Đuka Lovrić (born 23 August 1927 in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia - died 20 February 1957 in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav professional footballer. He fell in love with the game by watching his older brother, Bosnian footballer Franjo Lovrić, play.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 August 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 20 February 1957 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1946 | Sloboda | 19 | (4) |
| 1946–1955 | FK Sarajevo | 196 | (78) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editAfter the end of the war he joined newly-formed Sloboda with his brother and the two eventually joined SD Torpedo which was formed a year later by the fusion of Sloboda and another Sarajevo-based side, Udarnik and later renamed FK Sarajevo.[1] He spent 9 years playing for FK Sarajevo during which time he earned 196 caps and scored 78 goals for the maroon-whites, earning him a call-up to the Yugoslavia national team for a friendly against England in Belgrade in 1954.[1] He did however not play.
In the autumn of 1954 he became terminally ill[2] and soon after had to retire from professional football at the age of 27. He played his last match for FK Sarajevo on 5 June 1955 against NK Zagreb.[3]
Death
editLovrić died in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia in 1957, at the age of just 30.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Đuka Lovrić (1927-1957)" (in Bosnian). Fksinfo.com. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Prije 60 godina: Umro Đuka Lovrić, jedan od najboljih strijelaca FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). RadioSarajevo.ba. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Godišnjica smrti Đuke Lovrića" (in Bosnian). Historija.ba. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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