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Ivan Rakitić

2014-06-25

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ivan Rakitić

| image = IvanRakitic.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Rakitić playin for [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] in 2014

| fullname = Ivan Rakitić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|3|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Möhlin]], Swisserland

| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = [[Midfielder]]

| currentclub = [[Sevilla FC]]

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = 1992–1995

| youthclubs1 = FC Möhlin-Riburg

| youthyears2 = 1995–2005

| youthclubs2 = [[FC Basel]]

| years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = [[FC Basel]] | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 11

| years2 = 2007–2011 | clubs2 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] | caps2 = 97 | goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2011– | clubs3 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] | caps3 = 117 | goals3 = 27





| nationalyears1 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national under-21 football team|Switzerland U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2009 | nationalteam2 = [[Croatie naitional unner-21 fitbaa team|Croatia U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2007– | nationalteam3 = [[Croatie naitional fitbaa team|Croatie]] | nationalcaps3 = 65 | nationalgoals3 = 9

| pcupdate = 16 June 2014

| ntupdate = 23 June 2014

| medaltemplates =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Team|[[FC Basel]]}}

{{Medal|RU|[[Swiss Super League]]|[[2005–06 Swiss Super League|2006]]}}

{{Medal|RU|[[Swiss Super League]]|[[2006–07 Swiss Super League|2007]]}}

{{Medal|W|[[Swiss Cup]]|2007}}

{{Medal|Team|[[Schalke 04]]}}

{{Medal|RU|[[DFB Liga-Pokal]]|[[2007 DFB-Ligapokal|2007]]}}

{{Medal|RU|[[Bundesliga]]|[[2009–10 Bundesliga|2010]]}}

{{Medal|RU|[[DFL-Supercup]]|[[2010 DFL-Supercup|2010]]}}

{{Medal|Team|[[Sevilla FC]]}}

{{Medal|W|[[UEFA Europa League]]|[[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2014]]}}

}}

'''Ivan Rakitić''' (born 10 Mairch 1988) is a profeesional [[Association fitbaa|fitbawer]] who plays for Spainyie club [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], as a [[Midfielder#Central midfielder|central]] or [[Midfielder#Attackin midfielder|attackin midfielder]]. When transfer windae opens 1 Julie 2014 he is set tae jyn [[FC Barcelona]]. Rakitić stairtit his profeesional career at [[FC Basel]] an spent twa saisons wi thaim afore he wis signed bi [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]. Efter spendin three an a hauf saisons in the German Bundesliga, he wis signed bi Sevilla in Januar 2011. Twa years later, Rakitić wis confirmit as the club [[Caiptain (association fitbaa)|captain]] an caiptained the team tae [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] triumph.

On the internaitional level, Rakitić plays for the [[Croatie naitional fitbaa team|Croatie naitional team]]. Awtho naturally a product o Swisserland's youth level, Rakitić pledgit his internaitional career tae his native parentage o Croatie insteid. He made his debut for Croatie in 2007 an haes syne representit the kintra at [[UEFA Euro 2008]] an [[UEFA Euro 2012]].



==International career==

[[File:Ivan Rakitić - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10th June 2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Representing Croatia in 2013.]]

Rakitić's first international experience camed at youth level, while competed with the Swiss under-17, under-19 and under-21 national teams, but decided to take up the call by [[Slaven Bilić]] and play for the [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] senior national team.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/news/newsid=555150.html| title= Rakitić commits to Croatian cause| date=24 June 2007| publisher=UEFA| accessdate=29 October 2008}}</ref> He made his full international debut for Croatia on 8 September 2007 in their [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 qualifier]] against [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia, highly praised by the fans as he was entering the game as a substitute. In Croatia's following qualifier, a 6–0 away win over [[Andorra national football team|Andorra]] on 12 September 2007, he scored his first international goal for Croatia in only his second appearance for the team. He finished the year 2007 with five senior international caps to his name, four of which were in the successful Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

===Euro 2008===

In early May 2008, he joined Croatia's squad for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] tournament in Austria and Switzerland, where he was the second-youngest player.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/30052008/30/lehmann-zweitaeltester-spieler-italien-aelteste.html| title=Lehmann zweitältester Spieler – Italien älteste Elf| date=31 May 2008| publisher=[[Eurosport]]| language=German| accessdate=29 October 2008| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080604214556/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/30052008/30/lehmann-zweitaeltester-spieler-italien-aelteste.html  | archivedate=4 June 2008}}</ref> He made his first appearance at the tournament as a starter against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], and eventually provided a shot which ricocheted off the post and allowed teammate [[Ivica Olić]] to score the second goal in their 2–1 victory. He formed a praised trio of Croatian attacking midfielders with his teammates [[Luka Modrić]] and [[Niko Kranjčar]]. Though playing a strong role against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] in the quarter finals of the tournament, Rakitić went on to miss one of the three unsuccessful penalties in the shootout, thus leading to a victory for Turkey.<ref>[http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/history/season=2008/round=15094/match=301700/report=mbm.html Croatia 1 – 1 Turkey] Uefa.com ; 20 June 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/history/season=2008/round=15094/match=301700/report=mbm.html | title = Croatia 1 – 1 Turkey | publisher = UEFA.com | date = 20 June 2008 | accessdate = 30 April 2014 }}</ref>

Rakitić continued to appear regularly for Croatia during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], making a total of 10 appearances and scoring three goals in the competition. On 15 October 2008, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win at home to [[Andorra national football team|Andorra]]. On 5 September 2009, he scored the match-winning goal in a 1–0 win at home to [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]]. Croatia failed to qualify for the finals after finishing third in their group.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2010q.html#eur | title = 2010 World Cup Qualifying | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date = 12 September 2013 | accessdate = 30 April 2014 | first1 = Ian | last1 = King | first2 = Erik Francisco | last2 = Lugo | first3 = Karel | last3 = Stokkermans | first4 = Andre | last4 = Zlotkowski}}</ref>

