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<mask> (born 1950s) is an American economist. <mask> is the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science and is a Professor of Information Science at Cornell University. He was previously an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University. His research is in the field of Economics, Finance and Decision Theory. In Economics, he focuses on learning, wealth dynamics and natural selection in markets. In Finance, his work focuses on Market microstructure and asset pricing. In Decision Theory, he works on modeling decision making in complex environments.In networks, he works on network formation and trading networks with colleagues in the Computer Science department at Cornell. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and is a Chair of the NASDAQ-OMX Economic Advisory Board. Several of his scientific papers are listed among the most read in Finance, according to the Social Science Research Network

<mask> earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1979.

Notable publications
The Postal Savings System in the Depression, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Economic History, Vol. 39, No. 3, September, 1979. Stochastic Equilibrium and Optimality with Rolling Plans, with Daniel Spulber, International Economic Review, Vol. 22, No.1, February, 1981. Learning to be Rational, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 26, No. 2, April, 1982. Introduction to the Stability of Rational Expectations Equilibrium, with Lawrence Blume and Margaret Bray, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 26, No. 2, April, 1982.Characterization of Optimal Plans for Stochastic Dynamic Programs, with Lawrence Blume and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 28, No. 2, December, 1982. Consensus Beliefs Equilibrium and Market Efficiency" with Robert Jarrow, Journal of Finance, Vol. 38, No. 3, June, 1983. The Economic Role of the Nonprofit Firm, with Maureen O'Hara, Bell Journal of Economics, Autumn, 1983.Rational Expectations Equilibrium: An Alternative Approach, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol.34, No. 1, October, 1984. An Equilibrium Analysis of Optimal Unemployment Insurance and Taxation, with Nicholas M. Kiefer and Uri Possen, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1985. Optimal Non-Profit Firms, with Maureen O'Hara, in The Economics of Nonprofit Institutions, S. Rose Ackerman (editor), Oxford University Press, 1986. Preying for Time, with R. T. Masson and R. J. Reynolds, Journal of Industrial Economics, 1985. (Reprinted in Oligopoly, Competition and Welfare, Basil Blackwell Ltd.,1985). Contracts and Asymmetric Information in the Theory of the Firm, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 9, 1988.Price, Trade Size, and Information in Securities Markets, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial Economics, 19, 1987. Controlling a Stochastic Process with Unknown Parameters, with Nicholas M. Kiefer, Econometrica, Vol. 56, No. 5, September, 1988. Optimal Learning with Endogenous Data, with Nicholas M. Kiefer, International Economic Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1989.Implementation of Walrasian Expectations Equilibria, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 51, No. 1, 1990. Order Form and Information in Securities Markets, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. 46, No. 3, 1991. Adverse Selection and Large Trade Volume: The Implications for Market Efficiency, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol.27, No. 2, June 1992. Time and the Process of Security Price Adjustment, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. XLVII, No. 2, June 1992. Evolution and Market Behavior, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 58, No.1, 1992. Theories of Price Formation and Exchange in Double Oral Auctions, with John Ledyard, in The Double Auction Market: Institutions, Theories and Evidence, D. Friedman and J. Rust, eds., Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Proceedings, Volume XV, Addison Wesley, 1993. Economic Natural Selection, with Lawrence Blume, in Symposium on Evolution, Economics Letters, 42, 1993. An Equilibrium Analysis of Fiscal Policy with Uncertainty and Incomplete Markets, with Nicholas Kiefer and Uri Possen, International Economic Review, Vol. 34, No. 4, November 1993.Market Statistics and Technical Analysis: The Role of Volume, with Lawrence Blume and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, March 1994. What Has the Rational Learning Literature Taught Us, with Lawrence Blume, in Essays in Learning and Rationality in Economics, A. Kirman and M. Salmon eds., Basil Blackwell Press, 1995. Evolution and Rationality in Competitive Markets, with Lawrence Blume, in Essays in Learning and Rationality in Economics, A. Kirman and M. Salmon eds., Basil Blackwell Press, 1995. Market Microstructure, with Maureen O'Hara, in Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Finance, R. Jarrow, V. Maksimovic and W. Ziemba, eds., North Holland, 1995. Cream-Skimming or Profit-Sharing?The Curious Role of Purchased Order Flow, with Nicholas M. Kiefer and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. 51, No. 3, July 1996. Liquidity, Information and Infrequently Traded Stocks, with Nicholas Kiefer, Maureen O'Hara, and Joseph Paperman, Journal of Finance, Vol. 51, No. 4, September 1996. The Information Content of the Trading Process, with Nicholas Kiefer and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol.4, No. 2-3, June 1997. One Day in the Life of a Common Stock, with Nicholas Kiefer and Maureen O'Hara, Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1997. Option Volume and Stock Prices: Evidence on where Informed Traders Trade, with Maureen O'Hara and P. S. Srinivas, Journal of Finance, Vol. 53, No.2, April 1998. Rational Expectations and Rational Learning, with Lawrence Blume, in Organizations with Incomplete Information, volume in honor of Roy Radner, ed. M. Majumdar, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Financial Analysts and Information-Based Trade, with Maureen O'Hara and Joseph Paperman, Journal of Financial Markets, Vol. 1, 1998. Choice Without Beliefs, with Aldo Rustichini, Econometrica. Vol.67, No. 5, September 1999. How Stock Splits Affect Trading: A Microstructure Approach, with Maureen O'Hara and Gideon Saar, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 36, 2001. Is Information Risk A Determinant of Asset Prices? with Soeren Hvidjaer and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. 