Mateo Kovačić
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Kovačić with Chelsea in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mateo Kovačić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Linz, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Manchester City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000–2007 | LASK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Dinamo Zagreb | 43 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Inter Milan | 80 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Real Madrid | 73 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Chelsea (loan) | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Chelsea | 110 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Manchester City | 61 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Croatia U14 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Croatia U15 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Croatia U17 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Croatia | 110 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mateo Kovačić (Croatian pronunciation: [matěo kǒʋatʃitɕ]; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian 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 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2016, 2020 and 2024 UEFA European Championships, reaching the 2018 World Cup final and 2023 UEFA Nations League final.