The midfielder won the Champions League with Real Madrid and finished as a World Cup runner-up with Croatia.


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Luka Modric has received the Sportsman of the Year award from GQ Magazine at a gala held in the Hotel Palace in Madrid. The midfielder has enjoyed a tremendous 2018 which saw him win the Champions League with Real Madrid and pick up a runners-up medal at the World Cup with Croatia.

Modric was chosen as the best player at the World Cup, before winning UEFA Men’s Player of the Year 2017/18 in August, and getting his hands on FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player 2018 in September. He is also in the running to win the Ballon d’Or 2018, to be presented by France Football on the 3rd of December.