SOCCER PLAYER

Luka Modrić

1985 - Today

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Luka Modrić (pronounced [lûːka mǒːdritɕ]; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 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 and as the greatest Croatian footballer of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luka Modrić has received more than 17,551,269 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Luka Modrić is the 118th most popular soccer player (up from 196th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luka Modrić ranks 118 out of 21,273. Before him are Hiroto Muraoka, Didier Deschamps, Jorge Jesus, César Luis Menotti, Berti Vogts, and Luis Enrique. After him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Arthur Friedenreich, Alessandro Del Piero, Nils Liedholm, Fabio Cannavaro, and Miroslav Klose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Luka Modrić ranks 3. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo, and Gal Gadot. After him are Lewis Hamilton, Keira Knightley, Bruno Mars, Michael Phelps, Lukas Podolski, Wayne Rooney, Stromae, Lana Del Rey, and Mario Gómez.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 21 out of 700. Before him are Leopold Ružička (1887), Crispus (305), Mario Andretti (1940), Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Svetozar Boroević (1856), and Aloysius Stepinac (1898). After him are Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Ivan Ribar (1881), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Alida Valli (1921), and Tomislav of Croatia (null).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 1. After him are Davor Šuker (1968), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Branko Zebec (1929), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Slaven Bilić (1968), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923).

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