57, No.1, October 2002. Optimality and Natural Selection in Markets, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 107, No. 1, November 2002. Asset Pricing and Market Microstructure, with Maureen O'Hara, in Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Elsevier Scientific Press, 2003. Information and the Cost of Capital, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, Vol. 59, No.4, August, 2004. Optimal Guessing in Complex Environments, with Aldo Rustichini, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 124, No. 1, September 2005. Rationality and Selection in Asset Markets, with Lawrence Blume, Santa Fe Institute Volume in honor of Kenneth Arrow: The Economy as an Evolving Complex System, 2005. If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich: Belief Selection in Complete and Incomplete Markets, with Lawrence Blume, Econometrica, Vol. 74, No.4, July 2006. Information, Trade and Incomplete Markets, with Lawrence Blume and Tarek Coury, Economic Theory, Vol. 29, No. 2, October, 2006. Redoing the Foundations of Decision Theory, with Lawrence Blume and Joseph Halpern, Tenth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR2006), 2006. Trading Networks with Price-Setting Agents, with Lawrence Blume, Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, Eighth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC2007), 2007. A new start: Innovative introductory AI-centered courses at Cornell, with E. Breck, D. Fan, J. Kleinberg, L. Lee, J. Wofford, R. Zabih, Proc.AAAI Spring Symposium, 2008. Time Varying Arrival Rates of Informed and Uninformed Traders, with Robert Engle, Maureen O'Hara and Liuren Wu, Journal of Financial Econometrics, 6, 171 - 207, Spring 2008. Rationality, with Lawrence Blume, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Market Competition and Selection, with Lawrence Blume, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Market Selection and Asset Pricing, with Lawrence Blume, in Handbook of Financial Markets: Dynamics and Evolution, Thorsten Hens and Klaus-Schenk Hoppe, eds., Elsevier, January 2009. The Market Organism: Long Run Survival in Markets with Heterogeneous Traders, with Lawrence Blume, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol 33, Issue 5, 1023-1035, May 2009. Ambiguity and Nonparticipation: The Role of Regulation, with Maureen O'Hara, Review of Financial Studies, 22, 1817 - 1843, May 2009.Trading Networks with Price-Setting Agents, with Lawrence Blume, Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, Games and Economic Behavior, 67, 36-50, September 2009. Liquidity and Valuation in an Uncertain World, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial Economics, 97, 1-12, July 2010. Microstructure and Ambiguity, with Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Finance, 65, 1817-1846, 2010. Factoring Information into Returns, with Soeren Hvidkjaer and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 45, 293-309, 2010. The Microstructure of the “Flash Crash”: Flow Toxicity, Liquidity Crashes, and the Probability of Informed Trading, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Portfolio Management, Winter, 2011. The Exchange of Flow Toxicity, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Trading, Spring, 2011. Network Formation in the Presence of Contagious Risk, with Lawrence Blume, Jon Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, forthcoming, ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC2011), 2011.The Characteristics of Informed Trading: Implications for Asset Pricing, with Hadiye Aslan, Soeren Hvidkjaer and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Empirical Finance, 18, 5, 782-801, 2011. Which Networks Are Least Susceptible to Cascading Failures?, with Lawrence Blume, Jon Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg, Eva Tardos, Proc. 52nd IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2011. Flow Toxicity and Volatility in a High Frequency World, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Review of Financial Studies, 25, 5, 1457–93, 2012. The Volume Clock: Insights into the High Frequency Paradigm," with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Portfolio ManagementVol. 39, No. 1: pp.19–29, Fall 2012. Network Formation in the Presence of Contagious Risk, with Lawrence Blume, Jon Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, 1, 2, 6:1-6:20, May 2013. Incentives, Gamification, and Game Theory: An Economic Approach to Badge Design, with Arpita Ghosh, Proceedings of the fourteenth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, 359-376, 2013. Levelling the Trading Field, with Terry Hendershott and Tarun Ramadorai, Journal of Financial Markets, 17, 65-93, 2014. VPIN and the Flash Crash: A Rejoinder, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial Markets, 17, 47-52, 2014. Opaque Trading, Disclosure and Asset Prices: Implications for Hedge Fund Regulation,	with Maureen O'Hara and Liyan Yang, Review of Financial Studies, 27 (4), 1190-1237, 2014. Introduction to Computer Science and Economic Theory, with Lawrence Blume, Jon	Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, Journal of Economic Theory, 156, 1-13, 2015.Behavioral Mechanism Design: Optimal Crowdsourcing Contracts and Prospect Theory, with Arpita Ghosh, Proceedings of the fifteenth ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, EC'15
Optimal Execution Horizon, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Mathematical Finance, 25, 640-672, 2015. Loss Aversion, Survival and Asset Prices, with Liyan Yang, Journal of Economic Theory, 160, 494-516, 2015. Introduction to the Special Issue on EC'14, with Vince Conitzer, ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, 4 (4), 2016. Incentives, Gamification, and Game Theory: An Economic Approach to Badge Design, with Arpita Ghosh, Proceedings of the fourteenth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, 359-376, 2013; and in ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, 4(3), 2016. Differential Access to Price Information in Financial Markets, with Maureen O'Hara and Liyan Yang, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 51.4, 1071-111, 2016. Discerning Information from Trade Date, with Marcos Lopez de Prado and Maureen O'Hara, Journal of Financial Economics, 20.2 , 269-285, 2016. References

