Luka Majcen

Slovenian footballer

Luka Majcen
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-25) 25 July 1989 (age 34)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Punjab
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2008 Interblock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Interblock 74 (11)
2008 → Livar (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Rudar Velenje 31 (10)
2012–2013 Koper 22 (0)
2013–2014 Triglav Kranj 26 (6)
2014–2015 Gorica 29 (7)
2016–2017 Krka 14 (2)
2017–2020 Triglav Kranj 96 (33)
2020–2021 Churchill Brothers 15 (11)
2021 Bengaluru United 12 (15)
2022 Gokulam Kerala 13 (13)
2022– Punjab 42 (24)
International career
2007 Slovenia U18 5 (0)
2007 Slovenia U19 7 (1)
2009 Slovenia U20 3 (0)
2009 Slovenia U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024

Luka Majcen (born 25 July 1989) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Punjab.

Club career

Early career

Majcen started his senior career with Interblock.[2]

Churchill Brothers

In 2020, Majcen moved to India and signed with Churchill Brothers in the I-League.[3][4] He was the second best goalscorer of the 2020–21 I-League season with 11 goals in 15 matches.[5]

Bengaluru United

In August 2021, Majcen moved to I-League 2nd Division side Bengaluru United.[6] He made his debut on 6 September in a 1–0 win against Central Reserve Police Force in the group stage of the 2021 Durand Cup,[7] but their journey ended with a 4–2 defeat to Mohammedan Sporting in the semi-finals.[8][9]

With Bengaluru United, he won the 2021–22 Bangalore Super Division title, in which he emerged as the league's top scorer with 15 goals and provided five assists.[10][11][12]

Gokulam Kerala

On 9 January 2022, it was announced that I-League defending champions Gokulam Kerala have signed Majcen for the remainder of the season.[13]

On 3 March 2022, he made his debut for the club in I-League match against NEROCA, which ended in a 0–0 stalemate.[14][15] Majcen scored his first goals for Gokulam Kerala on 7 March, in their 5–1 win against Real Kashmir.[16][17] He scored his first hat-trick on 12 March in their 6–2 win against Kenkre.[18] With Gokulam Kerala, Majcen won the league title in the 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, as Gokulam became the first club in fifteen years to defend the title.[19] Overall, Majcen scored thirteen league goals during the season.[20]

In the 2022 AFC Cup group stage opener, Majcen scored a brace in Gokulam's 4–2 win against ATK Mohun Bagan.[21][22] He also appeared in the remaining two matches when Gokulam was defeated 1–0 by Maldivian side Maziya S&RC,[23] and 2–1 by Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh, respectively, and was eliminated from the tournament.[24]

Punjab

On 23 September 2022, Majcen joined another I-League side RoundGlass Punjab on a one-year deal.[25][26] With Punjab, Majcen won the 2022–23 I-League title, his second consecutive I-League championship, and helped the team gain promotion to the Indian Super League.[27][28] He was also named the player of the season and was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.[29][30]

Majcen made his Indian Super League debut on 23 September 2023, in their 3–1 away defeat to Mohun Bagan, in which he scored the club's first ever goal in India's top division.[31][32] He was part of the team's historic first win in the Super League on 18 December, when Punjab defeated Chennaiyin 1–0 at home to end their ten-match winless streak.[33][34]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 April 2024[20][35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Interblock 2007–08 Slovenian PrvaLiga 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga 23 1 3 0 — — 26 1
2009–10 20 1 1 0 1[b] 0 — 22 1
2010–11 Slovenian Second League 25 9 6 3 — — 31 12
Total 74 11 11 3 1 0 — 86 14
Livar (loan) 2008–09 Slovenian Second League 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Rudar Velenje 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga 31 10 3 2 — — 34 12
Koper 2012–13 22 0 4 2 — — 26 2
Triglav 2013–14 26 6 0 0 — — 26 6
Gorica 2014–15 29 7 2 2 2[b] 1 — 33 10
Krka 2015–16 14 2 0 0 — — 14 2
Triglav 2016–17 Slovenian Second League 6 4 0 0 — — 6 4
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30 3 3 1 — — 33 4
2018–19 33 17 1 0 — — 34 17
2019–20 27 9 1 0 — — 28 9
Total 96 33 5 1 — — 101 34
Churchill Brothers 2020–21 I-League 15 11 — — — 15 11
Bengaluru United 2021–22[10] Bangalore Super Division 12 15 — — 7[c] 1 19 16
Gokulam Kerala 2021–22 I-League 13 13 — 3[d] 2 — 16 15
Punjab 2022–23 I-League 20 16 3 0 — — 23 16
2023–24 Indian Super League 22 8 3 2 — 3[e] 0 28 10
Total 42 24 6 2 — 3 0 51 26
Career total 381 132 31 12 6 3 10 1 428 148
  1. ^ Includes Slovenian Football Cup, Super Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances and one goal in Durand Cup, three appearances in I-League qualifiers
  4. ^ Appearances in AFC Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in Durand Cup

Honours

Interblock

Triglav Kranj

Churchill Brothers

Bengaluru United

Gokulam Kerala

RoundGlass Punjab

Individual

  • I-League Player of the Season: 2022–23[29][30]
  • I-League top scorer: 2022–23[29][30]

References

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  10. ^ a b @bengaluruunited (17 January 2022). "Our forwards have been prolific this season in the BDFA Super division 2020/21. Have a look at our leading man's stats for this season. Take a bow, Luka 🙌⚽️" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 17 January 2022 – via Twitter.
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External links

  • Luka Majcen at Sofascore
  • Luka Majcen at Global Sports Archive
  • Luka Majcen at NZS (in Slovene)
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Punjab FC – current squad