Niko Kovac

Retired
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: Germany Berlin
  • Citizenship: Croatia Croatia
  • Height: 1,76 m
  • Position: Defensive Midfield
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Manager Club: VfL Wolfsburg
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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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Total :  8314315--6.247'
34614--2.302'
204-7--1.587'
17213--1.329'
61----570'
6111--459'

Detailed stats

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  Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
12/11/96 Croatia Morocco 8:9 on pens 45'
12/12/96 Croatia Czech Republic 1:1 90'
Group 1 3/29/97 Croatia Denmark 1:1 RB 90'
Group 1 4/2/97 Croatia Slovenia 3:3 on the bench
Group 1 4/30/97 Croatia Greece 0:1 Not in squad
6/8/97 Croatia Japan 4:3 Not in squad
6/12/97 Croatia Türkiye 1:1 Not in squad
Group 1 9/6/97 Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:2 Not in squad
Group 1 9/10/97 Croatia Denmark 3:1 Not in squad
Group 1 10/11/97 Croatia Slovenia 1:3 90' 3'
Qualifying Round 1st leg 10/29/97 Croatia Ukraine 2:0 Not in squad
Qualifying Round 2nd leg 11/11/97 Croatia Ukraine 1:1 34'
1/30/98 Croatia South Korea 0:2 Not in squad
4/22/98 Croatia Poland 4:1 Not in squad
5/29/98 Croatia Slovakia 1:2 Not in squad
6/3/98 Croatia Iran 2:0 Not in squad
6/6/98 Croatia Australia 7:0 Not in squad
Group H 6/14/98 Croatia Jamaica 1:3 Not in squad
Group H 6/20/98 Croatia Japan 0:1 Not in squad
Group H 6/26/98 Croatia Argentina 1:0 Not in squad
Round of 16 6/30/98 Croatia Romania 0:1 Not in squad
Quarter-Finals 7/4/98 Croatia Germany 0:3 Not in squad
Semi-Finals 7/8/98 Croatia France 2:1 Not in squad
Third Place Play-Off 7/11/98 Croatia Netherlands 1:2 Not in squad
Group 8 9/5/98 Croatia Republic of Ireland 2:0 Not in squad
Group 8 10/10/98 Croatia Malta 1:4 Not in squad
Group 8 10/14/98 Croatia Macedonia 3:2 Not in squad
2/10/99 Croatia Denmark 0:1 Not in squad
3/10/99 Croatia Greece 3:2 Not in squad
4/28/99 Croatia Italy 0:0 Not in squad
5/5/99 Croatia Spain 3:1 Not in squad
Group 8 6/5/99 Croatia Macedonia 1:1 Not in squad
6/13/99 Croatia Egypt 2:2 Not in squad
6/16/99 Croatia Mexico 1:2 Not in squad
6/19/99 Croatia South Korea 1:1 Not in squad
Group 8 8/18/99 Croatia Yugoslavia 0:0 Not in squad
Group 8 8/21/99 Croatia Malta 2:1 Not in squad
Group 8 9/4/99 Croatia Republic of Ireland 1:0 Not in squad
Group 8 10/9/99 Croatia Yugoslavia 2:2 Not in squad
11/13/99 Croatia France 3:0 5'
2/23/00 Croatia Spain 0:0 67'
3/29/00 Croatia Germany 1:1 DM 1 90'
4/26/00 Croatia Austria 1:2 90'
5/28/00 Croatia France 0:2 90'
8/16/00 Croatia Slovakia 1:1 82'
Group 6 9/2/00 Croatia Belgium 0:0 11' 90'
Group 6 10/11/00 Croatia Scotland 1:1 89' 90'
2/28/01 Croatia Austria 1:0 Not in squad
Group 6 3/24/01 Croatia Latvia 4:1 Not in squad
4/25/01 Croatia Greece 2:2 45'
Group 6 6/2/01 Croatia San Marino 4:0 64'
Group 6 6/6/01 Croatia Latvia 0:1 89'
8/15/01 Croatia Republic of Ireland 2:2 CM 82'
Group 6 9/1/01 Croatia Scotland 0:0 Not in squad
Group 6 9/5/01 Croatia San Marino 0:4 1 30' 90'
Group 6 10/6/01 Croatia Belgium 1:0  Yellow card suspension
11/10/01 Croatia South Korea 2:0 Not in squad
11/13/01 Croatia South Korea 1:1 Not in squad
2/13/02 Croatia Bulgaria 0:0 Not in squad
3/27/02 Croatia Slovenia 0:0 Not in squad
4/17/02 Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:0 45'
5/8/02 Croatia Hungary 0:2 AM 1 72' 90'
