John Lukic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jovan Lukić | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leeds United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Leeds United | 165 | (0) |
| 1983–1990 | Arsenal | 223 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Leeds United | 265 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Arsenal | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 668 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1980–1981 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1990 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jovan "John" Lukic (Serbian: Јован "Џон" Лукић, Jovan "Džon" Lukić) (born 11 December 1960) is an English former professional footballer of Serbian descent who played as a goalkeeper from 1978 to 2001.
He played his entire career for both Leeds United and Arsenal, having two spells with each club, making a total of 668 league appearances and played at the highest level of English football in four separate decades. He was capped by both the England U21 and England B sides.
Lukic signed for Leeds United as a schoolboy. He made his debut for the Elland Road side in 1979 and went on to play 165 games for them. After making a transfer request, Lukic moved to Arsenal in July 1983 for £75,000, as a long-term replacement for Pat Jennings. By the middle of the 1984–85 season he was the club's No. 1, and won the League Cup in 1987 and the Division One title in 1989. He was ever present in Arsenal's first team throughout seasons 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90. Lukic played in the final game of the 1989 season, where Arsenal won the title in the last minute of the game against Liverpool, with Lukic starting the move which led to Michael Thomas's famous goal.
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