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Ivan Rakitic
Ivan Rakitic is a Croatian professional
footballer who plays for Sevilla and the Croatian
National Team. Rakitic was born on 10th March, 1988 in Rheinfelden,
Switzerland. However, he never played a senior international for the nation of
his birth.
Ractic started his career from afar cup to play for a baseball. After he showed his appearance in the swiss super league in Basel. In the second season of
league he establishes himself
and score 11 goals in 33 super leagues. After 2006-7
super league, he was
named best player and awarded swiss goal of the year.
As an impressive
teenager, Ivan Ractic were signed by German side Schalke for €5 million. Rakitić scored his first competitive goal for
his new club in their 0–9 way. Rakitić
discovered top form as he scored a top goal at
VfL Bochum, by which
Schalke finished at least third in the league table and
secured a place in the next Champions League.
Rakitić
signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga club Sevilla for a transfer
fee of €2.5 million on January 2011
and give his debut against Malaga. color:blackHe scored
his first goal for Sevilla against
Hércules.
Rakitić
signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga club Sevilla for a transfer
fee of €2.5 million on January 2011
and give his debut against Malaga. He scored
his first goal for Sevilla against
Hércules.Rakitić
scored the first Champions League goal of his career in a 1–0 win against
English champions Manchester City.
Rakitić scored the opening goal in
a 3–1 win against Italian champions Juventus in the 2015 UEFA Champions League
Final.This made Barcelona the first club in history to win the treble of
domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup twice.In October, he was
announced Croatian Footballer of the Year 2015.In December, he was named
Croatian Sportsman of the Year 2015.
José Mourinho identified him as
“one of the most underrated players in the world” after he scored
only one goal against Real Madrid.
In 2018,before worldcup,PSG(Paris Saint-Germain) offered
barcelona $90m for ractic but barcelona deny this offered.
In October 2019 the player stated:
“I want to play, and not just enjoy walking around Barcelona and the sea.
I talked to the people in the club, everyone knew about the other options I
had, it was no secret.”
After
Barcelona lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final, coach Ronald Koeman informed Rakitić that he
was not part of upcoming games, alongside teammates Luis Suárez, Arturo Vidal
and Samuel Umtiti. Rakitić held the record for the European non-Spanish player
with the most appearances in its history.
In
his last season for Barcelona in
laliga, he played 36 matches, his goal
only one goal and assist just 3 goals. In CI,
he played 9 matches, score nothing, and assist 1 goal only. In COPA, played 2 matches, score of and
assist 1 goal.
During
his presentation at Sevilla,
ex-Barcelona midfielder Ivan
Rakitic was asked whether Arturo
Vidal played more than him last season because he was friends
with Leo Messi.
“I
don’t know about that. I always wanted to be available for the coach and there
were some decisions I didn’t understand, but I accepted them for the good of
the group,” the Croat responded, as quoted by Diario Sport.”I can’t
say we were best friends but Leo has always treated me well. Don’t talk to me
about his exit. I’ve only learnt about this through the media.”
Rakitić signed for Sevilla on a
four-year contract, returning to the club after six years for a nominal €1.5m
fee on september 2020.