Luka Modric is a generational talent, who is a Croatian professional footballer. Modric plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. Luka Modric currently plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder. As a matter of fact, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and as the greatest Croatian footballer ever.
Modric’s Club Career
Luka Modric was born in Zadar, and his childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family. He was signed by Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16 in 2002, after showing promise with his hometown club NK Zadar’s youth team. The Croatian star continued his development in Zagreb, before spells on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić. His career
statistics have it that he made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and won three consecutive league titles and domestic cups, being named the Prva HNL Player of the Year in 2007. Modric later moved to English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record transfer fee of £16.5 million in 2008, where he led Spurs to their first UEFA Champions League appearance in almost 50 years, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 tournament.
Luka Modric in the 2012 summer transfer, joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee. In Real Madrid, he became a key contributor and helped the team win La Décima, and was selected for the 2013–14 Champions League squad of the season. After the former France legend Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid, Modric was critical to three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015–16 to 2017–18, each time being voted into the squad of the season. The Croatian international has won twenty major trophies at Real Madrid, including five UEFA Champions League titles, three La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, and four FIFA Club World Cup titles. Unarguably, he won the La Liga Award for “Best Midfielder” in 2016 for the second time and the UEFA Club Football Award for “Best Midfielder” in 2017 and 2018. Modric became the first Croatian player to be included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI in 2015, in which he was regularly included until 2019, as well in the UEFA Team of the Year between 2016 and 2018. Again, the 36-year-old Real Madrid star became the first Croatian player to win the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award in 2018, and by winning The Best FIFA Men’s Player and Ballon d’Or awards, he became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the awards in more than a decade. Then in 2019, Luka Modric was awarded the Golden Foot award for career results and personality.
Modric’s International career
Luka Modric’s first ever international debut for Croatia was against Argentina in March 2006, Still, in the season, he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Italy. However, the Croatian star has anchored Croatia’s “second Golden Generation”, participating in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including the UEFA European Championship in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2006, 2014, and 2018. Again, Luka Modric was selected for the Team of the Tournament at Euro 2008, becoming only the second Croatian player to ever achieve this honor. This happen following group stage eliminations in his first two World Cups, the Madrid playmaker led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup Final, and he received the Golden Ball award for best player of the tournament. The Croatian talisman went on to become the country’s most capped player in history in March 2021. The most important part of his career statistics is that he has been named Croatian Footballer of the Year a record ten times between 2007 and 2021.
Personal Life
The Croatian midfielder Luka Modric is happily married with three children, Ema, Ivan, and Sofia. His wife is Vanna Bosnic. The couple tied the knot in May 2010. Despite the level of his wealth and famously, Modric still maintains a low profile and he keeps his private life away from the public.
Luka Modric Net Worth
Luka Modric’s net worth in 2022 is estimated at $75 million. The talisman is paid £275,000 per week, and £14,300,000 per year playing for Real Madrid. Modric is among the highest-paid footballers in the Madrid squad.
Luka Modric Net Worth?
- Luka Modric Net Worth: $75 million
- Born: September 9, 1985
- Country of Origin: Croatia
- Height: 1.73 m
- Current Club: Real Madrid
- Role-Playing: Midfielder
- Transfer Worth: €10 million
- Current Weekly Salary: £275,000 per week
- Source of Wealth: Football, Endorsements
Luka Modric Awards and Achievements
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
Copa del Rey: 2013–14
Supercopa de España: 2012, 2017, 2019–20
UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017
FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018
International Croatia
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018
Individual International
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2010–11
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
La Liga’s Best Midfielder: 2013–14, 2015–16
FIFA FIFPro World11: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
La Liga’s Team of the Season: 2015–16
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 Midfielder of the Season: 2016–17, 2017–18
IFFHS Men’s World Team: 2017, 2018
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
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
National and regional Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
Football Oscar for Best Croatian Player: 2013, 2014,2015, 2016, 2017,2018,2019, 2020
HNS Trophy for Best Croatian Player: 2018
HOO Sportsman of the Year: 2018
SN Sportsman of the Year: 2018
Other
Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Yearly Award: 2018
Honorary citizen of the city of Zadar: 2018
Orders
Order of Duke Branimir with Ribbon: 2018
In clear terms, Luka Modric is currently one of the highest earners in Real Madrid, with a net worth of $75 million.