Mateo Kovačić
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Born
1994 (32 years old)
Linz, AustriaPosition
Central Midfield
Status
Active
Ethnicity
White
Team Number
8
Height
178 cm
Weight
172 lbs
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Right
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Market Value
£40m
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SoccerTeam
Manchester City
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Croatia
League
English Premier League
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Mateo Kovačić (Croatian pronunciation: ; 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. After the 2014–15 season, he moved to Real Madrid, where he won the 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18 UEFA Champions Leagues. He joined Chelsea in 2018 on loan, signing permanently at the end of the 2018–19 season. With Chelsea, Kovačić won the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League and the 2020–21 Champions League, as well as having been named Chelsea Player of the Year for the 2019–20 season. He was also part of the team that won the UEFA Super Cup and the first FIFA Club World Cup for Chelsea in the 2021–22 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 and 2020 UEFA European Championships, reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2023 UEFA Nations League finals.
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 English FA Cup |  Manchester City | 2025-2026 | |
 English FA Community Shield | Manchester City | 2024 | |
 English Premier League | Manchester City | 2023-2024 | |
 FIFA Club World Cup | Manchester City | 2023 | |
 UEFA Super Cup | Manchester City | 2023 | |
| FIFA Club World Cup |  Chelsea | 2021 | |
| UEFA Super Cup | Chelsea | 2021 | |
 UEFA Champions League | Chelsea | 2020-2021 | |
 UEFA Europa League | Chelsea | 2018-2019 | |
| UEFA Champions League |  Real Madrid | 2017-2018 | |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Real Madrid | 2017 | |
 Spanish Supercopa de Espana | Real Madrid | 2017 | |
| UEFA Super Cup | Real Madrid | 2017 | |
| UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid | 2016-2017 | |
 Spanish La Liga | Real Madrid | 2016-2017 | |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Real Madrid | 2016 | |
| UEFA Super Cup | Real Madrid | 2016 | |
| UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid | 2015-2016 | |
 Croatian Prva Liga |  Dinamo Zagreb | 2012-2013 | |
| Croatian Prva Liga | Dinamo Zagreb | 2011-2012 | |
| Croatian Prva Liga | Dinamo Zagreb | 2010-2011 |
Milestones
 UEFA Champions League Player Of The Match | Manchester City | 2025-01-29 | |
 UEFA Europa League Hat-Trick | Inter Milan | 2014-08-28 |
Former Youth Teams
 LASK | 2000-2007 | Youth | - | - | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2007-2010 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
 Dinamo Zagreb | 2010-2013 | Permanent | 43 app | 6 gls | |
 Inter | 2013-2015 | Permanent | 80 app | 5 gls | |
| Real Madrid | 2015-2019 | Permanent | 73 app | 1 gls | |
| Chelsea | 2018-2019 | Loan | 32 app | 0 gls | |
| Chelsea | 2019-2023 | Permanent | 110 app | 4 gls | |
| Manchester City | 2023- | Permanent | 67 app | 7 gls |
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Contracts
| Chelsea | 2018-2019 | - |
| Chelsea | 2019-2024 | - |
| Manchester City | 2023-2027 | - |
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| Assists | English Premier League | 2020-2021 | 1 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2020-2021 | 27 |
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