Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (; bɛ dɔɣi o la silimin gɔli September dabaa awɔi dali yuuni 1985) o nyɛla Croatian boliŋmɛri  baŋda ŋun ŋmɛri sunsuuni (midfielder) n-tiri La Liga club Real Madrid ka nyɛ boliŋmɛri kpɛma(captains) zaŋti Croatia national team. O tooi ŋmɛri la central midfielder, amaa ka ni tooi lahi ŋmɛ attacking midfielder bee defensive midfielder. O nyɛla ŋun pahi dunia sunsuuni boliŋmɛri baŋdiba zuɣu, ka lahi nyɛ boliŋmɛri baŋdi karili zaŋti Croatian. 

Modrić daa piligi la o bolli ŋmɛbu tuma Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb yuuni 2003 pɔi ka bɛ daa zaŋ o ti Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar mini Croatian side Inter Zaprešić samli. O daa tumi ŋmɛ bolli zaŋti  Dinamo yuuni 2005 ka daa niŋ kpaŋmaŋ pam ka dizuɣu daa chɛ ka o chaŋ Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur yuuni 2008, ni ka o daa zaŋ ba chaŋ UEFA Champions League qualification yuuni  2010, bɛ tuuli bɛ yuun pihinu polo din ni.  Yuuni 2012, Modrić daa pahi Real Madrid ni liɣiri din yiɣisi  £30 million. O yuuni din daa pahiri ayi, o daa kpaɣi la yuuni  2013-14 Champions League title, ka bɛ daa pii ba season's squad of the season. Din daa niŋ ka Zinedine Zidane deei Madrid yuuni 2016 nyaaŋa, Modrić daa nyɛla ŋun be bolli ŋmɛri yili ŋɔ ni boliŋmɛri shɛba ban kpaɣi Champions League titles pani taba buta yuuni  2015–16 hali ni yuuni 2017–18, saha kam ka bɛ daa piiri ba squad of the season. Di zaa yi laɣim taba,  o kpaɣi la kɔpu kara nim pishi ni ata Madrid, n-ti pahi UEFA Champions League title nim anu, La Liga title nim ata, n-ti pahi  Copa del Rey title nim ayi. 

Modrić nyɛla ŋun deeigi o koŋko pina pam kamani  Ballon d'Or yuuni 2018, ka di daa chɛ o lɛbi tuuli boliŋmɛri bahindi la Lionel Messi bee Cristiano Ronaldo ŋun deei pini ŋɔ tum yuuni 2007, the Best FIFA Men's Player, n-ti pahi UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award. O nyɛla bɛn lahi piigi so FIFPRO World 11 ʒiʒii buyobu zuɣu ni UEFA Team of the Year buta zuɣu. Yuuni 2019, o daa deei la Golden Foot pini ka di daa nyɛla o bolli ŋmɛbu tuma kpaŋmaŋ mini o biɛhi suŋ zuɣu.

Modrić daa piligi la tiŋduya bolli ŋmɛ n-ti Croatia bɛ mini Argentina bolli din daa ŋmɛ silimin gɔli  March yuuni 2006, ka daa di o tuuli pɔɣu tiŋduya bolli ni bɛ mini Italy nim zosimli bolli.  Modrić nyɛla ŋun deei Croatia's "second Golden Generation", saha kam o yi ti be tournament Croatia kamani UEFA Euro 2008 hali ni yuuni 2020, ni yuuni  2006 FIFA World Cup hali ni yuuni  2022. Euro 2008, bɛ daa piigi o pahi Team of the Tournament. Modrić daa zaŋ Croatia chaŋ yuuni 2018 World Cup Final, ka daa deei Golden Ball . Yuuni 2022 World Cup, o daa zaŋ team ŋɔ dɔni third-place finish, ka daa deei Bronze Ball. Silimin gɔli March yuuni  2021, o daa lɛbi o tiŋgbani ŋɔ most capped player taarihi puuni. Din pahira, o nyɛla bɛn piigi so Croatian Footballer of the Year bupinyini zuɣu ka di nyɛ taarihi bin din gbaai yuuni 2007 mini yuuni  2022 sunsuuni.

