Ivan Rakitiс

The national team player Ivan Rakitic, christened by the Croatian press "Raketa", might not have gained a foothold in the team of his parents' homeland. The football player's father and mother left the country because of the war even before his birth, and Ivan, a Croat by nationality, was born in Switzerland. It was here that his sports talent was revealed, which allowed him to play for the Spanish clubs Sevilla and Barcelona in the future. But, having played in youth tournaments for the Swiss, the 19-year-old midfielder made his debut in the Croatian national team in Euro 2008 matches. Rakitic's choice was a way to pay tribute to his parents, who sacrificed much for their son's successful career in world football.

Ivan was born on March 10, 1988 in the family of a football player. His father Luka Rakitic was a player in the Bosnian team Celik Zenica in his youth. Due to the difficult economic situation in Yugoslavia and the conflicts in the Balkans, he hoped to move abroad. His older brother lived in Switzerland, and the footballer decided to visit him. He was offered to play for the team of the small town of Melin. Despite the fact that the team could not get out of the fourth division, the man agreed. In exchange, the Yugoslav footballer was promised to find a permanent job and help with paperwork for the entire family to move.

Having abandoned the career of a football player, Ivan's father soon after his birth found a job at a construction site. Mom, when Ivan and his older brother Dejan grew up, got a job at a factory that produced socks. Rakitich calls that time calm, although the family lived on an extremely limited budget. As a child, a football player had one set of sportswear, and in order to buy boots for their son, parents saved on food for themselves.

At the age of seven, Ivan visited his father's small homeland - in the town of Sikirevtsy in the eastern part of the country, where the house in which the father's parents lived is still preserved. The village was destroyed by the fighting, and the gloomy landscapes shocked the child. Relatives who avoided talking about the war had to tell the children the truth about the events in their homeland and the reasons for the move.

At the age of eight, his father took Ivan to a match between the Swiss club Grasshoppers and the Croatian Dinamo Zagreb, for which Goran Juric, his friend and former teammate, played. The Croats defeated the Swiss by a dry run, scoring five goals. A decade later, the emotions from that meeting helped Rakitic make a decision when choosing his national team.

Ivan started playing football at the age of 4. For three years, parents took their son to training at the school of the city team "Melin-Ribburg". At the age of 7, the boy entered the Basel children's school, at the age of 14 he made his debut in the junior team, and at the age of 16 he received the captain's armband of the Basel U-16 team. When Rakitic turned 17, he was invited to play in the club's adult team.

Rakitic made his Swiss debut in late summer 2005. He entered the field in the qualifying match for the UEFA Cup against the players of the Bosnian club Shiroki Brieg. Basel defeated their opponent in both qualifying games, and in the tournament itself reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to Middlesboro. Despite a successful streak, Rakitic did not play another match in the 2005/2006 season Cup. Ivan also played in only one match of the national league.

But next season, Christian Gross, at that time the coach of the team, decided to use the newcomer as much as possible. Having included Rakitic in the main squad of Basel, the team's mentor brought him to the field in 33 matches of the country's Super League. Playing as a midfielder, Ivan scored a record 11 goals. The statistics allowed him to win the title of the best young player in the national championship.

Rakitic spent the next four years at Schalke 04. The German club acquired the footballer for € 5 million after the Brazilian Lincoln, who plays as a midfielder, left the team. For the first time on the field as a Schalke player, Ivan entered the field six weeks after the transfer. He replaced one of his teammates in the 70th minute of the Bundesliga game against Stuttgardt, and already in the 75th minute he scored his debut goal.

In the first season, Rakitic suffered an ankle injury and missed 7 games. In total, he played 97 matches for the club, scoring a dozen goals. Some of them helped Schalke 04 reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in their history. Despite this, according to the results of performances in Schalke 04, the player's value decreased, and in 2011 Rakitic was acquired by Sevilla for € 2.5 million.

At Sevilla, the player's career has been controversial. Already in the second match for the team - the game Examples against Racing - Rakitic became the author of his own goal. The legionnaire was rehabilitated in the next match - the first goal for Sevilla was scored by Ercules. In the very first season, the club's newcomer suffered a serious injury - a broken foot. It took four months to recover, Rakitic missed the championship final and summer training camp.

