Place of Birth: Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of Birth: 9 September 1985
Ethnicity: Croatian
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer. He plays for Real Madrid and the Croatia national team.
Luka is the oldest child of Stipe Modrić and Radojka Jasminka. He was raised in the hamlet of Modrići near Zaton Obrovački, a village close to Zadar in SR Croatia, then a republic within Yugoslavia.
Luka’s childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence; in 1991, when the war escalated, his family were forced to flee the area. His father joined the Croatian Army. Luka’s grandfather, also named Luka, and six other elderly civilians, were executed by Croatian Serb rebels in December 1991 in the village of Jesenice.
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