Kovač, N

Niko Kovač (Croatian pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1971) is a professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born and raised in West Germany, Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retirement from international football in January 2009. A defensive midfielder who was known for his passing and tackling skills, Kovač was, at the time of his retirement, the oldest player in the Croatian squad and had captained them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. He has also enjoyed a high level of top club action, having spent most of his club career in the German Bundesliga, including spells with Hertha BSC, Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich. He ended his playing career with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, where he then took the non-playing role of the reserve team coach and eventually became assistant manager under team manager Ricardo Moniz. In January 2013, Kovač took over the Croatia national under-21 team and in October 2013 he took over the Croatia senior team following the dismissal of Igor Štimac. Kovač managed Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, then became head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt in 2016, winning the 2018 DFB-Pokal Final with the club. At Bayern, Kovač won the domestic double in 2019 after a strong ending to the season, but lost his job later in autumn. In the summer of 2020, Kovač was appointed manager of Monaco, but was sacked on 1 January 2022. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

Statistics for Kovač

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Bayer Leverkusen Tournament Lineups This player + Champions League 1997/1998 8 5 - - Bayern München Tournament Lineups This player + UEFA Super Cup 2001 1 1 - - Champions League 2001/2002 14 4 - - Champions League 2002/2003 6 2 1 - Hamburger SV Tournament Lineups This player + Champions League 2000/2001 6 6 1 - Hertha BSC Tournament Lineups This player + Bundesliga 2003/2004 18 15 2 - Bundesliga 2004/2005 34 30 3 1 Bundesliga 2005/2006 34 28 3 - Red Bull Salzburg Tournament Lineups This player + Champions League Qualifying 2006/2007 1 1 - - UEFA Cup 2006/2007 2 2 - - Champions League Qualifying 2007/2008 4 3 - - UEFA Cup 2007/2008 2 1 - - Bundesliga 2008/2009 36 12 - - UEFA Cup 2008/2009 2 2 - - Croatia (National Team) Tournament Lineups This player + World Cup 2002 3 3 - - Euro 2004 3 3 1 - World Cup 2006 3 3 1 - Euro Qualifying 2008 11 9 - - Friendlies 2008 1 1 - - Euro 2008 4 3 - - UEFA World Cup Qualifiers 2010 10 3 1 -