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Bojan Radulović (footballer)

Bojan Radulović
Personal information
Full name Bojan Radulović-Samouković
Date of birth (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Lleida, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Huddersfield Town
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2017 Lleida Esportiu
2018–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Lleida Esportiu 13 (1)
2018–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2018–2019Espanyol B (loan) 8 (1)
2020Alavés B (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 AIK 29 (3)
2022HJK (loan) 15 (5)
2022–2023 HJK 32 (21)
2024– Huddersfield Town 19 (2)
International career
2018 Serbia U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:45, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Bojan Radulović-Samouković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Радуловић-Самоуковић; born 29 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Huddersfield Town. Born in Spain, he has represented Serbia at under-19 level.

Career

Lleida Esportiu

Radulović started to play football for a local club Lleida Esportiu in Spain. He played in the club's youth sector before making his senior debut with the first team in 2017 in the Spanish third tier.

He gained a relatively wide recognition on 29 November 2017, when he scored the winning goal in the Copa del rey round of 32 match against La Liga club Real Sociedad, after coming in as a substitute. The match ended in a 3–2 win for Lleida.[1]

Brighton and loans

On 1 February 2018, Radulović signed for English Premier League side Brighton for an undisclosed fee, and was registered to their youth academy.[2] He played 22 matches for the club's youth team in Premier League 2 and scored eight goals in total.[3]

On 28 August 2018, he was sent on loan to Spanish third division club Espanyol B.

On 31 January 2020, he was sent on loan to Alavés B in the Spanish third division.

AIK

On 17 August 2020, Radulović signed for Swedish team AIK on a free transfer.[4] And on 7 February 2021, in a friendly game against Örebro SK, he scored his first goal in AIK, followed later by another goal by him.[5]

He was unable to make a major breakthrough in AIK, and was mainly deployed as a late substitute, recording only two full 90-minute appearances in Allsvenskan.[6]

HJK

On 15 February 2022, Radulović joined HJK in Finland on a loan deal until the end of July 2022.[7]

In July HJK bought Radulović from AIK for a rumoured fee of €150,000, and initially signed with him on a deal until the end of 2023 season,[8] subsequently extended until the end of 2024. During the 2022 Veikkausliiga season, Radulovic recorded eight goals in the league, the most in the team, as HJK renewed the title for the third consecutive year. Radulovic also scored two goals in the club's European campaign, where HJK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage, but he missed most of the UEL games due to injury.

Radulović scored a hat-trick in eleven minutes after coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 away win against Inter Turku in the league, on 20 August 2023.[9] He scored 18 goals in 24 league games during the 2023 Veikkausliiga season, earning himself the golden boot as HJK won the league for the fourth straight season. In an interview with Ilta Sanomat, he explained that he had adjusted better to Helsinki and the team and felt he was in much better shape and more confident than the first season, saying: “Now I remain cool after a poor performance and I know I will score in the next.”[10]

On 31 August 2023, Radulović scored a brace against Farul Constanta in the decisive 2nd leg of the 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, leading HJK to a 2–0 victory (3–2 aggregate) and securing a spot in the group stage.[11] He also scored HJK’s only goal as the team drew 1–1 to Aberdeen FC away in the Conference League.[12] Radulovic finished the HJK's 2023–24 European campaign scoring a total of six goals in 13 matches, including scoring three times in the group stage.

Huddersfield Town

On 5 January 2024, Radulović signed with EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be £1.2 million.[13][14][15] Two days later, on 7 January 2024, Radulović made his debut for the club, as a substitute in a FA Cup defeat against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.[16][17] On 1 April 2024, Radulović scored his first goal for Huddersfield in Championship, in a 1–1 away draw against Stoke City.[18] However, the club were relegated to EFL League One at the end of the season.

Personal life

He is dating Spanish top model Laura Simon de Clair. He is the son of former footballer Radoslav Radulović, who played for Lleida.[19]

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lleida Esportiu 2017–18 Segunda División B 13 1 5 1 0 0 18 2
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3[c] 1 3 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1
Espanyol B (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División B 8 1 8 1
Alavés B (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 6 0 6 0
AIK 2020 Allsvenskan 3 0 0 0 3 0
2021 Allsvenskan 26 3 1 0 27 3
2022 Allsvenskan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Total 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 4
HJK (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 15 5 2 0 2 1 19 6
HJK 2022 Veikkausliiga 8 3 9[d] 2 17 5
2023 Veikkausliiga 24 18 1 0 4 1 13[e] 6 42 25
Total 47 26 3 0 6 2 22 8 0 0 78 36
Huddersfield Town 2023–24 Championship 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2024–25 League One 8 1 1 0 0 0 1[c] 0 10 1
Total 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 2
Career total 122 33 12 2 6 2 22 8 4 1 165 46

Honours

AIK

HJK

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga top scorer: 2023[21]
  • Sports Journalists: Veikkausliiga Team of the Year 2023[22]

References

  1. ^ REAL SOCIEDAD VS. LLEIDA ESPORTIU 2 - 3, int.soccerway.com
  2. ^ Bojan Radulovic, brightonandhovealbion.com
  3. ^ Bojan Radulović » Club matches, worldfootball
  4. ^ "Bojan Radulovic Samoukovic till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Höjdpunkter: Bojan Radulovic tvåmålsskytt på Friends Arena" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ B.Radulovic, int.soccerway.com
  7. ^ "Bojan Radulović AIK:sta Klubiin lainasopimuksella" (Press release) (in Finnish). HJK. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. ^ "hjk". 31 July 2022.
  9. ^ Inter Turku – HJK Helsinki, 20 August 2023, footballdatabase.eu
  10. ^ "Bojan Radulovic on ihastunut Helsinkiin" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ^ "HJK marssii Eurooppaan! Superkärjen huima temppu varmisti lohkopaikan". 31 August 2023.
  12. ^ Aberdeen - HJK, UEFA
  13. ^ "SIGNING: BOJAN RADULOVIĆ IS A TERRIER!". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ Veikkausliiga-tähti sai huippusiirron Englantiin – HJK:lle "merkittävä korvaus", MTV Oy, Eetu Ikola, 5 January 2024
  15. ^ Bojan Radulovic: Huddersfield Town sign HJK Helsinki striker for undisclosed fee, BBC, 5 January 2024
  16. ^ MANCHESTER CITY VS. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN, int.soccerway.com
  17. ^ Liverpool pudotti Arsenalin Englannin cupissa – HJK-tähti Bojan Radulović debytoi Manchester Cityä vastaan, Helsingin Sanomat, 7 January 2024
  18. ^ Stoke City 1-1 Huddersfield Town: Ki-Jana Hoever equaliser keeps struggling Terriers in bottom three, skysports.com
  19. ^ "Bojan Radulović - Srpski biser iz Ljeide". novosti.rs.
  20. ^ Bojan Radulović at Soccerway
  21. ^ VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
  22. ^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
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