Luka Sučić

Luka Sučić (born 8 September 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for the Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Croatia national team. He also played for FC Salzburg U19 in the 2019-20 UEFA Youth League.

Luka Sučić
FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (2022-07-22) 38.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birthLinz, Austria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number10
Youth career
2009–2012SV Alkoven
2012–2016Union Edelweiß Linz
2016–2019Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020Liefering26(6)
2020–0000Red Bull Salzburg61(9)
National team
2017Croatia U155(1)
2018Croatia U161(0)
2018–2019Croatia U178(4)
2019Croatia U193(0)
2021–Croatia U214(4)
2021–Croatia4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2023

Career

He started his career with SV Alkoven and Edelweiß Linz. In 2016 he came to the Red Bull Academy. 2019 till 2020 he played for the feeder team FC Liefering (26 matches-6 goals). 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]

As of 6 January 2022[2]

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 nationalteam 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.[3]

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Club statistics

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 16 0 3 1 8[c] 1 27 2
Total 33 1 8 2 13 1 54 4
Career total 59 7 8 2 13 1 80 10
Notes


  1. Includes Austrian Cup
  2. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League


References