John Lukic
English footballer (born 1960)
Jovan Lukic (Serbian: Јован "Џон" Лукић, Jovan "Džon" Lukić; born 11 December 1960) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
He played as a goalkeeper from 1978 to 2001 and spent his entire professional career playing for Leeds United and Arsenal, making 596 league appearances altogether over two spells with each club. He played in the Premier League for both, winning the League Cup and First Division title in his first spell at Highbury, he was part of the double winning Premier League and FA Cup winning squad of 1997–98 season but did not play enough games to win a medal, however he was on the bench for the 1999 Charity Shield victory. His Leeds accolades included another First Division title win in 1992 and the following summer's Charity Shield. He was capped for both the England U21 and England B teams.
Club career
Lukic signed for Leeds United as a schoolboy. He learnt from David Harvey and replaced him, initially in a UEFA Cup Round One, Second Leg, tie against Valletta 3 October 1979, and then in the League at Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 October 1979 and went on to play 165 games for the Elland Road side.
After making a transfer request, Lukic moved to Arsenal in July 1983 for £75,000, as a long-term replacement for Pat Jennings.
In March 1984 Jennings was injured playing against Coventry City at Highfield Road and Lukic came into the side for four games, making his debut on 7 April 1984 against Stoke City at Highbury in a 3–1 win.
The following season, 1984–85, on 31 October 1984, Jennings played poorly against Oxford United away in the League Cup, where Arsenal were beaten 3–2, and Jennings was dropped for one game and Lukic came in to replace him, and though Jennings returned for the next three games, Lukic came back into the side and played every game for the rest of the season, nailing down the number one keepers spot.
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