Luka Malešević (born 1 August 1998) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a defender for Otrant-Olympic.

Career

Malešević began his career with Budućnost Podgorica, making his only senior appearance for the club in 2016. He spent time on loan with

Montenegrin Second League The Montenegrin Second League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Druga crnogorska fudbalska liga'' – ''Druga CFL'' – ''2. CFL'') is the second-top Association football, football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Associatio ...

club Mornar Bar between 2016 and 2018. In 2018, he made the move to Iskra Danilovgrad, where he made 87 appearances in all competitions and played with Iskra in their

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qualifying matches. In 2021, Malešević signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with

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side Radnik Surdulica, but he and the club mutually agreed to terminate his deal at the club on 25 November 2021. On 2 March 2022, he moved to the United States, where he holds citizenship, signing with

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club Rio Grande Valley FC.

Personal

Malešević also holds

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citizenship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malešević, Luka 1998 births Living people Men's association football defenders FK Budućnost Podgorica players FK Mornar players FK Iskra Danilovgrad players FK Radnik Surdulica players FK Dečić players FK Otrant-Olympic players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in the United States Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegrin First League players Montenegrin Second League players Montenegro men's youth international footballers OFK Petrovac players Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players Serbian SuperLiga players USL Championship players