Mateo Kovacic � Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Croatian player, who obtained 104 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 22- 3-13 Zagreb Serbia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 2 26- 3-13 Swansea Wales 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 3 7- 6-13 Zagreb Scotland 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 4 10- 6-13 Gen�ve Portugal 0-1 5 6- 9-13 Beograd Serbia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 6 11-10-13 Zagreb Belgium 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 7 19-11-13 Zagreb Iceland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 8 5- 3-14 Sankt Gallen Switzerland 2-2 9 31- 5-14 Osijek Mali 2-1 10 6- 6-14 Salvador Australia 1-0 11 12- 6-14 S�o Paulo Brazil 1-3 World Cup 12 18- 6-14 Manaus Cameroon 4-0 World Cup 13 23- 6-14 Recife Mexico 1-3 World Cup 14 4- 9-14 Pula Cyprus 2-0 15 9- 9-14 Zagreb Malta 2-0 European Ch. Qualifier 16 10-10-14 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 European Ch. Qualifier 17 13-10-14 Osijek Azerbaijan 6-0 European Ch. Qualifier 18 12-11-14 London Argentina 1-2 19 16-11-14 Milano Italy 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier 20 7- 6-15 Varazdin Gibraltar 4-0 21 12- 6-15 Split Italy 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier 22 3- 9-15 Baku Azerbaijan 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier 23 10-10-15 Zagreb Bulgaria 3-0 European Ch. Qualifier 24 13-10-15 La Valletta Malta 1-0 European Ch. Qualifier 25 23- 3-16 Osijek Israel 2-0 26 26- 3-16 Budapest Hungary 1-1 27 4- 6-16 Rijeka San Marino 10-0 28 17- 6-16 Saint-Etienne Czech Republic 2-2 European Championship 29 21- 6-16 Bordeaux Spain 2-1 European Championship 30 6-10-16 Shkod�r Kosovo 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 31 9-10-16 Tampere Finland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 32 12-11-16 Zagreb Iceland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 33 24- 3-17 Zagreb Ukraine 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 34 28- 3-17 Tallinn Estonia 0-3 35 11- 6-17 Reykjav�k Iceland 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 36 3- 9-17 Zagreb Kosovo 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 37 5- 9-17 Eskisehir Turkey 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 38 23- 3-18 Miami Gardens Peru 0-2 39 27- 3-18 Arlington Mexico 1-0 40 3- 6-18 Liverpool Brazil 0-2 41 8- 6-18 Osijek Senegal 2-1 42 16- 6-18 Kaliningrad Nigeria 2-0 World Cup 43 21- 6-18 Nizhny Novgorod Argentina 3-0 World Cup 44 26- 6-18 Rostov-na-Donu Iceland 2-1 World Cup 45 1- 7-18 Nizhny Novgorod Denmark 1-1 [1] World Cup 46 7- 7-18 Sochi Russia 2-2 [2] World Cup 47 6- 9-18 Faro-Loul� Portugal 1-1 48 11- 9-18 Elche Spain 0-6 Nations League 49 12-10-18 Rijeka England 0-0 Nations League 50 21- 3-19 Zagreb Azerbaijan 2-1 European Ch. Qualifier 51 8- 6-19 Osijek Wales 2-1 European Ch. Qualifier 52 11- 6-19 Varazdin Tunisia 1-2 53 10-10-19 Split Hungary 3-0 European Ch. Qualifier 54 13-10-19 Cardiff Wales 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier 55 16-11-19 Rijeka Slovakia 3-1 European Ch. Qualifier 56 19-11-19 Pula Georgia 2-1 57 5- 9-20 Oporto Portugal 1-4 Nations League 58 8- 9-20 Saint-Denis France 2-4 Nations League 59 7-10-20 Sankt Gallen Switzerland 2-1 60 11-10-20 Zagreb Sweden 2-1 Nations League 61 14-10-20 Zagreb France 1-2 Nations League 62 14-11-20 Stockholm Sweden 1-2 Nations League 63 17-11-20 Split Portugal 2-3 Nations League 64 24- 3-21 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 65 27- 3-21 Rijeka Cyprus 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 66 30- 3-21 Rijeka Malta 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 67 6- 6-21 Brussel Belgium 0-1 68 13- 6-21 London England 0-1 European Championship 69 18- 6-21 Glasgow Czech Republic 1-1 European Championship 70 22- 6-21 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 European Championship 71 28- 6-21 Bucuresti Spain 3-5 European Championship 72 1- 9-21 Moskva Russia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 73 4- 9-21 Bratislava Slovakia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 74 7- 9-21 Split Slovenia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 75 8-10-21 Larnaka Cyprus 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 76 26- 3-22 Al-Rayyan Slovenia 1-1 77 29- 3-22 Al-Rayyan Bulgaria 2-1 78 3- 6-22 Osijek Austria 0-3 Nations League 79 6- 6-22 Split France 1-1 Nations League 80 10- 6-22 K�benhavn Denmark 1-0 Nations League 81 13- 6-22 Saint-Denis France 1-0 Nations League 82 22- 9-22 Zagreb Denmark 2-1 Nations League 83 25- 9-22 Wien Austria 3-1 Nations League 84 16-11-22 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 85 23-11-22 Al-Khor Morocco 0-0 World Cup 86 27-11-22 Doha Canada 4-1 World Cup 87 1-12-22 Al-Rayyan Belgium 0-0 World Cup 88 6-12-22 Lusail Japan 1-1 [3] World Cup 89 9-12-22 Al-Rayyan Brazil 1-1 [4] World Cup 90 13-12-22 Lusail Argentina 0-3 World Cup 91 17-12-22 Doha Morocco 2-1 World Cup 92 25- 3-23 Split Wales 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier 93 28- 3-23 Bursa Turkey 2-0 European Ch. Qualifier 94 14- 6-23 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-2 Nations League 95 18- 6-23 Rotterdam Spain 0-0 [5] Nations League 96 12-10-23 Osijek Turkey 0-1 European Ch. Qualifier 97 15-10-23 Cardiff Wales 1-2 European Ch. Qualifier 98 23- 3-24 Cairo Tunisia 0-0 [6] ACUD Cup 99 26- 3-24 New Cairo Egypt 4-2 ACUD Cup 100 3- 6-24 Rijeka North Macedonia 3-0 101 8- 6-24 Lisboa Portugal 2-1 102 15- 6-24 Berlin Spain 0-3 European Champ. 103 19- 6-24 Hamburg Albania 2-2 European Champ. 104 24- 6-24 Leipzig Italy 1-1 European Champ.

[1] Croatia won 3-2 on penalty kicks. [2] Croatia won 4-3 on penalty kicks. [3] Croatia won 3-1 on penalty kicks. [4] Croatia won 4-2 on penalty kicks. [5] Croatia lost 4-5 on penalty kicks. [6] Croatia won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage 104 52 25 27 166-108 129 62.02

Types of Matches Friendlies 25 World Cup Qualifier 20 European Ch. Qualifier 17 Nations League 16 World Cup 15 European Championship 9 FIFA Series ACUD Cup 2

Total caps: 104

Goals: Cap 20 1 goal Cap 63 2 goals Cap 93 2 goals

Total: 5 goals


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