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Profile<\/STRONG>
A surprise member of Croatia's UEFA EURO 2008 squad given that he was uncapped when the announcement was made, Nikola Pokriva\u010d is a talented young left-footer who can operate in a variety of different positions. The 22-year-old moved from NK Dinamo Zagreb to AS Monaco FC in January 2008.
A Croatian international at Under-17, U19 and U21 levels, he made his league debut for NK Varteks in 2004.
Inspirational figure at left-back as the Varazdin club finished third in 2005\/06 Prva Liga and reached final of Croatian Cup, losing on away goals rule to NK Rijeka after winning second leg 5-1.
Joined Dinamo Zagreb midway through 2006\/07 campaign and won domestic double; made ten European appearances for club in 2007\/08 before move to south of France.
Just nine Ligue 1 outings for Monaco, five in the starting XI.
Did you know?<\/STRONG>
Pokriva\u010d found out about his UEFA EURO 2008 selection while he was surfing the internet.<\/P>","38882684D19FD665":"Nikola Pokrivac","0108B3B67855A673":"55797","FCD4DE51CBA4497A941CDE925DCB26D2":"Croatia","784E2315886D4158FF9CFFE843FE6B59":"","e_index":8};