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throughout the century we have seen great midfielders some more elegant others
more defensive but undoubtedly one of the best is a Croatian yes there are two of
them but today we will talk about the one who played in FC Barcelona a midfielder
capable of dominating all facets of the game that made a great duo both with Iniesta
But where did this great footballer came from This is a story of Ivan rakitić the Swiss
who decided to play for Croatia My name is Salinas Get ready to see a new history of
soccer we start Switzerland on March 10, 1988 Ivan was born in Switzerland because
his parents fled this country for the attention of a so-called war In Croatia at that
time yugoslavia I will grow up with his parents Cata and lucar rakitić in soccer is from
a very early age because his father Luca was also a soccer player played in the select
and go I will start playing in the youth team of the Swiss base here would begin his
career while studying in fact IVA did not like at all the studies his mother tells that
when he was a child asked How many years he had to attend school the mother
replied that 9 years to what little Ivan told him that he would only study 9 years not
a day more finally 4 years due to he abandoned his studies to become a construction
technician was a decision he made on his own because it took time to devote to
soccer he still did not have a professional contract But he was confident that he
would be a footballer on September 29, 2005 Gloria in the UEFA Cup where he
began the career of this young or should I say Swiss at that time played with the
national team under 17 of Switzerland including in other categories in other
categories in the UEFA Cup.17 of Switzerland even in other categories in 2007 he
would reach the amount of 11 goals in the Tournament the fig tree of Switzerland
being elected the best young Swiss player was about to play in the senior national
team of this country but something stopped him began to notice racist and
discriminatory attacks against him some people shouted him all Yugoslavians are the
same also added to the fact that his father was having legal problems with the
country he started to have doubts about whether he wanted to represent the Swiss
country So he made a decision he would represent his father's country Croatia this
did not sit well with many Swiss fans who started to attack him they made calls to his
house full of threats. his home full of threats So the first opportunity he had he left
the country in 2011 and his brother flew to Seville his brother who by the way was
also a footballer but retired due to a serious injury as you can see the resemblance is
incredible in Seville Ivan was a bar at night to calm the nerves longed for signing with
Sevilla of Spain is there when he met Raquel Mauri the waitress of the bar He fell in
love with this girl at first sight and they were talking all night the next day another
important Club the contract version But he had already made a decision to live in
Seville to conquer this waitress with Sevilla for only 2,5 million euros in this team the
Croatian reached the next level only upon arrival he started to be a starter in
midfield and began to be very important in the Sevillian box was not a very scorer
profile until they placed him as a free midfielder there he could score 11 goals in
2013 in addition to giving 14 assists in 2014 came the amount of 15 goals in the
season over 18 assists having generated 33 goals the best season at the individual
level is history it seems Then he was already the captain of Sevilla was their best
player And above was key to win the title of the Europa League being the player of
the match of the final at this time was already one of the best 9 Camp mpistas in the
world and therefore was called to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 here fell in the
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group stage against the selection of Mexico but in 2014 would come one of the
happiest moments of his life would be dated by the Futbol Club Barcelona which
paid 18 million euros Ivan would move Barcelona accompanied by his wife who he
met in that bar in Seville began a new adventure in his first season He won the title
over Xavi Hernandez unchabiaron veteran and would occupy a different role
entering from the bench the tie was liked by Luis Enrique for his very complete game
was able to help in the defensive game and in recoveries in addition to having a
strong physical resistant and with a great aerial game but it was also the offensive
game was impressive able to shoot with a great power from outside the area with a
privileged pass we go that this player was all terrain of the team himself said he had
to run for Messi upstairs to feel comfortable would always see it by the team would
score a very important goal in the round of 16 against Manchester City and in the
same year would come the final of the Champions League the most important match
of rakitić Juventus against Barcelona start the game and in just the first minutes of
the game first goal of Barcelona Iniesta pass finally win in game three for a year ago
racket will be champion of the Europa League and now it was the Champions League
two impressive years And it is not only that also had won the League of the Copa del
Rey a historic triplet after this was established as undisputed holder for many years
being a very important player for Barça in 2017 he scored one of his best goals a goal
in the Spanish classic against Real Madrid a shot with the south leg of impressive and
a year later I will fulfill another dream came the World Cup Russia 2018 was called
with Croatia for many to make a medium selection that at most would pass to the
round of 16 but ended up being the surprise of the tournament along with modric
charged the midfield of Croatia led his team to dispute the final of the world were
many games that were decided in decisive penalty kicks in the semifinals they beat
England in extra time to reach the final of the World Cup France against Croatia Now
it was the most important match of his life after the final of the Champions League
Although unfortunately they fell 4 to 2 against France but not just any runner-up in
the world with Barça bad times would come was singled out as one of the culprits in
the 8x2 of Bayer against Barça leaving the following year in the cleanup of the team
six seasons was no longer in many titles would certainly be like a legend of Barça
raquetiz returned to Seville the team where he reached the highest level when he
returned it seemed that he never left He joined the team immediately making the
star and was key in the set of lopetegui to make a great league disputed the title in
almost every day in May 2023 would again reach the final of the Europa League
would face the Roma of morinho the match would be one for one and went to
penalties and once again girl there are always the important moments of the
shootout and after a goal of world got his second Europa League a totally indelible
legacy of the best midfielders of the last times someone who says about this sport he
has always been remembered as a legend a unique footballer and without more to
say this was the story many years have passed since we saw that lethal version of
this Belgian player playing on the left wing he was unstoppable a very fast footballer
with a powerful shot But also with a unique dribble it was almost impossible to take
the ball from his feet he let us make incredible moments of soccer but unfortunately
since he arrived at Madrid he disappeared hazard stopped playing long ago from
being a star