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Lukas Jutkiewicz of Birmingham City celebrates with the EFL League One trophy<\/p>\nLukas Jutkiewicz has joined Birmingham City’s recruitment team after retiring from playing<\/p>\n
14:18, 20 Jun 2025Updated 14:22, 20 Jun 2025<\/p>\n
Lukas Jutkiewicz of Birmingham City celebrates with the EFL League One trophy<\/p>\n
Lukas Jutkiewicz will join Birmingham City’s recruitment team in the newly-created role of first team positional lead scout.<\/p>\n
Jutkiewicz retired from playing in May<\/a> after nine years battling burly central defenders in Royal Blue.<\/p>\n The 36-year-old played 358 matches for Blues and scored 69 goals, with his last coming in the 6-2 win over Barnsley at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park in April.<\/p>\n Jutkiewicz<\/a> will now join Craig Gardner’s<\/a> recruitment team in a new role which,. according to the club, ‘requires a hybrid approach to scouting, combining attendance at fixtures with video analysis to prepare detailed player reports. Utilising data, video and real-world reporting, Jutkiewicz will create holistic evaluations of potential player acquisitions.’<\/p>\n Jutkiewicz said: \u201cNow that my playing career has come to a close, I\u2019m excited to begin a new chapter.<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to applying the knowledge and experience I\u2019ve gained over my 20-year playing career in a different capacity, and I will bring the same commitment and passion to this new role as I did on the pitch.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be asked to help this great club move forward into what is undoubtedly a bright and exciting future.\u201d<\/p>\n Director of football Gardner commented: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted that Lukas is joining our recruitment team. It is a department which has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two years, and he will form a key role in enhancing our attacking player acquisition.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have implemented a detailed strategy, designed to give us the biggest competitive advantage and have processes in place which will maximise our strike rate when it comes to signing players who will improve the squad and future assets. It will be a great environment for Lukas to both add significant value based on his experiences and learn from an outstanding team.<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of our strategy, our people at Birmingham<\/a> City are very important to what we are creating. Lukas knows the DNA of the Club, he understands the fans and the city, so I am certain he will be a huge success and prove to be an important asset for the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the latest Blues headlines sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n BirminghamLive has its very own Birmingham City<\/a> WhatsApp community to deliver the latest headlines straight to your phone. Just click this link<\/a> to receive daily Blues content and breaking news. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like. Click on the name at the top of your screen while in WhatsApp and click ‘Exit Group’. Read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lukas Jutkiewicz has joined Birmingham City’s recruitment team after retiring from playing 14:18, 20 Jun 2025Updated 14:22, 20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,1205,748,393,4884,12247,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-201154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-lukas-jutkiewicz","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114718417063379576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}