Ivan Rakitić

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Ivan Rakitić
Ivan Rakitic 2018 (cropped) .jpg
Ivan Rakitić (2018)
Personnel
birthday March 10, 1988
place of birth Rheinfelden ,  Switzerland
size 184 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1992-1995 FC Möhlin-Riburg
1995-2005 FC Basel
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2007 FC Basel 34 (11)
2007-2011 FC Schalke 04 97 (12)
2011-2014 Sevilla FC 117 (25)
2014– FC Barcelona 190 (23)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2006-2007 Switzerland U21 5 0(2)
2009-2010 Croatia U21 4 0(2)
2007– Croatia 106 (15)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 7, 2020

2 As of October 13, 2019

Ivan Rakitić [ iʋan rakititɕ ] (born March 10, 1988 in Rheinfelden , Switzerland ) is a Croatian- Swiss football player .

Family and childhood

Rakitić was born to Croatian parents in Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. He grew up in Möhlin , also in Aargau. He is a Croatian-Swiss citizen .

Career

societies

Beginnings and youth

Rakitić moved from FC Möhlin-Riburg to FC Basel in 1995 . There he suffered a serious injury that he healed for seven months. When he made it into the U-16s of FC Basel, he was appointed to the Swiss U-16 national team. When he had successfully completed the U-17 European Football Championship in Italy in May 2005 as a team captain , he got a professional contract until July 2008 after his return to Switzerland.

FC Basel

Rakitić completed his first competitive game on September 29, 2005 with the first team in the UEFA Cup game against NK Široki Brijeg . He made his 29-minute debut in the Swiss Super League on April 15, 2006 in the championship game against Neuchâtel Xamax . On October 22, 2006, he scored his first goal for FC Basel in the championship game against FC St. Gallen . This hit was named the “goal of the preliminary round”. For FC Basel, he wore the jersey with the number 17.

In the course of this season he became a regular player and scored seven goals in the nine games in March and April 2007 alone. As part of the tenth night of Swiss football on May 29, 2007 in the Kursaal Bern, Rakitić was voted the best newcomer of the 2006/07 season . He also received the goal of the year award.

FC Schalke 04

Ivan Rakitić (2010)

For the 2007/08 season Rakitić moved to FC Schalke 04 and signed a contract there for four years. In his first Bundesliga game on August 10, 2007 against last year's champions VfB Stuttgart , he scored a goal. After the 16th matchday of the season, Rakitić drew attention to himself with an unauthorized disco visit. He was then suspended from the squad on the day of the UEFA Champions League game against Rosenborg Trondheim , which was decisive for staying in European competition . In the Bundesliga, however, he fought for a regular place and played all 17 preliminary round matches for his club.

The following season he played 23 times in the league. Schalke finished the season in eighth place. For the new season, Felix Magath was signed as coach and manager . This signed many new players and largely rebuilt the squad. Nevertheless, Rakitić was able to prevail under him and played his best season for Schalke in 2009/2010 . They became runner-up behind FC Bayern Munich . The next season began for Rakitić with ankle ligament problems, because of which he missed the first game. He lost his place in the attacking midfield (the "10") to Jurado , who was newly signed in the summer, and could no longer get beyond the role of a rotation player.

Sevilla FC

Ivan Rakitić (2012)

In January 2011, Sevilla FC signed Rakitić until 2015. There he played in the second half of the season in the Spanish Primera División until the fifth to last game day. Then the season ended prematurely for him after a broken foot in the game against UD Almería .

After the injury, he became a regular player in the next season and with his assists and goals an important pillar in the fight for the Europa League places. These were missed at the end of the season with a ninth place in the league, but still achieved via the Copa del Rey : Although Sevilla FC were eliminated in this competition in the semifinals against Atlético Madrid , but because Atlético later won the cup and the Spanish clubs were still entitled to places for the upcoming international games according to the regulations of UEFA , FC Sevilla qualified.

