Luka Jović (; born 23 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Serbia national team. In February 2016, he signed with Portuguese champions Benfica until 2021. In June 2017, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a two-season loan while his new club secured an option to sign him on a permanent basis. In October 2018, he became the youngest player to score five goals in a Bundesliga game when he did so in a 7–1 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.
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Luka Jović (; born 23 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Serbia national team. He was offered the chance to play for Red Star Belgrade in 2005. In February 2016, he signed with Portuguese champions Benfica until 2021. In June 2017, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a two-season loan while his new club secured an option to sign him on a permanent basis. He made five appearances as they won the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal. In October 2018, he became the youngest player to score five goals in a Bundesliga game when he did so in a 7–1 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf. In March 2019, he scored the only goal, his seventh in a single campaign, in a 1–0 win over Inter Milan to secure the club’s progression to the quarter finals of the Europa League.
He has also been called up to the Serbia squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He is also a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and the Serbian SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina. His father was offered €50 for each game he played and 2,000 dinars for travelling costs from Batar to Belgrade, but he insisted on staying with Red Star. In November 2015, a racketeer from Loznica threatened him and his family that if they did not pay money to him, that he would \”break Jovi Croatia’s legs\”.
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