Niko Kovac

Retired
Last club: RB Salzburg Most games for: Hertha BSC Retired since: Jul 1, 2009

Date of birth/Age: Oct 15, 1971 (52)
Place of birth: Berlin
Citizenship: Croatia

Height: 1,76 m
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Croatia
Caps/Goals: 83 / 14

Last position:

Manager Club: VfL Wolfsburg

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Croatia
10		Croatia	Dec 11, 1996	83	14	Miroslav Blazevic	25 years 01 month 26 days

Stats of Niko Kovac

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			83	14	4	1	8	26	15	-	-	-	446'	6.247'
	International Friendlies	34	6	1	1	4	18	4	-	-	-	384'	2.302'
	World Cup qualification	20	4	-	-	2	4	7	-	-	-	397'	1.587'
	European Qualifiers	17	2	2	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	665'	1.329'
	EURO	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	570'	570'
	World Cup	6	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	459'	459'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Casablanca	Dec 11, 1996	Morocco	Croatia	8:9 on pens						46'		45'
		Casablanca	Dec 12, 1996	Croatia	Czechia	1:1								90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1	Split	Mar 29, 1997	Croatia	Denmark	1:1	RB							90'
	Group 1	Split	Apr 2, 1997	Croatia	Slovenia	3:3	on the bench
	Group 1	Thessaloniki	Apr 30, 1997	Greece	Croatia	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Jun 8, 1997	Japan	Croatia	4:3	Not in squad
			Jun 12, 1997	Croatia	Türkiye	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1	Zagreb	Sep 6, 1997	Croatia	Bosnia	3:2	Not in squad
	Group 1	København Ø.	Sep 10, 1997	Denmark	Croatia	3:1	Not in squad
	Group 1	Ljubljana	Oct 11, 1997	Slovenia	Croatia	1:3					90'	87'		3'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Zagreb	Oct 29, 1997	Croatia	Ukraine	2:0	Not in squad
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Kiew	Nov 11, 1997	Ukraine	Croatia	1:1						56'		34'
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Jan 30, 1998	South Korea	Croatia	0:2	Not in squad
			Apr 22, 1998	Croatia	Poland	4:1	Not in squad
			May 29, 1998	Croatia	Slovakia	1:2	Not in squad
			Jun 3, 1998	Croatia	Iran	2:0	Not in squad
		Zagreb	Jun 6, 1998	Croatia	Australia	7:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 1998
	Group H	Lens	Jun 14, 1998	Jamaica	Croatia	1:3	Not in squad
	Group H	Nantes	Jun 20, 1998	Japan	Croatia	0:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Bordeaux	Jun 26, 1998	Argentina	Croatia	1:0	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Bordeaux	Jun 30, 1998	Romania	Croatia	0:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Lyon	Jul 4, 1998	Germany	Croatia	0:3	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Saint Denis	Jul 8, 1998	France	Croatia	2:1	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	Paris	Jul 11, 1998	Netherlands	Croatia	1:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Dublin	Sep 5, 1998	Ireland	Croatia	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 8	Attard	Oct 10, 1998	Malta	Croatia	1:4	Not in squad
	Group 8	Zagreb	Oct 14, 1998	Croatia	Macedonia	3:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Split	Feb 10, 1999	Croatia	Denmark	0:1	Not in squad
		Athen	Mar 10, 1999	Greece	Croatia	3:2	Not in squad
		Zagreb	Apr 28, 1999	Croatia	Italy	0:0	Not in squad
		Sevilla	May 5, 1999	Spain	Croatia	3:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Skopje	Jun 5, 1999	Macedonia	Croatia	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Jun 13, 1999	Croatia	Egypt	2:2	Not in squad
			Jun 16, 1999	Mexico	Croatia	1:2	Not in squad
		Seoul	Jun 19, 1999	Croatia	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Belgrad	Aug 18, 1999	Yugoslavia	Croatia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 8	Zagreb	Aug 21, 1999	Croatia	Malta	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 8	Zagreb	Sep 4, 1999	Croatia	Ireland	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 8	Zagreb	Oct 9, 1999	Croatia	Yugoslavia	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 13, 1999	France	Croatia	3:0						85'		5'