===Euro 2012===

After appearing in all of their [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F|Euro 2012 qualifiers]], he was selected to be part of the Croatian squad at Euro in Poland and Ukraine. Croatia were drawn in Group C together with Spain, Italy and Ireland. Rakitić started in all three of Croatia [[UEFA Euro 2012 Group C|group stage]] matches against [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. After two matches played, Croatia had 4 points and were facing defending champions Spain in Gdansk. With the game goalless and entering the final half hour, Rakitić burst into the Spanish penalty area but could not direct his header past [[Iker Casillas]] after being picked out by a wonderful [[Luka Modrić]] pass. It proved to be a costly miss, with Spain's [[Jesus Navas]] tucking home an 88th-minute winner to send the Croatians crashing out. Despite missing the best chance of the game, Rakitić was Croatia's busiest player with 53 touches, their most frequent crosser with six crosses and shooter with two shots.

===2014 World Cup===

In the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] qualifying campaign, on 12 October 2012 he scored a goal from a free kick against [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] in [[Philip II Arena]], to help secure a 2–1 victory for Croatia. Eventually, after the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round|playoffs]], the team qualified for the World Cup. They entered the [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group A|Group A]] with Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon. Croatia played the opening game against Brazil, which they eventually lost 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25285029|title=Brazil 3 Croatia 1|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 June 2014 | accessdate = 19 June 2014}}</ref> In the second game won 0–4 against Cameroon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285162|title=Cameroon 0 Croatia 4|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 June 2014 | accessdate = 19 June 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Rakitić married Raquel Mauri in April 2013 in Sevilla, Spain, after two years of dating.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ivan Rakitić oženio se u tajnosti| url=http://www.gloria.hr/ivan-rakitic-ozenio-se-u-tajnosti/| publisher=Gloria| date=11 April 2013| language=Croatian| accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref> In July 2013, their daughter, Althea, was born.<ref>{{cite web| title=Rakitić postao ponosni tata curice!| url=http://dnevnik.hr/showbuzz/celebrity/ivan-rakitic-postao-je-tata---294439.html| publisher=Dnevnik.hr| date=12 July 2013| language=Croatian| accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>

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==Career statistics==

{{updated|18 May 2014}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sevillafc.es/nuevaweb/equipos/jugador/2184/ivan-rakitic| title= Ivan Rakitic | publisher=sevillafc.es| language=Spanish| accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.marca.com/tag/r/30/rakitic/| title= Rakitic | publisher=Marca| language=Spanish| accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2013-14/37487/vereinsspieler_ivan-rakitic.html| title= Rakitic, Ivan | publisher= kicker.de| language=German| accessdate=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.soccerway.com/players/ivan-rakitic/11354/| title=I. Rakitić| publisher=Soccerway| accessdate=28 November 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|League

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="3"|Total

|-

!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[FC Basel|Basel]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Swiss Super League|Super League]]

|[[2005–06 Swiss Super League|2005–06]]

|1||0||1||0||1||0||3||0

|-

|[[2006–07 Swiss Super League|2006–07]]

|33||11||5||0||5||0||43||11

|-

!Total

!34!!11!!6!!0!!6!!0!!46!!11

|-

|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]

|rowspan="5"| [[Bundesliga]]

|[[2007–08 Bundesliga|2007–08]]

|29||3||6||1||7||0||42||4

|-

|[[2008–09 Bundesliga|2008–09]]

|23||1||4||1||7||1||34||3

|-

|[[2009–10 Bundesliga|2009–10]]

|29||7||4||0||colspan="2"|–||33||7

|-

|[[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]]

|16||1||4||1||5||0||25||2

|-

!Total

!97!!12!!18!!3!!19!!1!!134!!16

|-

|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]

|rowspan="5"| [[La Liga]]

|[[2010–11 La Liga|2010–11]]

|13||6||1||0||2||0||16||6

|-

|[[2011–12 La Liga|2011–12]]

|36||0||3||1||0||0||39||1

|-

|[[2012–13 La Liga|2012–13]]

|34||9||8||3||colspan="2"|–||42||12

|-

|[[2013–14 La Liga|2013–14]]

|34||12||0||0||18||3||52||15

|-

!Total

!117!!27!!12!!4!!20!!3!!147!!34

|-

! colspan="3"|Career Total!!248!!50!!36!!7!!45!!4!!327!!61

|}

==Honours==

===Club===

;FC Basel

* [[Swiss Cup]]: [[:en:Swiss_Cup#Finals|2006–07]]

;Sevilla

*[[UEFA Europa League]]: [[:en:2014 UEFA Europa League Final|2013–14]]

==References==

{{Reflist|2}}

==Freemit airtins==

{{Commons category}}

*[http://www.sevillafc.es/nuevaweb/equipos/jugador/2184/ivan-rakitic Sevilla official profile]

*[http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=fju&cj=8356&d=1&t=111 La Liga profile]

*{{FIFA player|296633}}

*{{UEFA player|97744}}

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{{succession box|title=[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] captain |before=[[Andres Palop|Palop]] |after='''Incumbent'''|years=2013–}}

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{{Sevilla FC squad}}

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|fg=red

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{{Croatia squad UEFA Euro 2008}}

{{Croatia squad UEFA Euro 2012}}

{{Croatia squad 2014 FIFA World Cup}}

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{{Persondata 

| NAME = Rakitić, Ivan

| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer

| DATE OF BIRTH = 10 March 1988

| PLACE OF BIRTH = Möhlin, Swisserland

| DATE OF DEATH =

| PLACE OF DEATH =

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rakitic, Ivan}}

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