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Mateo Kovačić
Mateo Kovačić · Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Mateo Kovačić

b. 1994

Croatian association football player (born 1994)

Born
6 May 1994 · Linz
Part ofAustria112 BCE – todayCroatia321 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 37 years
  1. 6 May 1994BornBorn in Linz
  2. 2009 – 2011TeamCroatia national under-17 football team
  3. 2009 – 2010TeamCroatia national under-19 football team
  4. 2010 – 2014TeamCroatia national under-21 football team
  5. 2010 – 2013TeamGNK Dinamo Zagreb
  6. 2013TeamCroatia men's national football team
  7. 2013 – 2015TeamInter Milan
  8. 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
  9. 2015 – 2019TeamReal Madrid Club de Fútbol
  10. 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2018 – 2019TeamChelsea F.C.
  12. 2019 – 2023TeamChelsea F.C.
  13. 2022Took part2022 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2023TeamManchester City F.C.
  15. 2026Took part2026 FIFA World Cup

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1994 – today).

  1. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  3. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  4. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  5. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  6. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  7. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  8. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  9. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  10. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  11. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  12. 20112011 Norway attacks
  13. 2011Libyan civil war
  14. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  15. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  16. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  17. 2015Paris Agreement
  18. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  19. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  20. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  21. 2023Gaza war
  22. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  23. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Mateo Kovačić (Croatian pronunciation: [matěo kǒʋatʃitɕ]; born 6 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Croatia national team.

Kovačić began his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16, with whom he won two consecutive Prva HNL titles, before joining Inter Milan in 2013. In 2015, he moved to Real Madrid, where he won nine trophies, including three UEFA Champions League titles between 2016 and 2018. He subsequently joined Chelsea, where he won the UEFA Europa League, a fourth Champions League title, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as being named Chelsea Player of the Year for the 2019–20 season. He joined Manchester City in the summer of 2023, and won the Premier League with them in his first season.

Born in Austria, Kovačić played for Croatia at multiple youth levels before making his debut for the senior national team in 2013. He has represented the nation at the 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2016, 2020 and 2024 UEFA European Championships. His side secured two World Cup medals in 2018 and 2022, as well as a silver medal coming in second in the 2023 UEFA Nations League final.

Text from the Wikipedia article Mateo Kovačić, CC BY-SA 4.0

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