var playerInfo={"02EB7DF46653B329":"Mateo Kovacic","38882684D19FD665":"Mateo Kovacic","722D75C33935B48A":"80kg","3D0C18FC6E83B9810B0FAD6BF04C7B64":"2023-7-1","FCD4DE51CBA4497A941CDE925DCB26D2":"Croatia","0108B3B67855A673":"102206","784E2315886D4158FF9CFFE843FE6B59":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<\/U><BR><BR>Dinamo Zagreb<BR><\/STRONG>Prva HNL: 2010&#8211;11, 2011&#8211;12<BR>Croatian Cup: 2010&#8211;11, 2011&#8211;12<BR><BR><STRONG>Real Madrid<BR><\/STRONG>UEFA Champions League: 2015&#8211;16, 2016&#8211;17, 2017&#8211;18<BR>La Liga: 2016&#8211;17<BR>Supercopa de Espana: 2017<BR>UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017<BR>FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017<BR><BR><STRONG>Chelsea<\/STRONG><BR>UEFA Champions League: 2020&#8211;21<BR>UEFA Europa League: 2018&#8211;19<BR>UEFA Super Cup: 2021<BR>FA Cup runner-up: 2019&#8211;20, 2021-22<BR>EFL Cup runner-up: 2018&#8211;19, 2021-22<BR>FIFA Club World Cup: 2021<BR><BR><STRONG>Manchester City<\/STRONG><BR>Premier League: 2023&#8211;24<BR>UEFA Super Cup: 2023<BR>FIFA Club World Cup: 2023<BR><STRONG><U><BR>INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Croatia<\/STRONG><BR>FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018, third place: 2022<BR>UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2022&#8211;23<BR><STRONG><U><BR>INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Croatian Football Hope of the Year:<BR><\/STRONG>2011<BR><BR><STRONG>Chelsea Player of the Year:<BR><\/STRONG>2019&#8211;20<BR><BR><STRONG>Chelsea Goal of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2021&#8211;22<BR><BR><STRONG>Premier League Goal of the Month: <BR><\/STRONG>January 2022<\/P>","F4645409D3EE42C9":"240","4CC9C981935F4DF5":"Manchester City","5588923A723573201F6804A11C3F390A":"8","B6A0187759F85483BB8FCFF97E557B3EF40C5B869FAFCEA6":"1","B6A0187759F85483D714EA91FD933428":"38000000.00","7CC3966A9B90B9412F1273E902F0953F":"Chelsea FC,Real Madrid,Chelsea FC[on loan],Inter Milan,Dinamo Zagreb,LASK Linz(Am)","70545F9392E8422F11E2D5550E456F39":"Chelsea FC","5C3036D26CFC912788B0712D1AAE3BCF":"\u20ac29.10m","1D8DD001D97C012A":"177cm","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","ED1B32E089DA5A802C3D6EB75016A1DA":"Mateo Kovacic (born 6 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Croatia national team.<BR><BR>Born in Austria, Kovacic opted to play for Croatia, and he played 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.<BR><BR>Kovacic has been described as a great technician with excellent dribbling abilities. He is considered to be a versatile midfielder, having played in different midfield positions. He is most suitably a &#39;number 8&#39;, fulfilling the role of each of the &#39;Box to Box&#39; midfield roles. He combines the defensive presence and transitional ability to play as a &#39;Shuttler&#39; like Claudio Marchisio, but also the dribbling ability to even be considered as a &#39;Midfield Maestro&#39; like Manchester City teammate Bernardo Silva.","805ACE40479B6E763FB50E182B20A495":"1994-5-6","9CFA5380AB449F58B34CD68741B77812":"1","e_index":8};