Bojan Radulović
Personal information
Full name Bojan Radulović-Samouković
Date of birth (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999
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)
2018–2019 → Espanyol B (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Alavés B (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 AIK 29 (3)
2022 → HJK (loan) 15 (5)
2022–2023 HJK 32 (21)
2024– Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
International career
2018 Serbia U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Bojan Radulović-Samouković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Радуловић-Самоуковић; born 29 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town. Born in Spain, he has represented Serbia at under-19 level. Radulović is regarded as a clinical finisher and a great target man for link up play.

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 the 7th of 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] The contract was later extended until the end of 2024. During the 2022 Veikkausliiga season, Radulovic recorded 8 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 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 1–3 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 English 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]

Career statistics

As of match played on 14 December 2023 [18]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lleida Esportiu 2017–18 Segunda División B 13151——00182
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18 Premier League 000000—0000
2018–19 000000—0000
2019–20 000000—3[lower-alpha 2]131
Total 000000003131
Espanyol B (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División B 81————81
Alavés B (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 60————60
AIK 2020 Allsvenskan 3000———30
2021 26310———273
2022 0011—00—11
Total 29310000000314
HJK (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 1552021——196
HJK 2022 83——9[lower-alpha 3]2—175
2023 2418104113[lower-alpha 4]6—4225
Total 47263062228007836
Huddersfield Town 2023–24 Championship 001000000010
Career totals 10331112622283114444

Personal life

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

Honours

Club

HJK

AIK

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga: Top Goalscorer 2023[20]
  • Sports Journalists: Veikkausliiga Team of the Year 2023[21]

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 2024-01-05.
  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. ↑ Bojan Radulović at Soccerway
  19. ↑ "Bojan Radulović - Srpski biser iz Ljeide". novosti.rs.
  20. ↑ VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
  21. ↑ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023


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