Biography of Luke Modric

Latest news biography of Luke Modric replaced several clubs before becoming a favorite of football fans. In his career there were failures and misunderstandings, which almost cost success in the profession, but the player left the dark stripes behind him, managing to support the reputation of a successful and reliable athlete and a member of the team who sets the pace of the game.

Childhood and youth of Luke was born in the Croatian city of Prut in the family of Swes and mechanics. In the beginning of the x, the Yugoslav wars flared up, and his mother and Luka and his sister Yasmina had to leave their home and settle in the refugee camp in a tourist backwood, while his father gave up a debt to his homeland. The grandfather of the future football star, shot for participation in the partisan detachment, was the victim of hostilities.

The field of returning the head of the family from the army became the opportunity to realize sports talents: the boy in childhood showed abilities in football. Parents decided not to spare money. Despite financial difficulties, his father cut part of a modest salary to pay for his son’s classes at the Sports Academy. Luke is not the only athlete in the genus, chasing the ball. Australian football player Mark Viduka, also a Croat by nationality, is Modric’s cousin.

Club career The first contract in the sports biography of a novice football player appeared in the year. At the age of 16, the young man signed an agreement on cooperation with the club from Zagreb Dynamo. The athlete played the season in the youth personnel, and then was leased to the Zrinski team, which is part of the Bosnian Premier League. It was here that the young man demonstrated his universal style of the game and took the main place on the podium of Bosnia athletes.

Then, for the season, the player was taken for rent to Zagrebsky Inter, where he proven himself brilliantly. With his help, the Croatian club replenished the piggy bank with silver conquered in the championship of the country. But soon the dynamo’s native club returned the talented young football player, who has already found the title of “Hope of Croatia”. A contract for 10 years was signed with Dynamo.

Luke instantly joined the main composition. His position on the field is a playmaker, sometimes he performed the functions of the left attacking midfielder. The athlete gave the club 6 years, during this time Dynamo won a number of trophies, including won the national championship and received a ticket to the UEFA Cup. Modric became the champion of Croatia, wore the title of player of the year.

Marking the merits of Croat, he was wished to see several English football teams in his ranks at once. Modric wanted to sign Newcasl and Manchester City, but he chose the London Tottenham. At first, Luke was placed in an unusual position of the extreme midfielder. The game was not given to the young football player, the fans began to say that the purchase was in vain.

Once, the fans even called Modric “lightweight”, accusing him of not wanting to play, while he simply could not - received a knee injury. The situation changed dramatically when the new coach Harry Rednapp came, who returned Modric “to the place”. The game of Croat was immediately transformed, goals sprinkled one after another. The first time he struck the gates of the Moscow Spartak.

The talent of the opener in all its glory appeared in the Real Madrid team, where Luke got at the end of the summer of the year and where he put on a T -shirt with a number after a year of Modric’s game captured fans, the football player turned into one of the main stars of the team. Of course, Cristiano was not able to get around Ronaldo, but Croat was brilliantly assisted in attacks, worked selflessly in defense and delighted the fans with magnificent goals with magnificent beauty.

And how much spectacular feints that broke stormy applause were shown by Modric. With each season, the player’s statistics have improved, especially he impressed the accuracy of the passes and the number of selection. The Spaniards called him a diamond onion, and even a pony - for lightness and small growth: at the cm, the football player weighed 66 kg. The newspapers were full of laudatory articles, which said that Croat filled the game of Real Madrid with Balkan freshness.

Another nickname, the football player is obliged to finish his career to the Dutch striker Johan Kroif, who was known as a fan of Modric. Luke's manner of the game was compared with the style of the legendary Dutchman, so they called him a "Croatian cutter." Moreover, funny comparisons of the players with each other roamed on the Web. Fans of the game with the ball see the similarity of Luke with Johan.

Indeed, men are similar to both hairstyles and facial features. Luke became the main contender for the title of the best football player of the year according to France Football. However, in the end, the Golden Ball received Cristiano Ronaldo. The winter and spring “Real” left the field with victories, in May, along with the Atletico Earth Club, he became the best cup team in the world.

