Luka Modrić, born on 9 September 1985 (age 41), is a Croatian central midfielder now with AC Milan. His current market value is around £3m, according to Transfermarkt.
He first came through at Dinamo Zagreb, where his most productive league season came in 2007-2008: 13 goals in 25 appearances. That was the early proof of a midfielder who could carry responsibility without needing to look busy for the sake of it.
Real Madrid is where his career has been shaped most clearly. Across 13 seasons there, Modrić made 394 league appearances and scored 30 league goals, becoming a long-serving figure in a side where permanence is not handed out as a courtesy. His game was never about size or speed, but about angles, timing and control – qualities that tend to survive longer than most.
At AC Milan in 2026-2027, he remains part of the first-team picture, with five Serie A appearances and one in the Supercoppa. He has also stayed heavily involved with Croatia, making four World Cup appearances, eight in European World Cup qualifying with one goal, and four in the Nations League with one goal.
Modrić’s career runs from Dinamo Zagreb to a long Real Madrid peak and on to AC Milan, with Croatia still central to the story. It is a career defined less by noise than by sustained usefulness at the highest level.
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