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Luka Modri\u0107

Modri\u0107 in 2021

Personal information

Full name

\nLuka Modri\u0107^[1]

Date of birth

\n9 September 1985 (age 39)^[2]

Place of birth

\nZadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

Height

\n1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)^[3]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder

Team information

Current team

\nReal Madrid

Number

\n10

Youth career

1996\u20132000

\nZadar

2000\u20132003

\nDinamo Zagreb

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2003\u20132008

\nDinamo Zagreb

\n94

\n(26)

2003\u20132004

\n\u2192 Zrinjski Mostar (loan)

\n25

\n(8)

2004\u20132005

\n\u2192 Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 (loan)

\n18

\n(4)

2008\u20132012

\nTottenham Hotspur

\n127

\n(13)

2012\u2013

\nReal Madrid

\n382

\n(29)

International career^\u2021

2001

\nCroatia U15

\n2

\n(0)

2001

\nCroatia U17

\n2

\n(0)

2003

\nCroatia U18

\n7

\n(0)

2003\u20132004

\nCroatia U19

\n11

\n(1)

2004\u20132005

\nCroatia U21

\n15

\n(2)

2006\u2013

\nCroatia

\n184

\n(27)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Croatia\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Runner-up	2018	\n
$\"Bronze$	2022	\n
UEFA Nations League\n
Runner-up	2023	\n

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Signature
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\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
\u2021 National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Luka Modri\u0107 (pronounced [l\u00fb\u02d0ka m\u01d2\u02d0drit\u0255];^[4]^[5] born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains both La Liga club Real Madrid and the Croatia national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,^[6] and as the greatest Croatian footballer of all time.^[7] He primarily plays as a central midfielder but can also play as an attacking midfielder.\n

Modri\u0107 began his professional career with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in 2003 before he went on loan spells to Bosnian-Herzegovian side Zrinjski Mostar and Croatian side Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107. He made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and his great performances earned him a move to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2008. He led Spurs to UEFA Champions League qualification in 2010, the club\u2019s first qualification in almost 50 years. In the summer of 2012, Modri\u0107 joined Real Madrid for a \u00a330 million transfer fee. In his second season, he won the 2013\u201314 Champions League title and was named in the squad of the season. After Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid in 2016, Modri\u0107 was a key member of Madrid\u2019s three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015\u201316 to 2017\u201318, and was named into the squad of the season each time. In total, he has won 28 major trophies at Madrid, including six UEFA Champions League titles, four La Liga titles, and two Copa del Rey titles, making him the most decorated footballer in the club's history.^[8]\n

Modri\u0107 has won numerous individual awards, including the Ballon d'Or in 2018, making him the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award since 2007, the Best FIFA Men's Player, and the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker award in 2018. He has also been named in the FIFPRO World 11 six times and in the UEFA Team of the Year three times. In 2019, he was awarded the Golden Foot award for career results and personality.\n

