Željko "Struja" Lukajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Лукајић; born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.

Željko Lukajić
Personal information
Born (1958-12-14) December 14, 1958 (age 65)
Goražde, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Bosnian
PositionHead coach
Coaching career1986–present
Career history
As coach:
1986–1987Famos Hrasnica
1988–1989Igman Ilidža
1991–1992Željezničar
1992–1993OKK Kikinda
1993–1994Partizan
1994–1995Borovica
1995–1996PAOK
1997–1998Vojvodina
1998–2005Hemofarm
2007Igokea
2007–2008Lukoil Academic
2008–2009Universitet Yugra Surgut
2010–2012Hemofarm
2012–2013Politekhnika-Halychyna
2014–2015Igokea
2017–2018MZT Skopje
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Coaching career

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Lukajić began coaching in 1986 when he was the head coach of KK Famos Hrasnica for the 1986–1987 season. Over two decades he worked with Bosnian and Serbian clubs, including Partizan in 1993–94 season and Hemofarm from 1998 until 2005.[citation needed]

In January 2010, he became the head coach of his former team Hemofarm.[1] He parted ways with the team in January 2012.[2]

Month later, he took the coaching position in the Ukrainian team Politekhnika-Halychyna.[3] He stayed there for one and a half season.[citation needed]

On November 26, 2014, he returned to Igokea to be the team's new head coach; he already had short stint coaching Igokea in 2007.[4]

On December 8, 2017, he became a head coach of Macedonian basketball team MZT Skopje.[5] He left MZT on April 3, 2018.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Struja opet u Hemofarmu". rts.rs (in Serbian). 13 January 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Lukajić napustio Hemofarm". sportskacentrala.com (in Serbian). 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Lukajić preuzeo ukrajinsku Politehniku". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Lukajić novi trener Igokee". igokea.rs (in Serbian). 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Официјално: Србинот Жељко Лукајиќ е нов тренер на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Србинот Лукајиќ си замина, Кочов е нов тренер на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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