Breakthrough for Rakitic was the 2013/2014 season. The Sevilla coach gave him the captain's armband. Two goals that Ivan delivered to Real Madrid and a series of successful performances earned him the title of the best player in the Spanish championship. In addition, Sevilla made it to the Europa League final. The confrontation with Benfica brought the game to a penalty shootout, and the Spaniards literally snatched the Cup from the hands of the Portuguese.

The fans' already overwhelming emotions were literally "blown up" by Rakitic's act: clutching the legendary cup, the Sevilla captain kissed the central defender Daniel Carrisa. Despite Ivan's one-year-old daughter and his explanations about his intention to kiss his teammate on the cheek, rumors about Rakitich's unconventional orientation appeared. However, they were not confirmed.

After the success at Sevilla, Rakitic became interested in Liverpool and Barcelona. The deal was concluded by the "Catalans". The transfer cost the club € 18 million. Ivan made his debut for the Catalans in a meeting with Elche in the Spanish championship, and Rakitic's first goal came at the gate of Levante. The midfielder managed to score while remaining outside the penalty area.

In Barcelona, ​​Ivan is number 4. Rakitic played for this team for four years. With Barcelona, ​​he won 11 trophies. Denis Suarez, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and other famous football players play with him in midfield. According to Sport-Express for 2015, Rakitic's salary at Barça was € 7 million (after taxes).

Ivan has a wife. Raquel Mauri met the star of world football at work: she served drinks in the bar of the Spanish hotel where Rakitic was staying, who had flown in to sign a contract with Sevilla. However, communication did not start, since Rakitic did not know Spanish, and Raquel did not know the languages ​​that the football player spoke.

However, this did not stop Ivan: he stayed at the hotel for three months, gradually mastering Spanish and trying to look after the girl. The couple got married in 2015 - two years after the birth of their first daughter. The child was named Althea. The second daughter, Adara, was born to Ivan and Raquel in 2016. The girl leads Instagram, uploading photos of the family.

The height of a footballer weighing 78 kg is 184 cm. Along with Filip Bradaric, Milan Badel and captain Luka Modric, he is one of the tallest players in the Croatian national team.

Ivan Rakitich often comments on his colleagues' speeches for the press. Repeatedly admired the game of teammate Lionel Messi. On the eve of the match between Argentina and Croatia at the 2018 World Cup, he said that his team also has Messi, as he called midfielder Luka Modric.

In the spring of 2018 Barcelona won the trophies of two national tournaments - they won the Example and the Spanish Cup. But the Champions League this time did not submit to the “Catalans”. Barça lost in the quarterfinals to Roma. In addition, during the return meeting, Rakitic broke his finger. The footballer underwent surgery, but managed to recover for the decisive battle for the Cup of the country.

The Croatian national team became a real sensation at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Having successfully left the group, the Croats were able to knock out the Danes and the Russians from the playoffs on penalties, and also beat the British (2-1), for the first time in their history they were in the final of the World Cup. On July 15, 2018, the final of the FIFA World Cup took place at Luzhniki, in which the French team was stronger (4-2).

After the tournament, Ivan will return to Barcelona - his contract is valid until 2021.

As part of Basel

2007 - Swiss Cup 2006/07

With Sevilla

2014 - UEFA Europa League 2013/14

As part of Barcelona

2015 - Winner of the Club World Cup 2015 - Winner of the Spanish Championship 2014/15 2015 - Winner of the UEFA Super Cup 2015 - Winner of the UEFA Champions League 2014/15 2015 - Winner of the Spanish Cup 2014/15 2016 - Winner of the Spanish Championship 2015/16 2016 - Winner of the Spanish Cup 2015 / 16 2016 - Winner of the Spanish Super Cup 2017 - Winner of the Spanish Cup 2016/17 2018 - Winner of the Spanish Championship 2017/18 2018 - Winner of the Spanish Cup 2017/18

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