Mateo Kovačić-Croatian Diamond 2011/2012

My blog: sonedgobbb.skyrock.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Mateo Kovačić (born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays for Prva HNL team Dinamo Zagreb. He also playing in the Croatia national under-19 football team and Croatia national under-21 football team in the Attacking Midfielder role.Born in Linz in Austria to Bosnian Croat parents who had moved there in 1991 from Kotor Varoš in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kovačić began playing at an early age at the local LASK Linz’s academy.In 2007, when Kovačić was 13, the talented midfielder was spotted by scouts from several prominent European clubs including VfB Stuttgart, Ajax, Juventus and Bayern Munich, but his family opted to move to Zagreb instead where he joined Croatian giants’ Dinamo Zagreb academy. Kovačić suffered a serious injury in 2009 in which his leg was broken, but he returned to the pitch after a lengthy recovery on 31 May 2010, appearing in the last match of the Croatian U17 academy league, a 5–0 win against RNK Split U17s. The young midfielder started training with the club’s senior squad under manager Vahid Halilhodžić four months later on 6 October 2010, but continued to appear for the club in academy league matches during October. Later that month it was reported by the local sports daily Sportske novosti that Arsenal’s chief scout Steve Rowley had arrived in Zagreb to watch him perform in U17 matches against Cibalia and NK Zagreb.Kovačić eventually had his professional league

This entry was posted in Wayne Rooney and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.