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<mask> (; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician, currently serving as Director General of Roscosmos since 2018. Previously he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he was Russia's ambassador to NATO from 2008 to 2011. He was also the leader of the Rodina political party, which was created in 2003, until it merged with other parties to form A Just Russia in 2006. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Moscow to the family of a Soviet military scientist. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1986, with a degree in journalism, and in 1988, he graduated at the University of Marxism–Leninism under the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU with a degree in economics. He holds a doctorate in philosophy and another in technology.Political career

Early career
Rogozin fought in the Transnistria war against the Moldovan forces. He is also a vocal supporter of Transnistria's independence from Moldova. In 1993, Rogozin joined the recently created party Congress of Russian Communities led by General Alexander Lebed and, after its founder died in a 2002 helicopter crash, Rogozin became joint leader with Sergey Glazyev of what became the Rodina party, which was described by Novaya Gazeta liberal journalist Anna Politkovskaya as 'created by the Kremlin's spin doctors specifically ... to draw moderately nationalist voters away from the more extreme National Bolsheviks'. Rogozin was elected to the State Duma as a deputy from Voronezh Oblast in 1997, and he became a vocal activist for protection of rights of ethnic Russians in the former Soviet republics. Rogozin was re-elected to the State Duma in 1999 and then appointed the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, drawing a lot of media attention and a share of criticism for some of his flamboyant public remarks. In 2002, he was appointed a Special Representative of the Russian President to deal with Kaliningrad problems that arose by the Baltic states joining the European Union. Rogozin received an official letter of gratitude from Russian President Vladimir Putin.In 2003, <mask> became one of the leaders of the Rodina (Motherland) "national-patriotic" coalition, which won 9.2% of the popular vote or 37 of the 450 seats in the Duma in 2003 parliamentary election, briefly propelling him to the post of the Duma's vice-speaker, from which he was dismissed a year and a half later as a result of some elaborate interfaction dealings. He remained an ordinary member of the Duma until the following election, in 2007. After the breakthrough in 2003 elections, <mask> became involved in power struggle with Rodina's other co-chairman Glazyev, who had socialist views. Glazyev nominated himself as the party's candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but Rogozin called on his party comrades to support incumbent Putin. Rogozin soon ousted Glazyev, to become the party's sole leader. Under Rogozin, Rodina shifted towards the right wing of Russian politics and became the second largest and one of the country's most successful parties. A number of controversies on Rogozin's policies culminated in it being banned in 2005 from standing for election to the Moscow City Duma for using what was considered as chauvinist slogan 'Let's Clean the Garbage!'.Many analysts believe it was made illegally to prevent <mask> becoming a candidate at the Russian presidential elections in 2008. <mask>'s right views were not shared by all his party's members. In early 2006, at Rodina's congress, <mask> resigned as party leader. <mask> left Rodina after its merger with the Russian Party of Life and the Pensioners' Party into Fair Russia. In November 2006, he was the Chairman of the revived Congress of Russian Communities. In April 2007, he announced that he may support the formation of the Great Russia Party, in conjunction with the Movement Against Illegal Immigration. The party said that it may consider supporting the candidacy of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for the Presidency of Russia in 2008, a move that was unconstitutional because Lukashenko is not a Russian citizen.Because Russian authorities had not registered Great Russia, the party could not contest the legislative election in 2007. Ambassador to NATO
In 2008, he was appointed a Russian ambassador to NATO. As Russia's NATO envoy, he was heavily opposed to Ukraine and Georgia becoming members of NATO. After the two countries were denied membership of the NATO Membership Action Plan, he claimed, "They will not invite these bankrupt scandalous regimes to join NATO... more so as important partnerships with Russia are at stake". For such words, he was criticized by some Ukrainian and Georgian officials. A former Ukrainian envoy to NATO, Ihor Sahach, said, "In my opinion, he is merely used as one of cogs in the informational war waged against Ukraine. Sooner or later, I think, it should be stopped".The envoy also expressed a surprise with <mask>'s slang words: "It was for the first time that I heard such a higher official as envoy using this, I don't even know how to describe it, whether it was a slang or language of criminal circles…. I understand Russian, but, I'm sorry, I don't know what his words meant". The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Ohryzko stated that he did not regard the statement as serious. On 18 February 2011, Russian President <mask> appointed Rogozin as the Special Representative on anti-missile defense; he negotiated with NATO countries on this issue. Deputy Prime Minister

