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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>","BE541FF326E82F6A":"Slaven Belupo Koprivnica","FD159EB5937AD12F4B2E9E75B80D3D16":"Croatia","2278C81F60D7F1ECF170F6DDE4B76865":"Maccabi Petah Tikva FC","5BB437CAF240E475":"84kg","4FB95329DB27F065AB688F47FF3E7436":"","5BAE2FF41BC6AD03489546EF11EAFCB7":"1985-11-26","e_index":5};