Mateo Kovačić

Mateo Kovačić

Mateo Kovačić in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth	Linz, Austria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Internazionale
Number	10
Youth career
2000–2007	LASK Linz
2007–2010	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Dinamo Zagreb	43	(7)
2013–	Internazionale	27	(0)
National team‡
2008	Croatia U14	2	(1)
2008	Croatia U15	2	(0)
2009–2011	Croatia U17	15	(0)
2011–	Croatia U19	2	(0)
2011–	Croatia U21	4	(0)
2013–	Croatia	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2013

Mateo Kovačić (born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian football player. He plays for Real Madrid CF and the Croatian national team as a midfielder.

Kovačić began his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16, with whom he won two consecutive league titles, before joining Inter in 2013. After the 2014–15 season, he moved to Real Madrid, where he won his first Champions League with the squad in 2016. A full Croatian international since 2013, Kovačić represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. He is nicknamed Il Professore (The Professor).

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