Vladimir Lukarić

Vladimir Lukarić

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Lukarić
Date of birth	January 22, 1939
Place of birth	Fiume, Italy
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	NK Crikvenica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1958–1969	HNK Rijeka	202	(41)
1969–1971	Bellinzona	20	(6)
National team
1961–1965	Yugoslavia	6	(1)
Teams managed
1989–1991	HNK Rijeka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vladimir Lukarić (born 22 January 1939) is a former Croatian football player and manager.

Born in Rijeka (back then still named Fiume and part of the Kingdom of Italy) as a player, he was HNK Rijeka's first player to be capped for the Yugoslav national team in 1961. He spent much of his career in Rijeka, collecting over 200 league caps and scoring 42 goals. He also had a two-year spell with AC Bellinzona in Switzerland before returning to HNK Rijeka as assistant manager. He has had six appearances for the Yugoslav national team, scoring his only goal against Ethiopia in 1962.^[1]

As a manager, Lukarić was a coach of all youth levels of Rijeka before becoming their main coach between 1989 and 1991. He also coached other local clubs such as NK Buje, NK Crikvenica and NK Pomorac Kostrena. He was also the assistant manager of the Croatian national team in 1990 in their match against the United States.^[2]

References

1. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 401–3.
2. Vladimir Lukarić at Reprezentacija.rs