Piligu biɛhigu 

Bɛ daa dɔɣi la Luka Modrić silimin gɔli September dabaa awɔi dali yuuni 1985 amaa ka lee zooi hamlet of Modrići, din be Zaton Obrovački, tiŋ shɛli din be walinluhili(southern) n-ti Velebit zoli, ka be Zadar din be SR Croatia walinpuhili(north), ka nyɛ republic be SFR Yugoslavia. O nyɛla bia kpɛm sani zaŋti  Stipe Modrić ŋun yina Modrići ni Radojka Dopuđ ŋun yina Kruševo ka di miriObrovac, bɛ zaa da na nyɛla ban tumdi knitwear factory. Modrić nyɛla ŋun daa be kuɣa yili ni (stone house) o ba yili polo yab'doo sani yili ŋɔ daa be la hamlet of Modrići soli yaɣili , ka daa nyɛ ŋun guli buhi o yuma anu saha

Din pahira,  o bilim saha n-daa nyɛ Croatian War of Independence—yuuni 1991, din daa niŋ ka tɔbu ŋɔ naai, bɛ daa zaŋ yaa chɛ ka o daŋ ŋɔ yi lala yaɣili ŋɔ. Modrić's yab'doo Luka daa nyɛla Serb rebels ban daa pahi pirinsi zaŋti SAO Krajina ni daa zaŋ so yihi lala yaɣili maa silimin gɔli December yuuni 1991, din daa niŋ ka bɛ yi yili ŋɔ ni naai bɛ daa,  bɛ daa dabi la yili maa. Modrić daa nyɛla ŋun chaŋ ti pahi o daŋ zuɣu Hotel Kolovare yuma ayopɔin; di nyaaŋa o  daa yi chaŋ Hotel Iž, di zaa be la Zadar. O ba daa nyɛla ŋun pahi Croatian Army nim zuɣu ka daa nyɛ aeromechanic. Lala yuma maa, bomb nim pam daa nyɛla din luri na tiŋgbani ŋɔ ni ka bolli daa nyɛ din tuhiri kariti tɔbu ŋɔ. O zooi ka o booni saha yoli zaŋti o daŋ amaa ka lee nyɛ din taɣi o biɛhigu.

Career statistics

Club

International

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Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Prva HNL: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Croatian Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08
Croatian Super Cup: 2006

Real Madrid
La Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22
Copa del Rey: 2013–14, 2022–23
Supercopa de España: 2012, 2017, 2019–20, 2021–22
UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022
FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022

Croatia
 FIFA World Cup
 Runner-up: 2018
 Third place: 2022

 UEFA Nations League 
 Runner-up: 2022–23

Individual
 Best Croatian U-21 player: 2004
 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008
 Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2010–11
 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
 La Liga's Best Midfielder: 2013–14, 2015–16
 FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2022
 La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16, 2021–22, 2022–23
 UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16
 FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2016
 ESPN Midfielder of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2018
 UEFA Team of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2018
 UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season: 2016–17, 2017–18
 IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017, 2018, 2022
 ESM Team of the Year: 2021–22
 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2017
 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2018
 FIFA World Cup Fantasy Team: 2018
 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2018
 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 2022
 UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 2017–18
 The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2018
 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2018
 Ballon d'Or: 2018
 Goal 50: 2017–18
 World Soccer Player of the Year: 2018
 AIPS Athlete of the Year: 2018
 Golden Foot: 2019
 IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
 IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
 Real Madrid Player of the Season: 2020–21
 Marca Leyenda Award: 2022
 Bosnian Premier League Player of the Year: 2003
 Croatian Football Hope of the Year: 2004
 HNL's Footballer of the Year: 2007
 Prva HNL Player of the Year: 2007
 SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2007–08
 Croatian Footballer of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
 Football Oscar for Best Croatian Player: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
 HNS Trophy for Best Croatian Player: 2018
 HOO Sportsman of the Year: 2018
 SN Sportsman of the Year: 2018, 2022
 Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Yearly Award: 2018
 Honorary citizen of the city of Zadar (2018) and Zadar County (2019).
 City of Zadar Award: 2018

Orders
Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

Lihimi m-pahi
 List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
 List of men's footballers with the most official appearances

Kundivihira

Further reading
Biography

Autobiography

External links

Profile at Real Madrid CF
Luka Modrić La Liga profile

1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Zadar
Yugoslav Wars refugees
Croatian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
NK Inter Zaprešić players
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Real Madrid CF players
Croatian Football League players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Premier League players
La Liga players
UEFA Champions League winning players
Croatia men's youth international footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Croatia men's international footballers
2006 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2008 players
UEFA Euro 2012 players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2020 players
2022 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA Men's Century Club
Ballon d'Or winners
The Best FIFA Men's Player winners
UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award winners
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Croatian Roman Catholics