Andrija Jukic

Jukic in the jersey of Perth Glory ( 2010)

Andrija Jukic ( born January 3, 1987 in Perth ) is an Australian football player of Croatian descent. The midfielder played professionally for Perth Glory in the A-League and at Bogor Raya FC in the Indonesia Premier League.

Career

Jukic comes from, as well as his older brother Luka, the young talents of the company founded by Croatian immigrants Association Western Knights and moved in 2004 at age 17 in the men's team with gaming operations in the Premier League of Western Australia on. There he met regularly in his first year to use when the next championship and the Champion of Champions competition was won. At the end of the season he was awarded at the state level as Rookie of the Year (German newcomer of the year) and excellent team internally as Most Improved Player (Eng. most - improved player). In 2004, he also belonged to the U-19 selection of the state of Western Australia, local players were, among others, Jeff Bright, David Micevski, Nick Ward and Nikita Rukavytsya who started all of her professional career at Perth Glory.

After another season with the Knights, he spent the year 2006 abroad; probably at a football club in Croatia. For the 2007 season the playmaker returned to the Western Knights and was chosen for its performance of the season in the team of the season. For the 2008 season changed Jukic for Premier League rivals Perth SC. In March 2008, Jukic took as a test player with the A- League club Perth Glory part in a test match trip to China and was like, was appointed to the selection of Western Australia in the same year, in 2007. With the selection team, he won with a 3-2 victory over Perth Glory in a discharged annually between the two teams since 1998 Friendly Match, Jukic headed for the first victory of the Federal State selection in this meeting a hit on.

For the newly created A-League National Youth League, he was accepted into the youth team Perth Glory coach Gareth Naven junior season for 2008/ 09 and served as its captain. There was Jukic, of his living as a trader assistant in the mining industry earned up to that point, with six goals this season 's top scorer of the team and was towards the end of the season more than once in the squad of the professional team. His debut December 15, 2008 against Wellington Phoenix were followed until end of season three more missions as a substitute. In the season 2009/10 Jukic next to Scott Neville, Anthony Skorich, Howard Fondyke and Brent Griffiths was one of five players from the youth team, which was equipped with a professional contract. In the course of the season he came regularly by Substitutes for use when the team for the first time succeeded in gaining the Championship play-offs. After he hardly came into use in 2010/ 11, he was released early the year of his contract, to switch to Bogor Raya FC in the newly created Indonesia Premier League.

His sister was born in 1989 Katarina plays in 2008, among other things for the women's team Perth Glory in the W- League.

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