In the 2013/14 season , Rakitić was appointed captain under the new coach Unai Emery . He was a central element of the development and offensive game of Sevilla FC and top scorer of his team. In recognition of his achievements, he was named January Player of the Month in the BBVA. On May 14, 2014, he won his first international title, the UEFA Europa League, with Sevilla FC .

FC Barcelona

In the summer break of 2014, Rakitić moved to FC Barcelona ; he received a five-year contract. He took over the shirt number 4 from Cesc Fabregas . On September 21, he scored his first league goal for FC Barcelona in the away game against UD Levante , which his team won 5-0. In his first season he won the UEFA Champions League with Barcelona , scoring a goal in the final against Juventus Turin .

National team

Ivan Rakitić against Portugal in 2013

Rakitić has Croatian and Swiss citizenship . He played from U-16 to U-21 in the Swiss youth national team; for the latter he played four games and scored one goal.

In June 2007, Rakitić decided to play for the Croatian national soccer team , which earned him and his family insults and occasional death threats from Switzerland. In Croatia this also caused a media response. He finally made his debut in the European Championship qualifier on September 8, 2007 against Estonia . Four days later, on September 12, 2007, he scored his first international goal in a 6-0 win against Andorra . He was in the Croatian squad for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland, for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine. At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was included in the Croatian squad . He was part of the team and was on the starting line-up in all four matches of the tournament. In the second group game against the Czech national team, he shot out the 2-0 lead. After riots by Croatian spectators, the game ended 2-2. In the second round, the team was eliminated against Portugal.

Also at the 2018 World Cup in Russia he was part of the Croatian team , which became vice world champion. In the second group game he scored 3-0 against Argentina. In the round of 16 against Denmark he converted the last decisive penalty of the Croatians in the penalty shoot-out. In the quarter-finals he also scored the decisive goal against Russia on penalties to make it 4: 3 (1: 1).

successes

National team

society

FC Basel
FC Schalke 04
Sevilla FC
FC Barcelona

Honors

criticism

After the 2018 World Cup, Rakitić was criticized in the international media as well as by Croatian fans for his enthusiasm for the participation of the right-wing rocker Marko Perković from the rock band Thompson in the team celebration.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ivan Rakitić  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ueli Kägi: “That sounds kind of crazy”. In: TagesAnzeiger. May 14, 2015, accessed December 11, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Ivan Rakitic in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  3. ↑ Season data on Weltfussball.de
  4. ↑ Injury history on Transfermarkt.de
  5. ↑ sevillafc.es: IVAN RAKITIC, EL MEDIOCENTRO QUE QUERÍA MEDIA EUROPA, FIRMA CON EL SEVILLA FC HASTA 2015 ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 28, 2011 (Spanish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sevillafc.es
  6. ↑ Article on Goal.com u. a. about the award
  7. ↑ On June 6th he scored 1-0 in the 4th minute of the final of the Champions League against Juventus Turin, which led to a 3-1 victory and thus won the triple. Agreement for Ivan Rakitic to join FC Barcelona fcbarcelona.com, accessed June 17, 2014
  8. ↑ IVAN RAKITIC SE VA AL BARCELONA Y DENIS SUÁREZ LLEGA EN CALIDAD DE CEDIDO PARA LAS DOS PRÓXIMAS CAMPAÑAS ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sevillafc.es, accessed June 17, 2014 (Spanish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sevillafc.es
  9. ↑ Blick Online : Death threats against Ivan RakitiÄ ‡ 15 August 2007
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nacional.hr
  11. ↑ Ivan Rakitic named Croatian Sportsman of the Year 2015 fcbarcelona.com December 12, 2015
  12. ↑ Thomas Roser: Croatia celebrates with a right bard. In: Tagesspiegel from July 17, 2018.
  13. ↑ Rakitic poses with fascist rockers. In: 20 minutes from July 16, 2018.
  14. ↑ Rakitic and the Eerie Patriot. In: Tages-Anzeiger from July 17, 2018.
  15. ↑ scandal over Croatia's World Cup heroes: Modric and Rakitic pose with controversial singer. In: Focus from July 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Rakitić, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian-Swiss football player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinfelden , Canton of Aargau , Switzerland