		Split	Feb 23, 2000	Croatia	Spain	0:0							67'	67'
		Zagreb	Mar 29, 2000	Croatia	Germany	1:1	DM	1			✔			90'
		Wien	Apr 26, 2000	Austria	Croatia	1:2								90'
		Zagreb	May 28, 2000	Croatia	France	0:2								90'
		Bratislava	Aug 16, 2000	Slovakia	Croatia	1:1							82'	82'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 6	Brüssel	Sep 2, 2000	Belgium	Croatia	0:0					11'			90'
	Group 6	Zagreb	Oct 11, 2000	Croatia	Scotland	1:1					89'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Rijeka	Feb 28, 2001	Croatia	Austria	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 6		Mar 24, 2001	Croatia	Latvia	4:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Apr 25, 2001	Croatia	Greece	2:2							46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 6	Varazdin	Jun 2, 2001	Croatia	San Marino	4:0							64'	64'
	Group 6	Riga	Jun 6, 2001	Latvia	Croatia	0:1							89'	89'
	International Friendlies
		Dublin	Aug 15, 2001	Ireland	Croatia	2:2	CM						82'	82'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 6	Glasgow	Sep 1, 2001	Scotland	Croatia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 6	Serravalle	Sep 5, 2001	San Marino	Croatia	0:4		1			30'			90'
	Group 6	Zagreb	Oct 6, 2001	Croatia	Belgium	1:0	Gelbsperre
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Nov 10, 2001	South Korea	Croatia	2:0	Not in squad
		Gwangju	Nov 13, 2001	South Korea	Croatia	1:1	Not in squad
		Rijeka	Feb 13, 2002	Croatia	Bulgaria	0:0	Not in squad
		Zagreb	Mar 27, 2002	Croatia	Slovenia	0:0	Not in squad
		Zagreb	Apr 17, 2002	Croatia	Bosnia	2:0						46'		45'
		Pécs	May 8, 2002	Hungary	Croatia	0:2	AM	1			72'			90'
	World Cup 2002
	Group G		Jun 3, 2002	Croatia	Mexico	0:1	DM							90'
	Group G	Kashima	Jun 8, 2002	Italy	Croatia	1:2	DM		1					90'
	Group G	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 13, 2002	Ecuador	Croatia	1:0							59'	59'
	International Friendlies
		Varazdin	Aug 21, 2002	Croatia	Wales	1:1							46'	45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8		Sep 7, 2002	Croatia	Estonia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 8	Sofia	Oct 12, 2002	Bulgaria	Croatia	2:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Timişoara	Nov 20, 2002	Romania	Croatia	0:1	Not in squad
			Feb 9, 2003	Croatia	Macedonia	2:2	Not in squad
		Split	Feb 12, 2003	Croatia	Poland	0:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Zagreb	Mar 29, 2003	Croatia	Belgium	4:0						77'		13'
	Group 8	Varazdin	Apr 2, 2003	Croatia	Andorra	2:0					73'	46'		45'
	International Friendlies
		Solna, Stockholm	Apr 30, 2003	Sweden	Croatia	1:2							46'	45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Tallinn	Jun 11, 2003	Estonia	Croatia	0:1		1						90'
	International Friendlies
		Ipswich	Aug 20, 2003	England	Croatia	3:1	DM						73'	73'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	Andorra la Vella	Sep 6, 2003	Andorra	Croatia	0:3		1					33'	33'
	Group 8	Brüssel	Sep 10, 2003	Belgium	Croatia	2:1					83'			90'
	Group 8	Zagreb	Oct 11, 2003	Croatia	Bulgaria	1:0	Gelbsperre
	European Qualifiers Play-offs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Zagreb	Nov 15, 2003	Croatia	Slovenia	1:1								90'
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Ljubljana	Nov 19, 2003	Slovenia	Croatia	0:1								90'
	International Friendlies
		Split	Feb 18, 2004	Croatia	Germany	1:2	CM		1		55'			90'
		Zagreb	Mar 31, 2004	Croatia	Türkiye	2:2	Not in squad
			Apr 28, 2004	Macedonia	Croatia	0:1							46'	45'
		Rijeka	May 29, 2004	Croatia	Slovakia	1:0						46'		45'
		København Ø.	Jun 5, 2004	Denmark	Croatia	1:2								90'
	EURO 2004
	Group B	Leiria	Jun 13, 2004	Switzerland	Croatia	0:0	DM							90'
	Group B	Leiria	Jun 17, 2004	Croatia	France	2:2	DM							90'
	Group B	Lissabon	Jun 21, 2004	Croatia	England	2:4	DM	1						90'
	International Friendlies
		Varazdin	Aug 18, 2004	Croatia	Israel	1:0								90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 8	Zagreb	Sep 4, 2004	Croatia	Hungary	3:0	DM							90'