Despite the barrier overcome at 34, the football player did not slow down, but on the contrary, he said in the year that he would show the game, which he showed in the best years of career. In the fall, this was confirmed by the Golden Foot award. In January, Go Modric scored a goal in his career, and in the spring of next year he extended the contract with Real Madrid.

Six months later, the athlete played his yu game for the club.A memorable gift for him was a form with the corresponding number. Especially the effective programs of Luke were noted in the champions League matches - against Chelsea. As a result of coordinated teamwork, the Madrid won with the British with a total score of 5: 4. However, coach Carlo Anchalotti decided not to release Modric and Karim Benzem in the starting lineup for the match of the tour of Atletico, which took place in May, explaining that the players are tired and they need recovery.

In the same month, Luke extended the expiring agreement with Real Madrid. However, the midfielder refused to conclude an agreement with the new club. In June, Modric signed a new contract with Real Madrid for a year. The Croatian national team in the year of Modric called to defend the honor of the country. For the first time in the Croatian national team, the football player played with Argentina, and scored the first ball into the gates of Italy.

A reliable game provided him with a permanent place in the national team. On the euro Luke set a record, scoring the fastest goal in the history of European competitions. Austrian gates were injured. The Croats then defeated not only Austria, but also Germany. In the national team, 2 people stood out: Modric Luka was called the team of the team, and Ivan Rakitich was called by soul and heart.

At the euro, the athlete showed skills in all games of the group stage, but this did not help the team go to the playoffs. At the Mundial in Russia, the player performed in a new capacity of the team in Russia in the year. The national team got to the final, where she lost to France, and Modric nevertheless became the best football player of the tournament and received a well -deserved “golden ball”.

It was not possible to repeat the success on the euro, they lost the Spanish national team in the first playoff match. In the semifinals, the Croats lost to Argentina with a score of 0: 3, which allowed them to fight only in 3rd place. Modric, commenting on the defeat of the Argentines, considered: this happened due to the fact that the referee at first did not appoint Corgovites to the Croats, but then appointed the “non-existent” penalty to the rivals, which continued the course of the game.

In the spring, Go Luke again received a call to the Croatian national team. This time he helped the team get to the euro another record was set by the athlete in October. He played the anniversary match in his career as a player of the national team. In the same period, Luke took a place in the vote on the Golden Ball. The scandal in the spring of the year Luke was involved in a loud scandal regarding an anti -corruption investigation in the football sphere of Croatia.

The case was considered against the former head of the Zagreb Dynamo Zdravko Mamich. The man was accused of embezzlement of funds proceeds from the sale of Luke Tottenham. The football star also came under the investigation. The prosecutor's office believed that Modric gave false testimonies, talking about the details of the transfer. If the fault of the football player was confirmed, he could go to jail.

But the charges were removed from the player. Luke's personal life married at the age of 25. The chosen one was his agent Vanya Bosnich. Modric is the father of three children. Just a month after the marriage, the heir was born in the family, whom the happy parents called Ivan. After 3 years, the wife gave the football player the daughter of Emu. And in the year another replenishment happened: Luke and Vanya had a daughter Sofia.

It is impossible to find a football player in a nightclub, but on weekends with his wife and children it is quite realistic to see, for example, in a zoo. The athlete leads pages in social networks, where, in addition to pictures from the “fields of battles”, he also publishes family photos. Luke Modric is now Modric’s technique is still on top. He remains a valuable frame of the Real Madrid team.

The midfielder successfully challenged the fact of violations of the law in the years. As a result, a fine of 1.2 million euros, as well as a punishment in the form of 8 months of imprisonment, was arbitrarily canceled. Luke also received 3.5 million euros as compensation. In the spring, rumors about the possible departure of Modric from Real Madrid spread. The football player himself wanted to stay in the club for the season.

In May, Luke won the Spanish Championship ahead of schedule ahead of schedule. It was his anniversary trophy in the Madrid. In June, Real Madrid won the Champions League finals.