Luka Tudor

Luka Tudor
Personal information
Full name Luka Nicola Tudor Bakulić
Date of birth (1969-02-21) 21 February 1969
Place of birth Santiago de Chile, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Universidad Católica 60 (23)
1990–1991 FC Sion 21 (6)
1991–1992 Newell's Old Boys 8 (2)
1992–1993 Sabadell 7 (0)
1993–1996 Universidad Católica 73 (45)
1997 Colo-Colo 12 (0)
Total 181 (75)
International career
1987 Chile U20 5 (3)
1988–1995 Chile 12 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luka Nicola Tudor Bakulić (born Lukas Nicolás Tudor Bakulić;[1] 21 February 1969) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

As a footballer, Tudor played primarily as a forward and spent most of his career with Universidad Católica, where he had two spells and scored 64 goals in 133 league appearances. He also played abroad for FC Sion in Switzerland and Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, as well as for Colo-Colo in Chile. In 1993, he set a Chilean football record by scoring seven goals in a single league match, during Universidad Católica's 8–3 win over Deportes Antofagasta.[2][3]

Following his retirement from professional football, Tudor developed a career in television and radio as a sports commentator and presenter. He has worked for Chilean media outlets including Chilevisión, CDF, Mega, Fox Sports[4] and Radio ADN.[5] He also worked as a sports agent through his company Tudorsports.[6] In 2019, he served as a jury member at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.[5]

Football career

Tudor began playing football as a child at the Estadio Yugoslavo (now Estadio Croata), before joining the youth system of Universidad Católica in 1983. In 1985, he participated in two tournaments in Europe, the Hanze Toernooi in the Netherlands and the Croix tournament in France.[7] He also played in the "Deventer 86" youth tournament in the Netherlands,[7] where the Chilean team finished the tournament undefeated and won the title. Tudor was the tournament's top scorer, with five goals in six matches.[7]

For his performances as a forward for Universidad Católica, he received the 1986 Breakthrough Player Award from Triunfo magazine.[8]

After his first years as a professional in Chile, he moved to Switzerland to play for FC Sion, and later had a brief spell with Newell's Old Boys. At the Rosario-based club, which was managed by Marcelo Bielsa, he made 11 appearances and scored two goals. One of them came in a 5–0 win over River Plate at the Estadio Monumental on 10 May 1992.[9][10][11] Despite his short period at the club, he was part of the team that won the 1992 Clausura and appeared in three matches in the 1992 Copa Libertadores. Newell's reached the final of the competition, where they lost to São Paulo in a penalty shoot-out.

Tudor subsequently returned to Universidad Católica. On 21 November 1993, he set a Chilean record for the most goals scored by a player in a single match, scoring seven times in an 8–3 victory over Deportes Antofagasta at San Carlos de Apoquindo.[2][3] He also won the 1994 Copa Interamericana, Universidad Católica's first international title. Across his two spells with the club, Tudor scored 64 goals in 133 official Chilean Primera División matches.

In 1997, manager Fernando Carvallo left Tudor out of his plans, after which he joined Colo-Colo. He made 19 appearances during the season without scoring and was part of the team that won the 1997 Clausura. After experiencing recurring injury problems, he retired from professional football at the end of the year.[12]

Media career

In 2000, two years after his retirement, Tudor began working in television on the Chilevisión programme Bohemia, where he served as a co-host alongside Cristián Velasco.[13]

He later worked as a sports agent through his company Tudorsports[6] and also represented the Pro Evolution Soccer video game series in Chile.[14]

After working for CDF, Mega and Fox Sports,[4] Tudor began working in 2017 as a commentator on ADN Deportes on Radio ADN and on ESPN Radio Chile. He also served as a jury member at the 2019 Viña del Mar International Song Festival.[5][15][16]

In June 2022, Tudor resigned from ADN Deportes after a WhatsApp audio recording was made public in which he exchanged information with an unidentified person, stating that Francis Cagigao would appear on the programme Los Tenores to confront his colleague Juan Cristóbal Guarello.[17][18] Following the broadcast, Guarello stated that he had not been informed of the circumstances under which Cagigao would appear on the programme and therefore had not been able to prepare a response to the statements made by the Spanish football executive.[19][20]

In 2026, Tudor joined Sin filtros Sports as a panellist. The programme was an adaptation of Sin filtros focused on analysis of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[21]

Honours

FC Sion

Newell's Old Boys

Universidad Católica

Colo-Colo

Chile[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Luka Tudor". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 LUKA TUDOR Y UN RÉCORD VIGENTE Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine arengadelabuelo.cl, 21 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 Las siete estocadas de Luka Tudor latercera.com, 19 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 Fox Sports levanta a Luka Tudor al Canal del Fútbol elfiltrador.com, 5 February 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Luka Tudor, salta del comentario deportivo al jurado del Festival de Viña del Mar 2019 tvn.cl, 5 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Luka Tudor y su pasado como representante de futbolistas: "Tuve una muy mala calidad de vida"". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Revista Deporte Total No. 259, 27 May 1986, p. 46.
  8. ↑ Revista Triunfo No. 30, 22 December 1986, p. 27, Los mejores del año, "figura promisoria" section.
  9. ↑ El día que Castrilli echó a cuatro jugadores de River y Newell's goleó ole.com.ar, 10 May 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Newell´s 'bailaba' en Núñez a un River que por Castrilli se quedaba con siete infobae.com, 9 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ↑ La lista de partidos y goles modificados "por secretaría" en Primera División chile.as.com, 25 June 2020.
  12. ↑ Felipe Aguilar (21 September 2023). "La brutal autocrítica de Luka Tudor y su paso sin pena ni gloria por el Cacique: "En Colo Colo fui un desastre"". Bolavip Chile. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "La búsqueda de Lukas". The Clinic (in Spanish). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "EyN: El segundo tiempo de Luka Tudor". www.economiaynegocios.cl. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Luka Tudor, jurado Festival de Viña del Mar: "Tuve mis razones para engordar, ¿y qué tanto?" latercera.com, 22 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  16. ↑ Tudor se luce en su rol de jurado de Viña del Mar chile.as.com, 28 February 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  17. ↑ ""¡Eres un chanta!": el potente encontrón de Guarello y Cagigao al aire por La Roja". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Guarello, Tudor y Cagigao: el comunicado oficial que zanjó la polémica radial". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Luka Tudor en la polémica: revelan que entregó información a Cagigao previo a la pelea con Guarello". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Remezón tras polémico audio de Luka Tudor: Juan Cristóbal Guarello presentó su renuncia". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Del reality show a panel televisivo: el inesperado rostro que aterrizará en Sin filtros en medio de tensa polémica". La Cuarta. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
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