1985 - Today
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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Among soccer players, Luka Modrić ranks 196 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 190
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 191
1934 - 2024
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 192
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 193
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 194
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 195
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 196
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 197
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 198
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 199
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 200
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 201
1984 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 202
Among people born in 1985, Luka Modrić ranks 3. Before 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.
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 1
1985 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 4
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 5
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 41 out of 589. Before 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).
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 35
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 36
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 37
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 38
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 39
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 40
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 41
1933 - 1994
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 42
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 43
1815 - 1905
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 44
1883 - 1962
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 45
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 46
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 47
Among soccer players born in Croatia, Luka Modrić ranks 3. Before 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).
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 5
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 7
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 10
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 11
1927 - 1983
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 12