Personal
Name | Luka Modric |
Country | Croatia |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | September 9, 1985 |
Social
Website | |
Place of Birth | Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nickname | David Guetta, Cruyff of the Balkan |
Father's Name | Stipe Modrić |
Mother's Name | Radojka Modrić |
Partner/Spouse' Name | Vanja Bosnić |
Sport Profile
Sport | |
Discipline | Men's Football |
Active/Retired | Active |
Role | Midfielder |
Level | National, International |
Teams | Croatia, Zadar, Real Madrid, Dinamo Zagreb, Zrinjski Mostar, Inter Zapresic, Tottenham Hotspur, Croatia U15 to U21 |
Profile | Luka Modric is a Croatian footballer, who plays for their national football team since 2006. He serves as the captain of this national team and plays for Spanish club Real Madrid as a midfielder. He is an attacking midfielder and considered one of the supreme Croatian footballers of all-time. Luka Modric lived in a village with his grandfather, where he used to shepherding goats at the age of five and spent rural life till 1991. Then, he was moved to Zadar and kept continuing his football game with his Army career. Luka served as an aero-mechanic in Croatian Army before he turned into a full-time professional footballer. He started his club career life with the Zadar team and successfully made his way in toward the national team of Croatia in 2001. He made his international football career at youth-level with the Croatia U-15 team in March in that following year. He had to wait for 5 more years to make his international debut at senior level and made it in first March 2006 against Argentina. Modric is described as a swift and versatile playmaker, who is praised for his great vision and offensive positioning into the pitch. He is famous among his fellow soccer because of his capability of passing the ball accurately diagonally short and long distance. Apart from football, he has a huge interest in the basketball and often passes his time watching basketball matches in his free-time. (as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)(Profile Image from Facebook) |
Career Information | Debut (International): For Croatia in Friendlies Tournament, 1st March, 2006 Debut Club Level: For Zrinjski Mostar in Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003 Current Club: Real Madrid
Club Level Career:
International Career:
|
Achievements/Records Associated With |
|