On 23 December 2011, <mask> was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, in charge of the defense and space industries. For the defense industry, he led the creation of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry. In 2014, Rogozin was involved in several diplomatic conflicts following the 2014 Crimean crisis.On 17 March 2014, the day after the Crimean status referendum, Rogozin became one of the first seven people who were put under executive sanctions by US President Barack Obama. The sanctions froze his assets in the US and banned him from entering the country. He was also added to the Canadian and to the EU sanction list due to the Crimean crisis. In 2015, <mask> stated that Russia's defence sector has "many other ways of traveling the world besides tourist visas" and "tanks don't need visas". On 29 April 2014, he tweeted: "After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest to the USA to bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline". On 31 May 2020, Elon Musk replied following the successful launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2, that "the trampoline is working". On 10 May 2014, Rogozin started a diplomatic conflict between Romania and Russia after Romania barred his plane from entering its airspace.In response, he made two threatening posts on his Twitter account, one of which stated that next time, he would fly on board a Tu-160 bomber. In 2015, <mask> was the head of Russia's Arctic Commission. On 28 July 2017, he boarded an S7 Airlines commercial flight to Chișinău, where he would meet Moldovan President Igor Dodon, but the Romanian government again denied permission for the plane to enter its airspace, citing the "presence of a sanctioned person on board". The Boeing 737-800 went on a holding pattern in Hungarian airspace for a while, but after Hungary denied permission for landing and ordered the plane to leave, it was decided to divert to Minsk, Belarus, outside of the EU, reportedly with barely enough fuel to reach there. The plane later flew to Chișinău with the remaining passengers, but without Rogozin. The Deputy Prime-Minister later tweeted: "The Romanian authorities endangered the lives of passengers on an S7 flight, women and children. Fuel was [just] enough to [get to] Minsk.Wait for an answer, vermin!" Asked about Rogozin's threat, Romanian National Defense Minister Adrian Țuțuianu said: "I don't think we need to make this a discussion, we would be in the wrong attempting to escalate by all sorts of statements the statements made by others. I believe it's wise to mind our business and see to our program." On 2 August 2017, he was declared persona non grata by the Government of Moldova. Head of Roscosmos

In May 2018, Putin selected Rogozin to be the head of Roscosmos, the Russian state space agency for two decades after the early 1990s and, in the past few years, transformed by Rogozin from a state agency into a state corporation. Personal life
Rogozin is an active user of Twitter and Facebook. References

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Personal web site
Blogs at Twitter: @Rogozin  @DRogozin
Russian Mission to NATO
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2003 Tuzla Island conflict
People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Moscow State University alumni
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<mask>'Shaughnessy (born 27 September 1992) is an Irish singer-songwriter and former actor from Loughshinny, Skerries, Dublin. He portrayed Mark Halpin in the popular TV series Fair City for nine years (2001–2010). In January 2012, he appeared in the inaugurative season of The Voice of Ireland and in May 2012, he took part in sixth series of Britain's Got Talent making it to the final and finishing fifth place. He represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018  with the song "Together" finishing 16th. Early life
<mask> was born in 1992 in Loughshinny, a small village in North County Dublin, Ireland. He is the youngest of three children. He has an elder brother named Graham and sister named Apryl.His uncle Gary O'Shaughnessy represented Ireland in Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Without Your Love". <mask> studied at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), also undertaking a music course as part of BIMM (British and Irish Modern Music Institute) in Dublin, Ireland. He describes himself as a "versatile singer". He joined the Billie Barry Stage School when he was 4, and believes this is where he learnt his craft. He plays guitar, piano and saxophone while producing and writing for various artists. Acting career
O'Shaughnessy played the role of Mark Halpin, the young son of Marty Halpin (played by Paul Lee) and Tess Halpin (played by Sabina Brennan) in the long-running Irish soap series Fair City. The Halpin family was gradually introduced in the early 2000s.O'Shaughnessy was introduced into the series at age 9 as a child actor portraying Mark. He had two siblings in the series, brother Damien played by Maclean Burke and sister Laura Halpin played by Liana O'Cleirigh. In the series, his mother Tess becomes a victim of domestic abuse and is ultimately strangled by her husband Marty who goes on to commit suicide after killing her. The children Mark, Damien and Laura are orphaned but continue on the series. O'Shaughnessy continued to act as Mark Halpin in Fair City for nine years from 2001 to 2010, when he was retired at age 18. He was replaced in the series by the actor Cal Kenealy who continued as Mark Halpin, as O'Shaughnessy said he needed to quit preferring to continue with a musical career after nine years of appearing in the series. Music career

The Voice of Ireland
O'Shaughnessy entered The Voice of Ireland in series 1 broadcast on RTÉ One from January to April 2012.At his audition recorded in October 2011 and broadcast in January 2012, he sang "The Power of Love" from Huey Lewis and the News with only one of the four jury chairs, that of Brian Kennedy turning and he defaulted to Kennedy's team. For the battle shows recorded in November 2011 and broadcast in February 2012, Kennedy put him up against teammate Colin Hand. They both performed "One" by U2 with Kennedy opting for <mask> and sending him to the live shows. In the first day of the live shows broadcast on 4 March 2012, he performed "Baby" from Justin Bieber, but was eliminated by public vote finishing in 23/24th place in the series. Britain's Got Talent
After the battle rounds but before the live shows of The Voice of Ireland, O'Shaughnessy auditioned for Britain's Got Talent. He performed a self-written song called "No Name". The inspiration behind the song was a girl he had a crush on.He received yeses from all three judges, Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams. The audition aired after his elimination from The Voice of Ireland. At that time, O'Shaughnessy was contracted to record company Universal Records. One week before the live shows of The Voice of Ireland, the Britain's Got Talent call-backs were held. The judges were going to send O'Shaughnessy through to the live shows, but owing to his place on the live shows on The Voice of Ireland and contract with Universal, he was disqualified. It was later announced that O'Shaughnessy would appear in the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent after being released from his contract with Universal. He performed in the last semi-final where he performed another original song entitled "First Kiss".He received the most votes and was automatically sent through to the final. For the final, he performed "No Name" a second time and placed 5th in the competition, with 4.8% of the vote

