ULuka Modrić (Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka mǒːdritɕ]; owazalwa ngo-9 Septhemba 1985) ungumdlali webhola lezinyawo waseCroatia odlala njengomdlali wasesiswini weqembu laseLa Liga iReal Madrid futhi ungukaputeni weqembu lesizwe laseCroatia. Udlala ngokuyinhloko njengomdlali wasesiswini ophakathi, kodwa futhi angadlala njengomdlali wasesiswini ohlaselayo noma njengomdlali wasesiswini ozivikelayo. Ubhekwa njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu kunabo bonke besikhathi sonke, futhi njengomdlali webhola lezinyawo omkhulu kunabo bonke waseCroatia.  Wazalelwa eZadar, ubuntwana bukaModrić baqondana neMpi Yenkululeko yaseCroatia eyaxosha umndeni wakhe. Ngo-2002, wasayinwa yiDinamo Zagreb eneminyaka engu-16, ngemuva kokukhombisa isithembiso neqembu lentsha leklabhu yakubo iNK Zadar. Waqhubeka nokuthuthuka kwakhe eZagreb, ngaphambi kokubolekwa eZrinjski Mostar nase-Inter Zaprešić. Wenza i-debut yakhe neDinamo ngo-2005 futhi wanqoba iziqu ezintathu zeligi ezilandelanayo nezinkomishi zasekhaya, waqokwa njengoMdlali Wonyaka we-Prva HNL ngo-2007. Ngo-2008, wathuthela ekilabhini yePremier League iTottenham Hotspur ngemali yokudlulisa irekhodi lekilabhu eyi- £ 16.5 million, lapho aholela khona iSpurs ekubonakaleni kwabo kokuqala kwe-UEFA Champions League eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-50, bafinyelela kuma-quarter-finals omqhudelwano we-2010 <unk> 11.  Ehlobo lika-2012, uModrić wajoyina iReal Madrid ngemali yokudlulisa eyizigidi ezingama- £ 30. Lapho waba ngumnikeli obalulekile futhi wasiza iqembu ukuthi linqobe iLa Décima futhi wakhethwa eqenjini le-2013 <unk> 14 Champions League kule sizini. Ngemuva kokuthi uZinedine Zidane ethathe iMadrid, uModrić waba nomthelela omkhulu emiqhudelwaneni emithathu elandelanayo yeChampions League kusukela ngo-2015-16 kuya ku-2017-18, isikhathi ngasinye lapho evotelwa eqenjini lesizini. Unqobe izindondo ezingamashumi amabili nambili ezinkulu eReal Madrid, kufaka phakathi iziqu ezinhlanu ze-UEFA Champions League, iziqu ezintathu zeLa Liga, iCopa del Rey eyodwa, iziqu ezine zeSupercopa de España, iziqu ezine ze-UEFA Super Cup neziqu ezinhlanu zeFIFA Club World Cup. Wathola umklomelo weLa Liga we "Best Midfielder" ngo-2016 okwesibili, kanye ne-UEFA Club Football Award ye "Best Midfielder" ngo-2017 nango-2018. Ngo-2015, waba ngumdlali wokuqala waseCroatia ukufakwa kuFIFA FIFPRO World 11, lapho afakwa khona njalo kuze kube ngu-2019 bese ephinda futhi ngo-2022, kanye neThimba Lonyaka le-UEFA phakathi kuka-2016 no-2018. Ngo-2018, uModrić waba ngumdlali wokuqala waseCroatia ukunqoba i-UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, futhi ngokuwina iThe Best FIFA Men's Player kanye neBallon d'Or, waba ngumdlali wokuqala ngaphandle kukaLionel Messi noma uCristiano Ronaldo ukuthola le miklomelo eminyakeni engaphezu kweyishumi. Ngo-2019, wanikezwa umklomelo weGolden Foot ngemiphumela yomsebenzi nobuntu.  UModrić wadlalela iCroatia i-Argentina ngoMashi 2006, futhi wafaka igoli lakhe lokuqala emdlalweni wobungani ne-Italy. UModrić ubambe iqhaza "kwiGolden Generation yesibili" yaseCroatia, ebambe iqhaza kuyo yonke imincintiswano emikhulu iCroatia efaneleke kuyo, kufaka phakathi i-UEFA Euro 2008, 2012, 2016 kanye ne-2020, kanye ne-2006, 2014, 2018, kanye ne-2022 FIFA World Cup. Emqhudelwaneni we-Euro 2008, wakhethwa eqenjini lomqhudelwano, waba ngowesibili kuphela waseCroatia owake wafeza leli lungelo. Ngemuva kokukhishwa esigabeni samaqembu emidlalweni yakhe yokuqala emibili yeNdebe yoMhlaba, uModrić wahola iCroatia yaya kowamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2018, wanqoba iGolden Ball kule nqubo. Emqhudelwaneni olandelayo, wahola iqembu lakhe ukuba lifike endaweni yesithathu, liwine iBronze Ball. NgoMashi 2021, waba ngumdlali wezwe obambe iqhaza kakhulu emlandweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubizwe ngokuthi yiCroatian Footballer of the Year izikhathi eziyishumi nanye phakathi kuka-2007 no-2022.
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ULuka Modric ungumdlali webhola lezinyawo waseCroatia. Ubhekwa njengomunye wabadlali abasemaphakathi abahamba phambili besikhathi sonke kanye nomdlali omuhle kakhulu waseCroatia. Wazalelwa eZadar, eCroatia. Ngo-2002, eneminyaka engu-16, wasayina neqembu elikhulu lebhola laseCroatia, iDinamo Zagreb lapho ahlala khona kwaze kwaba ngu-2008 lapho asayina neTottenham Hotspur eNgilandi. Ngo-2012 wasayina neReal Madrid eSpain lapho edlala khona njengamanje.