Luka Jovic is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for German club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Serbia national team. He will play for La Liga club Real Madrid from July 2019.
Luka Jovic is famous for a footballer. He made his professional debut against FK Vojvodina in Novi Sad, where he broke Dejen Stankovic's record as the youngest goalscorer in a competitive match in the club's history. He became the youngest player ever to play in Eternal derby at the age of 16 years. He signed with Portuguese champions Benfica in February 2016 to 2021. In 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 became the youngest player to score five goals in a Bundesliga game when he did so in a 7-1 home win over Fortuna Dusseldorf. He scored the only goal his seventh for the campaign in a 1-0 win over Inter Milan to secure the club's progression to the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Eintracht Frankfurt exercised a clause in Jovic's contract to make his move permanent until 30 June 2023. On March 20, 2019, he scored his first goal for Serbia in a friendly against Germany. He signed for Real Madrid for a six-year contract.
Luka Jovic was born on December 23, 1997, in Bijeljina, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He holds Serbian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Sagittarius and religion is Christian. At the age of 5, he started playing football, where he was spotted in 2004 and offered to play in Mini Maxi. He scored three goals in one game and his father was offered 50 euro for each game he played and 2000 dinars for traveling costs from Batar to Belgrade. He was training with Partizan and the club was trying to sign him offering him 200 Euros per month. But he joined the youth system of Red Star in 2005.
Luka Jovic was born to a father named Milan Jovic and a mother named Svetlana Jovic. There is no information about his siblings.
Luka Jovic height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.81m) tall and body weight of 79 kg. He has an athletic body build.
Luka Jovic is an unmarried man. There is no information about his relationship and girlfriend. Currently, he is single and focusing his career.
Luka Jovic estimated net worth is under review. He was loaned out to Eintracht Frankfurt from Benfica on a loan amount of $240,000 in 2017. His annual salary is reported to be $485,300 which splits up as the weekly wage of $9,300. His market value as of December 2018, is reported to be 40 million euro which is his highest market value to date. On June 4, 2019, he signed for Real Madrid for a reported 60 million euro, on a six-year contract.