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Luka Modrić won the Ballon d'Or in 2018, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award since Kaká in 2007. He also won the Best FIFA Men's Player Award and the UEFA Men's Player of the Year that same year following Croatia's run to the World Cup final.
Luka Modrić won six UEFA Champions League titles at Real Madrid. He was part of three consecutive title-winning squads from 2015-16 to 2017-18, and he was named in the Champions League squad of the season all three times. His sixth title in 2024 made him the first player in history to win six Champions League finals.
Luka Modrić was born on the 9th of September 1985 in Zadar, in what was then SR Croatia within SFR Yugoslavia. He grew up in the hamlet of Modrići on the slopes of Mount Velebit. During the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, his grandfather was executed and the family home was burned, forcing Modrić to live as a refugee in hotels in Zadar for seven years. He began playing football in the hotel car park.
Real Madrid paid an approximate fee of £30 million for Luka Modrić when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur in August 2012. Modrić had originally joined Tottenham from Dinamo Zagreb in 2008 for a confirmed fee of £16.5 million.
Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, after leading Croatia to the final where they lost 4-2 to France. He was also named in the Team of the Tournament. He was the first Croatian player to receive the World Cup Golden Ball.
Luka Modrić joined Serie A side AC Milan on a free transfer on the 14th of July 2025, signing a one-year contract after leaving Real Madrid at the end of the 2024-25 season. According to the source, playing for Milan had been his childhood dream. In his third Serie A match he scored the winning goal against Bologna.