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Contract and salary at Milan
In the 2026/27 season, Luka Modrić earns an estimated net salary of €3.50M per year (approx. €6.48M gross) at Milan running until 2027.
Current market valuation
The current market value of Luka Modrić (footballer, Milan) stands at €3.5M.
All-time club career totals
Across his club career, Luka Modrić has made 943 official appearances, scoring 99 goals and providing 146 assists.
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GNK Dinamo Zagabria
SRC Zapresic
HSK Zrinjski Mostar

Frequently asked questions about Luka Modrić
How many goals has Luka Modrić scored this season and in his career?
In the 2026/27 season with Milan, Luka Modrić has recorded 0 goals and 2 assists in 11 appearances (685 minutes played). Across his club career he has scored 99 goals in 943 appearances, plus 30 goals in 206 international caps.
How tall is Luka Modrić, what is his preferred foot and shirt number?
Luka Modrić is 172 cm tall. He plays as a Centrocampista (destro-footed). He wears shirt number 14 for Milan.
How old is Luka Modrić, when was he born and where is he from?
Luka Modrić is 41 years old (born on September 9, 1985 in Zadar). He represents Croazia.
How much does Luka Modrić earn? Net salary, gross wage and contract expiry
In the 2026/27 season with Milan, Luka Modrić earns an estimated annual net salary of €3.5 million (€6.5 million gross per year), based on the consensus of 2 specialist sources. His current contract runs until June 30, 2027.
What is Luka Modrić's market value and when does his contract expire?
Luka Modrić's current market value is estimated at €3.5 million. His contract with Milan (joined on July 14, 2025 from Real Madrid) runs until June 30, 2027.
What trophies and honours has Luka Modrić won in his career?
During his career Luka Modrić has won: Ballon d'Or (2018), FIFA World Player of the Year (2018), UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award (2018), World Cup Golden Ball (2018).
The story of Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka mǒːdritɕ]; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and captains the Croatia national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and as the greatest Croatian footballer in history.
With 34 major trophies, he is the most decorated Croatian player in world football. His career longevity ranks third globally for all-time international appearances having amassed over 1,150 career appearances – the first and only Croatian to do so.
Modrić began his career with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb from 2003 to 2008 – intermittently on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić – winning six domestic trophies. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2008, leading them to UEFA Champions League qualification in 2010, the club's first qualification in almost 50 years. Modrić joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee in 2012. He won the 2013–14 Champions League title and was named in the squad of the season. Modrić was a key member of the team's three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015–16 to 2017–18, named to the squad of the season each time. In total, he won 28 major trophies with the club, including six UEFA Champions League titles, four La Liga titles, and two Copa del Rey titles, making him Real Madrid's all-time most decorated footballer. He joined AC Milan in 2025 on a free transfer.
Since his international debut in 2006, Modrić has led the nation's "second Golden Generation" of players. He has participated in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including every UEFA European Championship from 2008 to 2024, as well as the 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cup. At Euro 2008, he was named in the Team of the Tournament. Modrić led Croatia to a second and third-place finish at the 2018 and 2022 World Cup respectively, securing two World Cup medals. He individually won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player in 2018, later winning the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third-best player in 2022. Modrić similarly led the team to a silver medal in the 2023 UEFA Nations League.
Throughout his career, Modrić has won numerous individual awards, culminating in the Ballon d'Or in 2018, making him the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award since 2007. He has been named Croatian Footballer of the Year a record fourteen times between 2007 and 2025. Modrić received the Best FIFA Men's Player Award, the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker award in 2018. He has been named in the FIFPRO World 11 six times and in the UEFA Team of the Year three times. In 2019, he was awarded the Golden Foot for his personality and career legacy.
Early life
Luka Modrić was born on 9 September 1985 in Zadar and was raised in the hamlet of Modrići, which is a part of Zaton Obrovački, a village situated on the southern slopes of the mountain Velebit, north of the city of Zadar in SR Croatia, then a republic within SFR Yugoslavia. He is the oldest child of Stipe Modrić from Modrići and Radojka Dopuđ from Kruševo near Obrovac, both of whom initially worked in a knitwear factory. Modrić mostly spent his early years in the stone house where his paternal grandfather usually lived after whom he was named, located on the road above the hamlet of Modrići, and was shepherding goats as a five-year-old.
His childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence—in 1991, when the war escalated, his family were forced to flee the area. Modrić's grandfather Luka was executed by Serb rebels who were part of the police of SAO Krajina in December 1991 near his house in Modrići, and after the family fled, the house was burned to the ground. Modrić became a refugee and lived with his family in the Hotel Kolovare for seven years; he later moved to the Hotel Iž, both in Zadar. His father joined the Croatian Army as an aeromechanic. In those years, thousands of bombs fell on the city and football was a way to escape the reality of war. He recalls it as a tough time for his family and something which shaped him as a person. He said he was mostly unaware of the war because he befriended many other children and their parents did not let it affect their childhood.
In these difficult circumstances, Modrić began playing football, mostly at the hotel parking lot. In 1992, he simultaneously entered the primary school and a sporting academy, the latter paid for with the little money the family had, sometimes helped by Modrić's uncle. As a boy he was inspired to play football by Zvonimir Boban and Francesco Totti.
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