var playerInfo={"D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"<P><STRONG><U>PLAYER<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Bayern Munich<\/STRONG><BR>Bundesliga: 2002&#8211;03<BR>DFB-Pokal: 2002&#8211;03<BR>Intercontinental Cup: 2001<BR><BR><STRONG>Red Bull Salzburg<BR><\/STRONG>Austrian Bundesliga: 2006&#8211;07<BR><BR><STRONG><U>MANAGER<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Eintracht Frankfurt<BR><\/STRONG>DFB-Pokal: 2017&#8211;18<BR><BR><STRONG>Bayern Munich<\/STRONG><BR>Bundesliga: 2018&#8211;19<BR>DFB-Pokal: 2018&#8211;19<BR>DFL-Supercup: 2019<\/P>","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"999","147403B66C8CB5C7":"415","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2025-1-30","8084EC95B881D770":"Borussia Dortmund","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Croatia","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Niko Kovac","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"VfL Wolfsburg,AS Monaco FC,FC Bayern Munich,Eintracht Frankfurt,Croatia,Croatia(U21),Red Bull Salzburg Am","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>Niko Kovac (born 15 October 1971) is a Croatian former professional football player who is the current manager of Ligue 1 club Monaco. Kova\u010d was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retirement from international football in January 2009. A defensive midfielder who was known for his excellent passing and tackling skills, Kova\u010d was, at the time of his retirement, the oldest player in the Croatian squad and had captained them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. He has also enjoyed a high level of top club action, having spent most of his club career in the German Bundesliga, including spells with Hertha BSC, Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich.<BR><BR>He ended his playing career with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, where he then took the non-playing role of the reserve team coach and eventually became assistant manager under team manager Ricardo Moniz. In January 2013, Kova\u010d took over the Croatia national under-21 team and in October 2013 he took over the Croatia senior team following the dismissal of Igor &#352;timac. Kovac managed Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, then became head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt in 2016, winning the 2018 DFB-Pokal Final with the club. At Bayern, Kova\u010d won the domestic double in 2019 after a strong ending to the season, but lost his job later in that same autumn before Bayern won the continental treble in his absence. In the summer of 2020, Kova\u010d took charge of Monaco for his first club manager job outside of Germany.<\/P>","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1971-10-15","078F3C827B475FC4":"3115","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"4","A494ABC507986833":"Niko Kovac","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","F52748F924D1E675":"","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"VfL Wolfsburg","e_index":2};