File image of Actual Madrid’s Luka Modric kissing the Champions League trophy in 2024
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Actual Madrid and midfielder Luka Modric — probably the most adorned participant within the membership’s historical past — have agreed to half methods after the Membership World Cup.
The 39-year-old Modric will go away after an “unforgettable time as a participant at our membership,” Madrid stated on Thursday (Could 22, 2025).
“Actual Madrid needs to specific its immense gratitude and appreciation for a participant who has develop into a real legend each of our membership and world soccer.”
Modric arrived at Madrid in 2012 and have become a key participant throughout one of the vital profitable intervals within the membership’s historical past.
In 13 seasons, Modric helped the membership win 28 titles: Six European Cups, six Membership World Cups, 5 European Tremendous Cups, 4 Spanish leagues, two Copas del Rey and 5 Spanish Tremendous Cups.
He had been taking part in fewer minutes in latest seasons below coach Carlo Ancelotti.
The Membership World Cup begins mid-June in the US, and Madrid can pay tribute to Modric in its final match of the season on Saturday towards Actual Sociedad in La Liga at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
“Luka Modric will eternally stay within the hearts of all madridistas (Madrid followers) as a novel and exemplary footballer who has at all times embodied the values of Actual Madrid,” membership president Florentino Pérez stated. “His soccer has captured the creativeness of madridismo and followers everywhere in the world. His legacy will stay on eternally.”
Corridor of fame
Modric has 590 appearances for Madrid — eighth on the membership’s all-time checklist — and 43 objectives.
He’s one in all solely 5 gamers to have received six European Cups.
In 2018, Modric received the Ballon d’Or, was named FIFA’s finest males’s participant and UEFA’s males’s participant of the 12 months. Twice he is been named the very best midfielder within the Champions League.
Modric’s 186 matches for Croatia make him the nation’s record-holder for worldwide appearances. He received the Golden Ball on the 2018 World Cup in Russia — the place Croatia misplaced the ultimate to France — and the Bronze Ball on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Printed – Could 23, 2025 06:05 am IST