The story of Croatia's captain Luca Modrici is quite inspirational. This player, who reached the finals of the FIFA World Cup, was rewarded with the Best Footballer of the Year award. Along with this, Luca ended the reign of Ronaldo-Messi for decades.

His childhood passed through the voice of Refugee camps and bomb blasts. Even in the shadow of fear, Modrica did not lose an attachment to football, and today the result is in front of everyone.

When he was 6 years old, his grandfather was shot. His family was a refugee in the war zone. He grew up among the grenades' explosions. His coach says he was very weak to play football. The same model reached his country Croatia for the first time in the Football World Cup final.

Luca Modric is one of the few young people who are writing the golden story of Croatian football. He and some of his teammates saw bloody conflicts in their childhood and then saw the fall of Yugoslavia in 1991.

After the announcement of the unilateral freedom of Slovenia and Croatia, the Yugoslavian army's bloody reaction was reversed.

Displacement and deportation

During that time, due to communal violence spread throughout the area, Vedran Kolluka (one of the team's most famous players) was also forced to stay in Croatia as a refugee in Croatia.

Many others had to leave the country, as happened in Ivan Rakitich, they had settled in Switzerland with their families. Before playing for Croatia, this Barcelona football star has represented Switzerland in several junior categories.

In an article printed in The Player Tribune, Modric wrote, 'What is happening in the Balkans, it was difficult to understand in childhood.' He acknowledged, 'My parents never talked about war with me or my brother because they lost their loved ones. However, we were lucky. '

Mario Mandzukitz, another player displaced during his childhood, whose conclusive goal allowed Croatia to win in the semi-final against England. He grew up with his family in Germany.

But Modric had to stay in his country, although the truth is that even though he did not face landmines in the form of an opponent, after the Serbian army had finished the bombing they had to play on the streets of Jader.

Children like Modric were warned that they should not be too far away from refugee camps due to the risk of reaching the hazardous areas. In 2008, Modric said about the war, "I was only six years old and then really was a very difficult time. I remember well but you do not even want to think about it.

He said, "The war has made me strong, I do not want to remember it or I do not want to forget it."

Modric's career

32-year-old Luca Modrica has faced many challenges to reach this stage of her career. Born on September 9, 1985 when Modrich was 10, many coaches dismissed him saying that he is very weak and shy, so football can not play.

Although an old coach got him a trial of Dynamo Jaguar Club At the age of 16, Moderick signed an agreement with Dynamo. Here his talent was enhanced and then they started playing for the club and the country.

In 2006, Modric started his international career against Argentina. Until the World Cup semi-final, Modric has played 112 matches for his country. He has also played football club titom (2008-12) in England and is currently playing for Spanish club Rial Madrid since 2012.

Modric's is one of the world's most valuable footballers and has been selected six times as the Croatian Footballer of the Year. He is also the only Croatian footballer involved in the FIFA World XI team.