Vukovic's season rocked by injury

Vukovic's agent Mikkel Beck revealed today the keeper had injured his Achilles and is undergoing surgery.

The injury usually means at least a four to six month lay-off, although there was speculation he had injured his ACL which would knock him out of action for the whole season.

Really bad news for @vuka20 today. He has ruptured his Achilles’ tendon and will be operated straight away today and start a long and hard recovery :((( He will get back even stronger than before 👊👊👊 I really feel for you mate in this difficult moment...

— Mikkel Beck (@beckmikkel) July 30, 2019

Vukovic joined Belgian side KRC Genk from Sydney FC in 2017.

The 34-year-old has impressed at Genk and made more than 70 appearances for the club in the past two seasons.

Vukovic helped Genk record a 2-1 victory over Kortrijk in the opening Belgian First Division A league match on the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

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First game of the season! Our supporters turning it on for us as usual!! My fault for the goal against. The life of a goalkeeper. You live and you learn. Happy for the team and especially the new boys scoring. Thank you for the amazing support 💙 See you in Mechelen. 💪🏼

A post shared by Danny Vukovic (@vuka1) on Jul 26, 2019 at 4:07pm PDT

The keeper debuted for the Socceroos in 2018 and has three caps for the national team.