Post-Britain's Got Talent
On 19 May 2012, it was announced O'Shaughnessy had signed a record deal with Sony Music. His first single "No Name" was released on 5 August, and he released his debut mini-album <mask>'Shaughnessy on 13 August 2012. The mini-album contains six songs which are all penned by O'Shaughnessy himself, which includes the song "First Kiss", which he performed on Britain's Got Talent. On 10 August 2012, he performed in his hometown, meeting the fans and signing copies of his mini-album. On 23 August, he performed "No Name", his debut single, live on This Morning. On 30 August, he announced details of his first UK headline tour and played 11 dates throughout October 2012.In 2015, O'Shaughnessy released two singles, "Fingertips" and "Evergreen". In early 2016, he released another single, "She Won't Wait". O'Shaughnessy then began working on his debut album, which was projected for release in July 2016. The Hit
In July 2013, it was announced that O'Shaughnessy would be one of the artists taking part in the new Irish songwriting competition The Hit, going against his former The Voice coach Brian Kennedy. The show, which aired on 2 August 2013, saw six songwriters pitching their songs to both artists. In the initial stage each artist had to choose two of these six songs. O'Shaughnessy chose a song called "Blush" by Gavin Doyle and "Who Do You Love?"by Mark Graham and Frances Mitchell. O'Shaughnessy chose to release "Who Do You Love?" to enter the chart battle against Kennedy. O'Shaughnessy won the chart battle with the single charting at No.3 in the Irish Singles Chart beating Kennedy's song "Try" which charted at No.15. On 30 August 2013 O'Shaughnessy, along with the four other chart battle winners, returned to perform their song live in The O2 for the Grand Finale with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Bayview Records
In 2015, O'Shaughnessy established Dublin-based record label Bayview Records. Eurovision Song Contest
On 31 January 2018, O'Shaughnessy was announced as the Irish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Together".His entry was co-written by O'Shaughnessy with Mark Caplice and Laura Elizabeth Hughes. The song and the artist were internally selected in January 2018 by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the country at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. O'Shaughnessy qualified for the final, after finishing sixth in semi-final 1 with 179 points, making it the first time Ireland qualified to the finals since 2013 with <mask>. Ireland's entry was marred with controversy. During the Chinese broadcast of the first semi-final on Mango TV, the Irish entry was edited out of the show, along with the snippets in the recap of all 19 entries. O'Shaughnessy's song was censored due to two male dancers dancing together on-stage. As a result, the EBU terminated its partnership with the Chinese broadcaster, explaining that censorship "is not in line with the EBU's values of universality and inclusivity and its proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music."The termination led to a ban on televising the second semi-final and the grand final in the country. A spokesperson for the broadcaster's parent company Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme. O'Shaughnessy told the BBC in an interview, "they haven't taken this lightly and I think it's a move in the right direction, so I'm happy about it." In October 2018, O'Shaughnessy appeared in the music video for Ireland's Junior Eurovision entry "IOU", performed by Taylor Hynes. O'Shaughnessy portrayed the father character in the video while former Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh portrayed the mother character. RTÉ announced on 18 May 2021 that O'Shaughnessy would be the Irish spokesperson for the final of that year's contest, giving the results of the Irish jury vote. Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Filmography
 2001–2010: Fair City as Marty Halpin (Irish TV series)
 2012: The Voice of Ireland (series 1) as himself/contestant
 2012: Britain's Got Talent (series 6) as himself/contestant
 2013: The Beo Show as himself (5 episodes)
 2014: Poison Pen as Piers (Irish comedy feature film)
 2018: Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as himself/contestant

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title: Germaine Dulac

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<mask> (; born <mask>; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood. A few years after her marriage she embarked on a journalistic career in a feminist magazine, and later became interested in film. With the help of her husband and friend she founded a film company and directed a few commercial works before slowly moving into Impressionist and Surrealist territory. She is best known today for her Impressionist film, La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madam Beudet, 1922/23), and her Surrealist experiment, La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman, 1928). Her career as filmmaker suffered after the introduction of sound film and she spent the last decade of her life working on newsreels for Pathé and Gaumont. Biography

<mask> was born in Amiens, France into an upper-middle-class family of a career military officer.Since her father's job required the family to frequently move between small garrison towns, Germaine was sent to live with her grandmother in Paris. She soon became interested in art and studied music, painting, and theater. Following the death of her parents, Dulac moved to Paris and combined her growing interests in socialism and feminism with a career in journalism. In 1905 she married Louis-<mask>, an agricultural engineer who also came from an upper-class family. Four years later she began writing for La Française, a feminist magazine edited by Jane Misme where she eventually became the drama critic. Dulac also found time to work on the editorial staff of La Fronde, a radical feminist journal of the time. She also began to pursue her interest in still photography, which preceded her initial entry into filmmaking.Dulac and her husband divorced in 1920. After that, she began a relationship with Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville that lasted until the end of her life. Following her long and influential cinema career, Dulac became the president of the Fédération des ciné-clubs, a group which promoted and presented the work of new young filmmakers, such as Joris Ivens and Jean Vigo. Dulac also taught film courses at the École Technique de Photographie et de Cinématographie on the rue de Vaugirard. Following her death in 1942, Charles Ford called attention to the difficulty the French Press had with printing her obituary:
Bothered by Dulac’s non-conformist ideas, disturbed by her impure origins, the censors had refused the article which, only after vigorous protest by the editor-in-chief of the magazine, appeared three weeks late. Even dead, Germaine Dulac still seemed dangerous...

