0 | (0) |
2018– | Brentford | 6 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Denmark U16 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U17 | 7 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 12 | (0) |
2018– | Denmark U20 | 4 | (0) |
2020– | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:49, 14 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC) |
Club career
FC Copenhagen
A central defender, Racic began his career in the FC Copenhagen academy and was an unused substitute for the first team during two matches in the 2016–17 season.[3][4][5] He departed the Parken Stadium in July 2018.[3]
Brentford
On 5 July 2018, Racic moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year.[3] He was a part of the B team's 2019 Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad and injuries allowed him to make two late-season first team appearances.[6][7][8] In October 2019, Racic signed a new four-year contract and was promoted into the first team squad.[9]
International career
Racic has been capped by Denmark between U16 and U21 level.[10] He was a part of the Danish 2016 UEFA European U17 Championship squad and made three appearances at the tournament.[11]
Personal life
Racic is of Montenegrin descent and his uncle's brother is goalkeeper Filip Djukic.[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 March 2020
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Copenhagen | 2016–17[13] | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brentford | 2018–19[8] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2019–20[14] | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||
Career total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
References
- "The Football Association – List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018". p. 31. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- "Luka Racic – Defender – First Team – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "Brentford B sign Luka Racic". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Jammerbugt FC vs. F.C. København 1–6 | 26/10 2016 17:30 | DBU Pokalen". F.C. København. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- Luka Racic at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- "🗣 "Beating Man United at any level is incredible and to do it with the B team was definitely special"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Games played by Luka Racic in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Luka Racic pens new long-term deal". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information". www.dbu.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- Luka Racic – UEFA competition record
- rtcg.me. "Račić uskoro, moguće u reprezentaciji Crne Gore". RTCG – Radio Televizija Crne Gore – Nacionalni javni servis (in Montenegrin). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- "Games played by Luka Racic in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Games played by Luka Racic in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
External links
- Luka Racic at dbu.dk
- Luka Racic at brentfordfc.com
- Luka Racic at Soccerbase
- Luka Racic at Soccerway
- Luka Racic – UEFA competition record