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Luka Modrić

1985 - Today

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Luka Modrić (Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka mǒːdritɕ]; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga 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. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and as the greatest Croatian footballer ever.Modrić began his professional career with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in 2003 before spells on loan to Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar and Croatian side Inter Zaprešić. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luka Modrić has received more than 15,380,162 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Luka Modrić is the 196th most popular soccer player (up from 396th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 67th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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  • 89

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luka Modrić ranks 196 out of 16,880Before him are Aimé Jacquet, Paulino Alcántara, Kurt Hamrin, Dražan Jerković, Emilio Butragueño, and Clarence Seedorf. After him are Careca, Shunichi Kumai, Rinat Dasayev, Pepe, Helmut Rahn, and Fernando Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Luka Modrić ranks 3Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton. After him are Gal Gadot, Michael Phelps, Keira Knightley, Wayne Rooney, Léa Seydoux, Lukas Podolski, Song Joong-ki, Stromae, and Lana Del Rey.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 41 out of 589Before him are Tomislav Ivić (1933), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Zoran Milanović (1966), Davor Šuker (1968), Franciscus Patricius (1529), and Dražan Jerković (1936). After him are Sylva Koscina (1933), Josip Skoblar (1941), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Stjepan Bobek (1923), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 3Before him are Davor Šuker (1968) and Dražan Jerković (1936). After him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Vladimir Beara (1928), Branko Zebec (1929), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Ilija Petković (1945), and Bernard Vukas (1927).

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