Luka Ilic

Luka Ilic (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Илић; born 2 July 1999) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Twente on loan from Manchester City.

Club Career

Red Star Belgrade

Luka started playing football with local football club Filip Filipovic at the age of 7, along with his younger brother Ivan. Later he played with football club Real Nis until 2014, when he joined Red Star Belgrade. He joined the first team in for the 2016–17 season under coach Miodrag Bozovic, making his senior debut for the team in a friendly match against Ludogorets Razgrad on 14 November 2015. Ilic signed his first professional contract with Red Star Belgrade in February 2016. During the summer pre-season in 2017, Ilic presented as one of the top 10 club's youth prospects. He made his official debut for the club on 6 July 2017, replacing Slavoljub Srnic in second leg of the first qualifying round for 2017–18 UEFA Europa League against Floriana. Several days later, Red Star accepted an offer from the English side Manchester City and Ilic had been sold for a €5 million net fee along with his younger brother Ivan. Within the arrangement, Luka returned at one-year loan deal to Red Star. Ilic made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 13 August 2017, as a substitution for Nemanja Milic in the match against OFK Backa. He scored his first senior goal in 4–0 victory over Macva Sabac on 14 October 2017.

NAC Breda

Ilic signed for Dutch side NAC Breda on loan for the 2018–19 season.

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