1985 - Today
Luka Modrić (Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka mǒːdritɕ]; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder, usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, and the greatest Croatian footballer of all-time.Born in Zadar, Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luka Modrić has received more than 7,795,967 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Luka Modrić is the 396th most popular soccer player (down from 175th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Luka Modrić ranks 396 out of 16,923. Before him are Youri Djorkaeff, Zvonimir Boban, Oliver Bierhoff, Marco Materazzi, Kinjiro Shimizu, and Jan Koller. After him are Elías Figueroa, Seishiro Shimatani, Edinson Cavani, Pedro Rocha, Gyula Zsengellér, and Thomas Tuchel.
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 390
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 391
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 392
1973 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 393
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 394
1973 - Present
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 395
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 396
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 397
1938 - 2001
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 398
1987 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 399
1942 - 2013
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 400
1915 - 1999
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 401
1973 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1985, Luka Modrić ranks 4. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo, Keira Knightley, and Lewis Hamilton. After him are Gal Gadot, Wayne Rooney, Lukas Podolski, Michael Phelps, Bruno Mars, Mohammad bin Salman, Mario Gómez, and Nico Rosberg.
1985 - Present
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 1
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 4
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 5
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 12
Among people born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 67 out of 518. Before him are Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914), Marin Držić (1508), Milka Planinc (1924), Zvonimir Boban (1968), and Ivo Josipović (1957). After him are Fausto Veranzio (1551), Vladko Maček (1879), Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Lustig (1932), and Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895).
1620 - 1664
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 61
1914 - 2009
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 62
1508 - 1567
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 63
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 64
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 65
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 66
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 67
1551 - 1617
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 68
1879 - 1964
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 69
1853 - 1934
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 70
1923 - 1998
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 71
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 72
1895 - 1948
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 73
Among soccer players born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 8. Before him are Davor Šuker (1968), Josip Skoblar (1941), Ilija Petković (1945), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Vladimir Beara (1928), and Zvonimir Boban (1968). After him are Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Bernard Vukas (1927), Ivan Perišić (1989), and Ivica Olić (1979).
1968 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 3
1945 - 2020
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 4
1923 - 2010
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 5
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 6
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 1998
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 9
1929 - 1988
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 10
1986 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 11
1927 - 1983
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 12
1989 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 14