Luka Zahović

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Luka Zahović
Personal information
Full name Luka Zahović[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[2]
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Heerenveen
Number 15
Youth career
2001–2007 Benfica
2007–2013 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Maribor 45 (13)
2013–2014 → Veržej (loan) 10 (3)
2014 → Maribor B 1 (3)
2015– Heerenveen 6 (0)
International career‡
2010 Slovenia U16
2011–2012 Slovenia U17 10 (2)
2013 Slovenia U18
2013 Slovenia U19 5 (3)
2015– Slovenia U21 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2016

Luka Zahović (born 15 November 1995) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.

Club career

Youth

Born in Portugal, Zahović began his career in Lisbon playing for Portuguese club Benfica where he remained until 2007 when he joined Maribor youth selections, after his father Zlatko became director of football at the Slovenian club.

Maribor

He made his professional debut in the final round of the 2012–13 season during a match against Aluminij when he came on as a late substitute.[3] In the following year he spent part of the season playing on loan at the Slovenian Second League squad Veržej, scoring three goals in ten matches, until being given more opportunities by Maribor's coach Ante Šimundža during the second part of the season, eventually making 11 appearances during the 2013–14 PrvaLiga season.[4]

The 2014–15 was his breakthrough season. He made his PrvaLiga season debut in the second round when he came on as a late substitute in the 78th minute during a match against Radomlje. Maribor was struggling at home against the PrvaLiga newcomers with the score being 1–1 and less than ten minutes of regulation left. However, after only spending seven minutes on the pitch Zahović scored his first official goal for The Violets.[5] He increased the lead three minutes later, securing all three points for the home side.[5] He scored his third goal of the season in late August against Zavrč[6] and continued his good form in early September when he netted a hat-trick for Maribor B on a match against Šentjur in the Slovenian Third League.[7] A week later, on his fifth PrvaLiga appearance of the season, he scored another double on a match against Krka, becoming the league's top goalscorer with five goals after eight rounds.[8]

Only four days later, on 17 September 2014, in Maribor's first match of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage at home against Sporting CP, Zahović made his debut in UEFA competitions when he came on as a substitute for Dare Vršič after Nani had put Sporting ahead in the 80th minute. He then equalised in added time.[9] This was only the second time, first time among Europeans, since 1992 when the UEFA Champions League was established in its current format, that a father and son have both scored in the competition.[10] His father Zlatko has scored a total of 11 goals in 32 UEFA Champions League appearances during his career.[10] For his performances Zahović was nominated for the 2014 Golden Boy Award.[11] He finished the 2014–15 season on second place among the club goalscorers with 15 goals in all competitions, 12 of which he has scored in the PrvaLiga.

Heerenveen

In August 2015 Zahović moved to the Eredivisie club Heerenveen and signed a three-year deal with the Dutch squad, with the possibility of a two-year extension.[12][13] The transfer fee paid by Heerenveen was undisclosed, but it is believed to be around €0.7 million.[13]

Personal life

Zahović was born in the Portuguese city of Guimarães[2] where his father Zlatko, a former professional footballer and all-time top goalscorer for the Slovenia national team, was at the time playing for Vitória S.C..[2] He holds Slovenian and Portuguese nationalities.[citation needed]

Honours

Maribor[14]

References

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