Career

Before her filmmaking career, Dulac wrote articles for the feminist magazine, La Fronde, from 1900 to 1913. Here she interviewed a plethora of established women in France with the intention of solidifying women's roles in French society and politics.<mask> became interested in film in 1914 through her friend, actress Stacia Napierkowska. The two women traveled to Italy together shortly before World War I; Napierkowska was to act in a Film d'Art film, and Dulac learned the basics of the medium during that trip. In the early 1900s through the late 1920s, <mask> frequently contrasted the modernity of the French capital to the provincial nature of rural France, a common dichotomy in her films. Soon after her return to France she decided to start a film company. <mask> and writer Irène Hillel-Erlanger then founded D.H. Films, with financial support provided by <mask>'s husband. The company produced several films between 1915 and 1920, all directed by Dulac and written by Hillel-Erlanger.These included Les Sœurs ennemies (1915/16; <mask>'s first film), Vénus victrix, ou Dans l'ouragan de la vie (1917), Géo, le mystérieux (ou La vraie richesse, 1916), and others. <mask>'s first major success was Âmes de fous (1918), a serial melodrama written by Dulac herself. The film features an early appearance of actress Ève Francis, who introduced Dulac to her friend (later husband) Louis Delluc, filmmaker and critic. A short time later <mask> and Delluc collaborated on La Fête espagnole (Spanish Fiesta, 1920), another film featuring Francis, which was proclaimed one of the decade's more influential films and allegedly a major French Impressionist Cinema work. However, only a few excerpts from the film exist today. <mask> and Delluc went on to collaborate on a number of pictures. In 1921, Dulac reflected on a meeting with D.W. Griffith in an article she wrote titled "Chez D.W.Griffith." In the article, <mask> presented two popular themes which arise in many of her films:
 Autonomy for the cinema as an independent art form free from the influences of painting and literature. The importance of the filmmaker as an individual artistic and creative force. She continued her career in filmmaking, producing both simple commercial films and complex pre-Surrealist narratives such as two of her most famous works: La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet, 1922/23) and La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman, 1928). Both films were released before the epoch-making Un Chien Andalou (1929) by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, and La Coquille et le Clergyman is sometimes credited as the first Surrealist film; however, some scholars, such as Ephraim Katz, consider <mask> first and foremost an Impressionist filmmaker. <mask>'s goal of "pure cinema" and some of her works inspired the French Cinema pur film movement. Her other important experimental films include several shorts based on music: Disque(s) 957 (1928/29; based on Chopin) and Thème et variations (1928/29; classical music), and others from the same period.In 1929, she was awarded the Legion of Honor in recognition of her contributions to the film industry in France. With the advent of sound film, <mask>'s career shifted. From 1930, she returned to commercial work, producing newsreels for Pathé and later for Gaumont. She died in Paris on 20 July 1942. Filmography
The exact chronology of <mask>'s oeuvre has not yet been established. Notes

References
 <mask>, Germaine (1994). Écrits sur le cinéma : (textes réunis par Prosper Hillairet).Éditions Paris Expérimental. Williams, Tami Michelle (2007). Beyond Impressions: The Life and Films of Germaine <mask> from Aesthetics to Politics. PhD thesis. University of California Los Angeles. Further reading
 Dozoretz, Wendy (1982). <mask> <mask> : Filmmaker, Polemicist, Theoretician.Diss., New York University, 362 pp. Ford, Charles. <mask> <mask> : 1882 - 1942, Paris : Avant-Scène du Cinéma, 1968, 48 p. (Serie: Anthologie du cinéma ; 31)
 Katz, Ephraim, Fred Klein, Ronald Dean Nolan (2005). The Film Encyclopedia; (5th edition). New York: HarperPerennial. .
 Williams, Tami (2014). <mask> <mask> : A Cinema of Sensations. University of Illinois Press.External links

 Germaine Dulac and newsreel: 3 articles; introduction by Siân Reynolds. The Seashell and the Clergyman at UbuWeb

 Literature on Germaine Dulac

1882 births
1942 deaths
People from Amiens
French women film directors
French film directors
Silent film directors
French surrealist artists
French socialist feminists
Surrealist filmmakers
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
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<mask> (born March 28, 1976), professionally and more commonly known as <mask>, is a Filipino singer, film and television actress, and politician. She is a multi-platinum female singer in the Philippines and one of the most in-demand divas during the 90s era. She is tagged as the "Philippines' Sentimental Diva" and the "former supreme songbird of ABS-CBN". She was formerly dubbed as the "90s Philippine Pop Queen". She started her career as a part of ABS-CBN's defunct youth-oriented show Ang TV (1992–1997) together with Jolina Magdangal, Claudine Barretto, Antoinette Taus, etc. She was also a regular host and performer of ASAP, the Philippines longest variety show, from 1995 to 2004 and since 2015. She is the singer behind the hits like Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita, Maniniwala Ba Ako, Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita, Laging Ikaw Parin, Ikaw Pala, Mahal Mo Ba'y Di Na Ako, and Huwag Ka Nang Babalik.Showbiz career

