Mateo Kovačić

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Place in overall rating 8112 of 12842

Place in club Chelsea 11 of 11

Place in country Croatia 78 of 105

Place in category midfielder 2846 of 4636

Place among midfielders in club Chelsea 2 of 4

Place among midfielders in country Croatia 13 of 42

Personal info

Name: Mateo Kovačić

Age: 29 years (4 May 1994)

Stature: 181 cm

Weight: 75 kg

Nationality:

Croatia

Shirt number: 10

Status

Role: midfielder / edit.

Club: Chelsea / edit.

Mateo Kovačić. Biography

Mateo Kovačić is an Austrian-born Croatian footballer, currently playing for Internazionale as a midfielder. He was born in 1994 and came through the youth system of LASK Linz and at the age of 13 he joined the academy of Dinamo Zagreb. In 2009 Kovačić picked up an injury and after a long recovery period he joined the club’s senior team. On 20 November 2010 he made his debut in the match against Hrvatski Dragovoljac and throughout his first season with Dinamo Zagreb he featured in seven games, helping the team to finish the season with the league title.

Kovačić was regularly used in 2011/12, made 31 league appearances during the season and Dinamo Zagreb grabbed one more league title. He went on to play for the team in 2012/13 and at the end of January 2013 moved to Italy, signing for Serie A side Internazionale.

He represented the Croatia national team at different youth levels.