Group G 6/3/02 Croatia Mexico 0:1 DM 90'
Group G 6/8/02 Croatia Italy 1:2 DM 1 90'
Group G 6/13/02 Croatia Ecuador 1:0 59'
8/21/02 Croatia Wales 1:1 45'
Group 8 9/7/02 Croatia Estonia 0:0 Not in squad
Group 8 10/12/02 Croatia Bulgaria 2:0 on the bench
11/20/02 Croatia Romania 0:1 Not in squad
2/9/03 Croatia Macedonia 2:2 Not in squad
2/12/03 Croatia Poland 0:0 Not in squad
Group 8 3/29/03 Croatia Belgium 4:0 13'
Group 8 4/2/03 Croatia Andorra 2:0 73' 45'
4/30/03 Croatia Sweden 1:2 45'
Group 8 6/11/03 Croatia Estonia 0:1 1 90'
8/20/03 Croatia England 3:1 DM 73'
Group 8 9/6/03 Croatia Andorra 0:3 1 33'
Group 8 9/10/03 Croatia Belgium 2:1 83' 90'
Group 8 10/11/03 Croatia Bulgaria 1:0  Yellow card suspension
Qualifying Round 1st leg 11/15/03 Croatia Slovenia 1:1 90'
Qualifying Round 2nd leg 11/19/03 Croatia Slovenia 0:1 90'
2/18/04 Croatia Germany 1:2 CM 1 55' 90'
3/31/04 Croatia Türkiye 2:2 Not in squad
4/28/04 Croatia Macedonia 0:1 45'
5/29/04 Croatia Slovakia 1:0 45'
6/5/04 Croatia Denmark 1:2 90'
Group B 6/13/04 Croatia Switzerland 0:0 DM 90'
Group B 6/17/04 Croatia France 2:2 DM 90'
Group B 6/21/04 Croatia England 2:4 DM 1 90'
8/18/04 Croatia Israel 1:0 90'
Group 8 9/4/04 Croatia Hungary 3:0 DM  90'
Group 8 9/8/04 Croatia Sweden 0:1 90'
Group 8 10/9/04 Croatia Bulgaria 2:2   90'
11/16/04 Croatia Republic of Ireland 1:0   90'
2/9/05 Croatia Israel 3:3 DM  64'
Group 8 3/26/05 Croatia Iceland 4:0 2 90'
Group 8 3/30/05 Croatia Malta 3:0 76'
Group 8 6/4/05 Croatia Bulgaria 1:3   90'
8/17/05 Croatia Brazil 1:1 DM  87'
Group 8 9/3/05 Croatia Iceland 1:3 90'
Group 8 9/7/05 Croatia Malta 1:1 90'
Group 8 10/8/05 Croatia Sweden 1:0 90'
Group 8 10/12/05 Croatia Hungary 0:0  Yellow card suspension
11/12/05 Croatia Portugal 2:0 DM  90'
1/29/06 Croatia South Korea 2:0 Not in squad
2/1/06 Croatia Hong Kong 0:4 Not in squad
3/1/06 Croatia Argentina 3:2 DM  82'
5/23/06 Croatia Austria 1:4 CM  57'
5/28/06 Croatia Iran 2:2 CM  22'
6/3/06 Croatia Poland 1:0 Not in squad
6/7/06 Croatia Spain 1:2 DM  68'
Group F 6/13/06 Croatia Brazil 1:0 DM  32' 40'
Group F 6/18/06 Croatia Japan 0:0 DM  90'
Group F 6/22/06 Croatia Australia 2:2 LM  1 90'
8/16/06 Croatia Italy 0:2 CM  45'
Group E 9/6/06 Croatia Russia 0:0 DM  90'
Group E 10/7/06 Croatia Andorra 7:0 69'
Group E 10/11/06 Croatia England 2:0 CM  1 63' 90'
Group E 11/15/06 Croatia Israel 3:4 90'
2/7/07 Croatia Norway 2:1 Not in squad
Group E 3/24/07 Croatia Macedonia 2:1 90'
Group E 6/2/07 Croatia Estonia 0:1 90'
Group E 6/6/07 Croatia Russia 0:0 DM 90'
8/22/07 Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:5 2 90'
Group E 9/8/07 Croatia Estonia 2:0 90'
Group E 9/12/07 Croatia Andorra 0:6 Not in squad
Group E 10/13/07 Croatia Israel 1:0 Not in squad
10/16/07 Croatia Slovakia 3:0 Not in squad
Group E 11/17/07 Croatia Macedonia 2:0 90'
Group E 11/21/07 Croatia England 2:3 DM  90'
2/6/08 Croatia Netherlands 0:3 CM  70'
3/26/08 Croatia Scotland 1:1 45' 45'
5/24/08 Croatia Moldova 1:0   1 59'
5/31/08 Croatia Hungary 1:1 1 90'
Group B 6/8/08 Croatia Austria 0:1 DM  90'
Group B 6/12/08 Croatia Germany 2:1 DM  90'
Group B 6/16/08 Croatia Poland 0:1 on the bench
Quarter-Finals 6/20/08 Croatia Türkiye 2:4 on pens DM  120'
8/20/08 Croatia Slovenia 2:3 Not in squad
Group F 9/6/08 Croatia Kazakhstan 3:0 1 90'
Group F 9/10/08 Croatia England 1:4 DM  61'
Group F 10/11/08 Croatia Ukraine 0:0 44' 90'
Squad: 86, Starting eleven: 75, Substituted in: 8, On the bench: 3, Suspended: 3, Injured: 0,