From 1994 to 1995, she was hailed as the Best Female Singer of the Year for the song You by Awit Awards. In 1994, her very first signature hit, Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita (Why Do I Love You? ), became the number one charted song in the Philippines and stayed in the radio charts for 8 months from 1994 to 1995. It became the theme song of many Filipinos who went through heart breaks and got lost in love. In 1997, however her commercialized success of Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita, her carrier single from her 3rd album (Roselle: On Higher Ground), emerged immediate success and even spanned a film with the same name and even in album registry. To date, Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita was also covered four times by different artists: Rachelle Ann Go for The Gulong Ng Palad (2006) Soundtrack and Zsa Zsa Padilla's rendition for the Afternoon Soap theme Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? in 2010, in 2013 by Vice Ganda for the soundtrack of the Primetime series Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala, and in 2018, Jonalyn Viray (aka Jona), for the teleserye Asintado.In 2000, she revived the Barry Manilow song "Somewhere Down The Road" for the Blockbuster Film "Minsan Minahal Kita" which also was included in the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; and in 2002, her comeback platinum hit with Star Records "Huwag Ka Nang Magbabalik for the film Ngayong Nandito Ka and Jologs. In 2002, <mask> was chosen as the interpreter for the song, Free, composed by Gino Torres. The demo version was recorded by Carol Banawa. But the composer chose <mask> to do the final and live version. It became as one of the finalists of ABS-CBN's JAM: Himig Handog sa Makabagong Kabataan. It also became the theme song of ABS-CBN's summer station ID in the same year. <mask> <mask>'s last album with Star Records (ABS-CBN's recording outfit) All About Love achieved the Platinum Status but was never awarded to her.She moved to Viva Entertainment Agency and signed up for several projects. VIVA did not commercialise her artistry as her recent albums got no awards. The poor sales performance of her albums affected her singing career. In 2010, Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita was also re-recorded by Laarni Lozada for the Afternoon Drama "Alyna"; and Kakai Bautista, Philippines' Dental Diva, as her carrier single for her debut album under Star Music in 2017. Vocal profile
<mask>'s voice can be classified as soprano as her style is very similar with Regine Velasquez's singing prowess. She suffered from a throat virus which affected the brilliance of her voice. She was able to cope up through healing sessions and support of her fans.Recent trends
In 2009, she was part of the talked-about successful concert entitled "Divas of the 90s", produced by VIVA Entertainment Company. Her co-performers were Geneva Cruz, Jessa Zaragoza, and Rachel Alejandro. On February 13, 2016, she also had a successful concert with other OPM icons entitled LOVE THROWBACK held in PICC (Philippine International Convention Center). On February 4, 2018, <mask> as one of the OPM gems in the country. She sang her signature hits with ABS-CBN's homegrown talents. The tribute showed how she started as a prime diva of ABS-CBN and what's her life now. <mask> was awarded a plaque of recognition with her contribution to OPM.Personal life
She married Allen Ford Tan on January 18, 2010, at the Manila Cathedral in Manila. They have two sons: Rafa and Ram. Filmography
Masked Singer Pilipinas (2020)
I Can See Your Voice (January 6, 2018; December 29, 2018 with Nikki Valdez and Desiree del Valle)
The Singing Bee (2014)
Sarah G. Live (2012)
Babang Luksa (2011)
Masayang Tanghali Bayan (TV show) (2003-2004)
I Think I'm In Love (2002)
Bayani (1997) - Atang de la Rama
Mangarap Ka (1995)
Hataw Na (1995)
ASAP 20 (TV show) (1995-2003; 2010, 2015–present)
Oki Doki Doc (TV sitcom) (1993-2007)
Ang TV (TV show) (1992)

Discography

Roselle album under Ivory Music (1994)
AWARD: Platinum Record (40,000 copies sold)
 You — Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist Awit Awards (1995)
 Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita — Movie soundtrack Mangarap Ka (1995)
 Is It My Imagination
 Iba Tayo
 Sana (Ako'y Nasa Langit Na)
 Wag Mo Na Lang Pansinin
 Got To Be There
 Sana'y Di Magtagal

Say It Again album under Ivory Music (1996)
AWARD: Platinum Record (40,000 copies sold)

 Waiting For You
 Say It Again
 Habang Narito Ako
 Woncha Dance With Me
 How Many Ways
 Nasaan Ka Na? Higit Pa Sa Isang Kaibigan
 How Can I? Maniniwala Ba Ako? Say That You Love Me — Movie soundtrack Hataw Na (1995)

On Higher Ground album under Star Music (1997)
AWARD: Double Platinum Record (80,000 copies sold)

Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita — Movie soundtrack Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita (1998)
He's Somehow Been (A Part Of Me)
Laging Ikaw Pa Rin
Para Sa 'Yo
Do You Love Me? Please Stay
Ikaw Pala
I Should Have Never Cried
Upang Muli Ay Magmahal
Is It A Dream
You Are (For Daddy)
Nothing's Gonna Make Me (Change)

Simply Roselle album under Star Music (1999)
AWARD: Gold Record Award (20,000 copies sold)

 Mahal Mo Ba'y Di Na Ako
 Miles Away
 Tanging Mamahali'y Ikaw
 Lost In You
 Bihag Ng Pag-ibig
 Dahan-dahan
 Sana Man Lang
 Upper Floor
 Kahit 'Sang Sandali
 Magbakakasakali Ngayon
 Get Out
 Nag-iisang Dahilan

All About Love album under Star Music (2002)
AWARD: Platinum (40,000 copies sold - Never awarded to Roselle)

