Luka Modrić

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Luka Modrić
Personal information
Full name:	Luka Modrić
Date of birth:	9 September 1985 (1985-09-09)
Place of birth:	Zadar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position:	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AC Milan
Number	10
Youth clubs
1996–2001 2002–2003	Zadar Dinamo Zagreb
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2003–2008 2003-2004 2004–2005 2008–2012 2012–2025 2025–	Dinamo Zagreb → Zrinjski Mostar (loan) → Inter Zaprešić (loan) Tottenham Hotspur Real Madrid AC Milan	094 0(27) 022 00(8) 018 00(4) 127 0(13) 394 0(30) 000 00(0)
National team
2001 2001 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2006–	Croatia U15 Croatia U17 Croatia U18 Croatia U19 Croatia U21 Croatia	002 00(0) 002 00(0) 007 00(0) 011 00(2) 015 00(2) 127 0(16)

Luka Modrić (born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian footballer who plays for AC Milan and the Croatia national football team. Modrić plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder and winger. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His professional career began with loan spells at Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić. Modrić is also a co-owner and investor of Welsh club Swansea City.

While he was playing for GNK Dinamo Zagreb, they won three consecutive league titles and several domestic cups, with Modrić named Prva HNL "Player of the Year" in 2007. In 2008, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur in England's Premier League, before moving to Real Madrid in the summer of 2012.

Modrić is a Croatian international and made his debut against Argentina in March 2006. He has since participated in three major tournaments; 2006 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2008 and 2012. He scored his first international goal in the friendly match against Italy, and at the Euro 2008 was included in the UEFA "Team of the Tournament", becoming only the second Croatian to ever achieve this honour.

Honours

Clubs

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian First League (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
• Croatian Cup (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
• Croatian Supercup: 2006

Real Madrid

• UEFA Champions League: 2013–14
• UEFA Super Cup: 2014
• Copa del Rey: 2013–14
• Supercopa de España: 2012
• FIFA Intercontinental Cup: 2024

Individual

• Bosnian Premier League Player of the Year: 2003
• Croatian Football Hope of the Year: 2004
• HNL’s Footballer of the Year: 2007
• Prva HNL Player of the Year: 2007
• SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2007–08
• Croatian Footballer of the Year (3): 2007, 2008, 2011
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
• Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Player of the Year: 2010–11
• Croatian Football Oscar; Footballer of the Year (2): 2013, 2014
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14

External links

• Luka Modrić profile at Soccerbase

Croatia – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group stage (F)

1. Pletikosa 2. Srna 3. Šimunić 4. R. Kovač 5. Tudor 6. Vranješ 7. Šimić 8. Babić 9. Pršo 10. N. Kovač (c) 11. Tokić 12. Didulica 13. Tomas 14. Modrić 15. I. Leko 16. J. Leko 17. Klasnić 18. Olić 19. N. Kranjčar 20. Šerić 21. Balaban 22. Bošnjak 23. Butina Manager:   Zlatko Kranjčar

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2008

1.  Manager:   Slaven Bilić

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2012

1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19.  20.  21.  22.  23.  Manager:   Slaven Bilić

Croatia – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Pletikosa 2. Vrsaljko 3. Pranjić 4. Perišić 5. Ćorluka 6. Lovren 7. Rakitić 8. Vukojević 9. Jelavić 10. Modrić 11. Srna (c) 12. Zelenika 13. Schildenfeld 14. Brozović 15. Badelj 16. Rebić 17. Mandžukić 18. Olić 19. Sammir 20. Kovačić 21. Vida 22. Eduardo 23. Subašić Manager:   Niko Kovač

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Vargić 2. Vrsaljko 3. Strinić 4. Perišić 5. Ćorluka 6. Jedvaj 7. Rakitić 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić 11. Srna 12. L. Kalinić 13. Schildenfeld 14. Brozović 15. Ćorić 16. N. Kalinić 17. Mandžukić 18. Rog 19. Badelj 20. Pjaca 21. Vida 22. Čop 23. Subašić Manager:   Ante Čačić

Croatia – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Runners up

1. Livaković 2. Vrsaljko 3. Strinić 4. Perišić 5. Ćorluka 6. Lovren 7. Rakitić 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić (c) 11. Brozović 12. L. Kalinić 13. Jedvaj 14. Bradarić 15. Ćaleta-Car 16. N. Kalinić 17. Mandžukić 18. Rebić 19. Badelj 20. Pjaca 21. Vida 22. Pivarić 23. Subašić Manager:   Zlatko Dalić

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2024 – Group stage

1. Livaković 2. Stanišić 3. Pongračić 4. Gvardiol 5. Erlić 6. Šutalo 7. Majer 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić (c) 11. Brozović 12. Labrović 13. Vlašić 14. I.Perišić 15. M.Pašalić 16. Budimir 17. Petković 18. Ivanušec 19. Sosa 20. Pjaca 21. Vida 22. Juranović 23. Ivušić 24. Marco Pašalić 25. Sučić 26. Baturina Manager:   Zlatko Dalić