Modri\u0107 made his international debut for Croatia against Argentina in March 2006, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Italy. Modri\u0107 has anchored Croatia's \"second Golden Generation\", participating in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including every UEFA Euro from 2008 to 2024 as well as every FIFA World Cup from 2006 to 2022. At Euro 2008, he was named in the Team of the Tournament. Modri\u0107 led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final, winning the Golden Ball as the tournament\u2019s best player. In March 2021, he become the country's most capped player. At the 2022 World Cup, he led the team to a third-place finish, winning the Bronze Ball as the tournament\u2019s third best player. He has also been named Croatian Footballer of the Year a record thirteen times between 2007 and 2024.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Dinamo Zagreb\n	2003\u201304\n	Prva HNL\n	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	0	0\n
2004\u201305\n	Prva HNL\n	7	0	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	8	0\n
2005\u201306\n	Prva HNL\n	32	7	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	33	7\n
2006\u201307\n	Prva HNL\n	30	6	7	1	\u2014	6^[c]	0	1^[d]	1	44	8\n
2007\u201308\n	Prva HNL\n	25	13	8	1	\u2014	12^[e]	3	\u2014	45	17\n
Total\n	94	26	17	2	\u2014	18	3	1	1	130	32\n
Zrinjski Mostar (loan)\n	2003\u201304\n	Bosnian Premier League\n	25	8	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	25	8\n
Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 (loan)\n	2004\u201305\n	Prva HNL\n	18	4	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	18	4\n
Tottenham Hotspur\n	2008\u201309\n	Premier League\n	34	3	2	1	4	0	4^[f]	1	\u2014	44	5\n
2009\u201310\n	Premier League\n	25	3	7	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	32	3\n
2010\u201311\n	Premier League\n	32	3	2	0	0	0	9^[g]	1	\u2014	43	4\n
2011\u201312\n	Premier League\n	36	4	3	0	0	0	2^[h]	1	\u2014	41	5\n
Total\n	127	13	14	1	4	0	15	3	\u2014	160	17\n
Real Madrid\n	2012\u201313\n	La Liga\n	33	3	8	0	\u2014	11^[g]	1	1^[i]	0	53	4\n
2013\u201314\n	La Liga\n	34	1	6	0	\u2014	11^[g]	1	\u2014	51	2\n
2014\u201315\n	La Liga\n	16	1	0	0	\u2014	6^[g]	0	3^[j]	0	25	1\n
2015\u201316\n	La Liga\n	32	2	0	0	\u2014	12^[g]	1	\u2014	44	3\n
2016\u201317\n	La Liga\n	25	1	2	0	\u2014	11^[g]	0	3^[k]	0	41	1\n
2017\u201318\n	La Liga\n	26	1	2	0	\u2014	11^[g]	1	4^[l]	0	43	2\n
2018\u201319\n	La Liga\n	34	3	3	0	\u2014	6^[g]	0	3^[m]	1	46	4\n
2019\u201320\n	La Liga\n	31	3	1	0	\u2014	6^[g]	1	2^[i]	1	40	5\n
2020\u201321\n	La Liga\n	35	5	0	0	\u2014	12^[g]	1	1^[i]	0	48	6\n
2021\u201322\n	La Liga\n	28	2	2	0	\u2014	13^[g]	0	2^[i]	1	45	3\n
2022\u201323\n	La Liga\n	33	4	4	0	\u2014	10^[g]	2	5^[n]	0	52	6\n
2023\u201324\n	La Liga\n	32	2	1	0	\u2014	11^[g]	0	2^[i]	0	46	2\n
2024\u201325\n	La Liga\n	23	1	3	2	\u2014	9^[g]	0	3^[o]	0	38	3\n
Total\n	382	29	32	2	\u2014	129	8	29	3	572	42\n
Career total\n	646	80	63	5	4	0	162	14	30	4	905	103\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Croatia\n	2006	12	2\n
2007	10	1\n
2008	11	3\n
2009	3	1\n
2010	8	0\n
2011	9	1\n
2012	9	0\n
2013	10	0\n
2014	11	2\n
2015	4	0\n
2016	8	1\n
2017	8	1\n
2018	15	2\n
2019	9	2\n
2020	6	0\n
2021	13	4\n
2022	16	3\n
2023	10	1\n
2024	12	3\n
Total	184	27\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1\n	16 August 2006	Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno, Italy	8	$\"\"$ Italy	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
2\n	7 October 2006	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	10	$\"\"$ Andorra	7\u20130	7\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying\n
3\n	7 February 2007	Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia	13	$\"\"$ Norway	2\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly\n
4\n	8 June 2008	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	27	$\"\"$ Austria	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008\n
5\n	6 September 2008	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	30	$\"\"$ Kazakhstan	2\u20130	3\u20130	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
6\n	15 October 2008	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	33	$\"\"$ Andorra	3\u20130	4\u20130	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
7\n	6 June 2009	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	35	$\"\"$ Ukraine	2\u20132	2\u20132	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
8\n	6 September 2011	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	49	$\"\"$ Israel	1\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying\n
9\n	9 September 2014	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	80	$\"\"$ Malta	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying\n
10\n	13 October 2014	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	82	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	5\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying\n
11\n	12 June 2016	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	91	$\"\"$ Turkey	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016\n
12\n	9 November 2017	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	102	$\"\"$ Greece	1\u20130	4\u20131	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
13\n	16 June 2018	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia	107	$\"\"$ Nigeria	2\u20130	2\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup\n
14\n	21 June 2018	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	108	$\"\"$ Argentina	2\u20130	3\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup\n
15\n	9 September 2019	Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	124	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying\n
16\n	10 October 2019	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia	125	$\"\"$ Hungary	1\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying\n
17\n	30 March 2021	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka, Croatia	136	$\"\"$ Malta	2\u20130	3\u20130	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
18\n	22 June 2021	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	141	$\"\"$ Scotland	2\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 2020\n
19\n	11 October 2021	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	144	$\"\"$ Slovakia	2\u20132	2\u20132	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
20\n	11 November 2021	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	145	$\"\"$ Malta	4\u20131	7\u20131	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
21\n	29 March 2022	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	148	$\"\"$ Bulgaria	1\u20131	2\u20131	Friendly\n
22\n	13 June 2022	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	152	$\"\"$ France	1\u20130	1\u20130	2022\u201323 UEFA Nations League A\n
23\n	25 September 2022	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	154	$\"\"$ Austria	1\u20130	3\u20131	2022\u201323 UEFA Nations League A\n
24\n	14 June 2023	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	165	$\"\"$ Netherlands	4\u20132	4\u20132 (a.e.t.)	2023 UEFA Nations League Finals\n
25\n	8 June 2024	Est\u00e1dio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal	175	$\"\"$ Portugal	1\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly\n
26\n	24 June 2024	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany	178	$\"\"$ Italy	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2024\n
27\n	8 September 2024	Opus Arena, Osijek, Croatia	180	$\"\"$ Poland	1\u20130	1\u20130	2024\u201325 UEFA Nations League A\n

Early life

Club career

Early years

Dinamo Zagreb

Tottenham Hotspur

2008\u201310: Struggle and success in England

2010\u201312: Final seasons in England

Real Madrid

2012\u201313: Becoming a starting eleven player in Real Madrid

2013\u201315: Best midfielder in Spain and La D\u00e9cima

2015\u201317: Among the world's best players and La Und\u00e9cima and Duod\u00e9cima

2017\u201318: Ballon d'Or and third consecutive Champions League title

2018\u201321: Two-time champion of Spain

2021\u2013present: Fourth La Liga, sixth Champions League, second Copa del Rey title and captaincy

International career

2006\u20132008: First major tournaments

2008\u20132016: Subsequent struggles

2016\u20132018: Golden Ball of the 2018 World Cup

2019\u20132022: Bronze Ball of the 2022 World Cup

2023: Euro 2024 qualifying and Nations League finals

2024: Euro 2024

Player profile

Style of play

Position

Reception

Personal life

Legal issues

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

Further reading

External links

Luka Modrić

Talks

28 October, 2024