Ivan Rakitic Croatian Footballer Plays Professional Ivan Rakitić (born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian footballer who plays for Sevilla FC and the Croatian national team. Born in Möhlin, he started his professional career at Swiss giants Basel and spent two seasons with them before establishing popularity for his current time in the German Bundesliga with Schalke 04. Although naturally a product of Switzerland's youth level, Rakitić pledged his international career to his native parentage of Croatia instead.
Although he had previously competed with the Swiss under-17, under-19 and under-21 national teams, Rakitić decided to take up the call by Slaven Bilić and play for the Croatia at senior level. His decision to decline the original country of his birth sparked much anger from the Swiss Football Association. So much so that he and his family received common threats and his father was reportedly even denied Swiss citizenship.
Rakitić continued to appear regularly for Croatia during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making a total of 10 appearances and scoring three goals in the competition. On 15 October 2008, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win at home to Andorra. On 5 September 2009, he scored the match-winning goal in a 1–0 win at home to Belarus. Croatia failed to qualify for the finals after finishing third in their group.
Personal information
Full name Ivan Rakitić
Date of birth 10 March 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 22)
Place of birth Möhlin, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 25
Youth career
Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Basel 34 (11)
2007–2011 Schalke 04 97 (12)
2011– Sevilla 2 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Switzerland U21 4 (1)
2007– Croatia 25 (8)
2009– Croatia U21 3 (2)
Although he had previously competed with the Swiss under-17, under-19 and under-21 national teams, Rakitić decided to take up the call by Slaven Bilić and play for the Croatia at senior level. His decision to decline the original country of his birth sparked much anger from the Swiss Football Association. So much so that he and his family received common threats and his father was reportedly even denied Swiss citizenship.
Rakitić continued to appear regularly for Croatia during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making a total of 10 appearances and scoring three goals in the competition. On 15 October 2008, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win at home to Andorra. On 5 September 2009, he scored the match-winning goal in a 1–0 win at home to Belarus. Croatia failed to qualify for the finals after finishing third in their group.
Personal information
Full name Ivan Rakitić
Date of birth 10 March 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 22)
Place of birth Möhlin, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 25
Youth career
Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Basel 34 (11)
2007–2011 Schalke 04 97 (12)
2011– Sevilla 2 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Switzerland U21 4 (1)
2007– Croatia 25 (8)
2009– Croatia U21 3 (2)
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