	Group 8	Göteborg	Sep 8, 2004	Sweden	Croatia	0:1								90'
	Group 8	Zagreb	Oct 9, 2004	Croatia	Bulgaria	2:2								90'
	International Friendlies
		Dublin	Nov 16, 2004	Ireland	Croatia	1:0								90'
		Jerusalem	Feb 9, 2005	Israel	Croatia	3:3	DM						64'	64'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 8	Zagreb	Mar 26, 2005	Croatia	Iceland	4:0		2			✔			90'
	Group 8	Zagreb	Mar 30, 2005	Croatia	Malta	3:0							76'	76'
	Group 8	Sofia	Jun 4, 2005	Bulgaria	Croatia	1:3								90'
	International Friendlies
		Split	Aug 17, 2005	Croatia	Brazil	1:1	DM						87'	87'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 8	Reykjavík	Sep 3, 2005	Iceland	Croatia	1:3								90'
	Group 8	Attard	Sep 7, 2005	Malta	Croatia	1:1								90'
	Group 8	Zagreb	Oct 8, 2005	Croatia	Sweden	1:0					✔			90'
	Group 8		Oct 12, 2005	Hungary	Croatia	0:0	Gelbsperre
	International Friendlies
		Coimbra	Nov 12, 2005	Portugal	Croatia	2:0	DM							90'
		So Kon Po, Wanchai	Jan 29, 2006	South Korea	Croatia	2:0	Not in squad
		So Kon Po, Wanchai	Feb 1, 2006	Hong Kong	Croatia	0:4	Not in squad
		Basel	Mar 1, 2006	Croatia	Argentina	3:2	DM						82'	82'
		Wien	May 23, 2006	Austria	Croatia	1:4	CM						57'	57'
			May 28, 2006	Croatia	Iran	2:2	CM						22'	22'
		Wolfsburg	Jun 3, 2006	Poland	Croatia	1:0	Not in squad
		Carouge	Jun 7, 2006	Croatia	Spain	1:2	DM						68'	68'
	World Cup 2006
	Group F	Berlin	Jun 13, 2006	Brazil	Croatia	1:0	DM				32'		40'	40'
	Group F	Nürnberg	Jun 18, 2006	Japan	Croatia	0:0	DM							90'
	Group F	Stuttgart	Jun 22, 2006	Croatia	Australia	2:2	LM	1						90'
	International Friendlies
		Livorno	Aug 16, 2006	Italy	Croatia	0:2	CM						46'	45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Moskau	Sep 6, 2006	Russia	Croatia	0:0	DM							90'
	Group E	Zagreb	Oct 7, 2006	Croatia	Andorra	7:0	DM		1				69'	69'
	Group E	Zagreb	Oct 11, 2006	Croatia	England	2:0	CM		1		63'			90'
	Group E	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Nov 15, 2006	Israel	Croatia	3:4								90'
	International Friendlies
		Rijeka	Feb 7, 2007	Croatia	Norway	2:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Zagreb	Mar 24, 2007	Croatia	Macedonia	2:1								90'
	Group E	Tallinn	Jun 2, 2007	Estonia	Croatia	0:1								90'
	Group E	Zagreb	Jun 6, 2007	Croatia	Russia	0:0	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Sarajevo	Aug 22, 2007	Bosnia	Croatia	3:5		2						90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Zagreb	Sep 8, 2007	Croatia	Estonia	2:0								90'
	Group E	Andorra la Vella	Sep 12, 2007	Andorra	Croatia	0:6	Not in squad
	Group E	Zagreb	Oct 13, 2007	Croatia	Israel	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Rijeka	Oct 16, 2007	Croatia	Slovakia	3:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Niksic	Nov 17, 2007	Macedonia	Croatia	2:0								90'
	Group E	London	Nov 21, 2007	England	Croatia	2:3	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Split	Feb 6, 2008	Croatia	Netherlands	0:3	CM						70'	70'
		Glasgow	Mar 26, 2008	Scotland	Croatia	1:1					45'		46'	45'
		Rijeka	May 24, 2008	Croatia	Moldova	1:0		1					59'	59'
			May 31, 2008	Hungary	Croatia	1:1		1		1				90'
	EURO 2008
	Group B	Wien	Jun 8, 2008	Austria	Croatia	0:1	DM							90'
	Group B	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Jun 12, 2008	Croatia	Germany	2:1	DM							90'
	Group B	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Jun 16, 2008	Poland	Croatia	0:1	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Wien	Jun 20, 2008	Croatia	Türkiye	2:4 on pens	DM							120'
	International Friendlies
		Maribor	Aug 20, 2008	Slovenia	Croatia	2:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group F	Zagreb	Sep 6, 2008	Croatia	Kazakhstan	3:0		1						90'
	Group F	Zagreb	Sep 10, 2008	Croatia	England	1:4	DM						61'	61'
	Group F	Kharkiv	Oct 11, 2008	Ukraine	Croatia	0:0					44'			90'
Squad: 86, Starting eleven: 75, Substituted in: 8, On the bench: 3, Suspended: 3, Injured: 0,