A Croatian legend, the player who led Croatia to second and third place in two major competitions, and the current Real Madrid captain who has won 28 trophies since 2012, Luka Modric is hardly unknown in today's football world. He is a 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝'𝐎𝐫 award-winning midfielder for Real Madrid and Croatia, and is arguably one of the best midfielders in history. But Modric did not come easily to his current glory. He has lived a difficult life and overcome the worst nightmare.

When Luka Modric was young, Croatia was at war with Serbia. In the early 1990s, the Modric family had to flee the war. At that time, Modric was only about 6 years old. They fled to escape the war with only what they could carry in their car.

They lived in a refugee camp in Zadar, and life was very difficult. They had to leave their homes, their homes, and their jobs behind, and they couldn't cope with the hardships of living in a new place. His parents tried their best, but the conditions were so difficult that they couldn't do anything special. It was even difficult to feed Modric regularly. Not only did he not have enough food to eat, but he also had to go through periods of hunger and thirst. He didn't have the kind of stature he should have. He was really small for his age.

A coach from a nearby football academy found him playing football in the parking lot of a hotel that housed refugees, and that was the turning point in his life. He was taken to the academy and given systematic training in the game. It was a new refuge for a refugee boy. But the training ground was not safe. They had to be ready to run when bombs and artillery were dropped. For Luka Modric, who was still a child, these experiences of displacement were always a dark shadow that would haunt the corners and crevices of his life. While his brain was storing up bad memories, his heart was becoming a painful event that he didn't want to accept.

It was an incident in which his grandfather, whom Modric loved so much and who loved him so much, was killed by Serbian partisans at the beginning of the war. Along with his grandfather, many villagers were killed. His grandfather's house, where Luka Modric's memories are kept, was also burned to the ground. The grandfather's name was Luka Modric, and if you look at the boy named after him, you can see the bond between the two of them.

While the legs of a 6-year-old boy were running on green grass where bombs and shells had not yet fallen, hitting balls and practicing, his small heart was struggling to accept the fact that the person he loved the most was no more. This was a terrible event, a terrible dream that changed Modric's life forever.

But Modric did not accept that tragedy, Despite the nightmare, he did not give up. He worked with his small hands and feet to turn that nightmare into a magnificent dream.

After training at the Zada ​​Academy from 1996 to 2000, the small but tough and talented player was signed by Dinamo Zagreb's youth team. He trained there from 2000 to 2003, and in 2003, he was given the chance to play for the senior team. Despite some loan spells, he showed his talent by scoring 26 goals in 96 appearances for Zagreb. In 2008, he joined Tottenham Hotspur. From there, the world saw his talent and in 2012, he joined Real Madrid, one of the dream teams for European footballers, Modric. Modric struggled to impress at Real Madrid and was considered the worst signing of 2012.

The man who helped Croatia finish second in the 2018 World Cup, has won six Champions Leagues and numerous other trophies, won numerous trophies with Real Madrid, and is now considered one of the best midfielders of his generation. A boy named after his grandfather has achieved great things.

The green fields of Zadar, which once bore the tears of a boy who was running around in fear and trembling, are now proud.

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