 Huwag Ka Nang Magbabalik
 Akalain Ko Ba
 Dahil Ako'y Mahal Mo Na
 Naiiyak Muli
 Kung Alam Ko Lang
 Open
 Say Goodbye
 Bakit Ba
 Love Me Tonight
 Kung Magmamahal
 My Love
 Minamahal, Sinasamba

Bare album under Viva Records (2004)
 Bakit Lumisan Ka?Makakaya Ko Ba? I Really Miss You
 Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang
 Araw-araw
 A Prayer Away
 Someone Help Me Let Go
 Dahil Kaya Mahal Pa Rin Kita
 Can't Go On
 Kulang Pa Ba (Ang Nadarama)
 Free From You
 If You Remember Me

Forever Love Songs album under Viva Records (2009)
 No More Rhyme
 Lost In Space
 I Love You All The Way
 Heaven Knows
 Fixing A Broken Heart
 What's Forever For
 What Might Have Been
 Miss You Like Crazy
 Looking Through Your Eyes
 As I Lay Me Down
 Where Do Broken Hearts Go
 What I Did For Love

Compilation appearances

See also
Jolina Magdangal
Carol Banawa
Tootsie Guevara

References

External links

Roselle Nava albums
Roselle Nava songs lyrics

1976 births
Living people
Star Magic
Viva Artists Agency
Star Music artists
Viva Records (Philippines) artists
Filipino film actresses
Filipino television actresses
Filipino actor-politicians
People from Parañaque
Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
United Nationalist Alliance politicians
Singers from Metro Manila
Metro Manila city and municipal councilors
Filipino sopranos
De La Salle University alumni
21st-century Filipino singers
21st-century Filipino women singers

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title: Luka Modrić

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<mask> (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time and as the greatest Croatian footballer ever. Born in Zadar, <mask>'s childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family. In 2002, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb at age 16, after showing promise with his hometown club NK Zadar's youth team. He continued his development in Zagreb, before spells on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić. He made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and won three consecutive league titles and domestic cups, being named the Prva HNL Player of the Year in 2007.In 2008, he moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record transfer fee of £16.5 million, where he led Spurs to their first UEFA Champions League appearance in almost 50 years, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 tournament. In the summer of 2012, <mask> joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee. There he became a key contributor and helped the team win La Décima and was selected for the 2013–14 Champions League squad of the season. After Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid, <mask> was critical to three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015–16 to 2017–18, each time being voted into the squad of the season. He has won seventeen major trophies at Real Madrid, including four UEFA Champions League titles, two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey and three FIFA Club World Cup titles. He won the La Liga Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2016 for the second time, and the UEFA Club Football Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2017 and 2018. In 2015, he became the first Croatian player to be included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in which he was regularly included until 2019, as well in the UEFA Team of the Year between 2016 and 2018.In 2018, <mask> became the first Croatian player to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and by winning The Best FIFA Men's Player and Ballon d'Or awards, he became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the awards in more than a decade. In 2019, he was awarded the Golden Foot award for career results and personality. <mask> made his international debut for Croatia against Argentina in March 2006, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Italy. <mask> has anchored Croatia's "second Golden Generation", participating in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including the UEFA European Championship in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2006, 2014, and 2018. At Euro 2008, he was selected for the Team of the Tournament, becoming only the second Croatian to ever achieve this honour. Following group stage eliminations in his first two World Cups, <mask> led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup Final, and he received the Golden Ball award for best player of the tournament. In March 2021, he went on to become the country's most capped player in history.Furthermore, he has been named Croatian Footballer of the Year a record ten times between 2007 and 2021. Early life

<mask> <mask> was born on 9 September 1985 and was raised in the hamlet of Modrići, which is a part of Zaton Obrovački, a village situated on the southern slopes of the mountain Velebit, north of the city of Zadar in SR Croatia, then a republic within SFR Yugoslavia. He is the oldest child of Stipe <mask> from Modrići and Radojka Dopuđ from Kruševo near Obrovac, both of whom initially worked in a knitwear factory. <mask> mostly spent his early years in the stone house of his paternal grandfather after whom he was named, located on the road above the hamlet of Modrići, and was shepherding goats as a five-year-old. However, his childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence—in 1991, when the war escalated, his family were forced to flee the area. <mask>'s grandfather <mask> was executed by Serb rebels who were part of the police of SAO Krajina in December 1991 near his house in Modrići, and after the family fled, the house was burned to the ground. <mask> became a refugee and lived with his family in the Hotel Kolovare for seven years; he later moved to the Hotel Iž, both in Zadar.His father joined the Croatian Army as an aeromechanic. In those years, thousands of bombs fell on the city and football was a way to escape the reality of war. He recalls it as a tough time for his family and something which shaped him as a person. He also said he was mostly unaware of the war because he befriended many other children and their parents did not let it affect their childhood. In these difficult circumstances, <mask> began playing football, mostly at the hotel parking lot. In 1992, he simultaneously entered the primary school and a sporting academy, the latter paid for with the little money the family had, sometimes helped by <mask>'s uncle. As a boy he was inspired to play football by Zvonimir Boban and Francesco Totti.Club career

Early years
Supported by his family, he participated in representative camps and trained in NK Zadar. He was under tutelage of coach Domagoj Bašić and the head of the youth academy, Tomislav Bašić. Tomislav Bašić, considered by <mask> as his "sporting father", said <mask>'s father made him wooden shin guards because they had little money. However, <mask> later denied the story. Due to being considered too young and light, he was not signed by Croatian powerhouse Hajduk Split, the most representative football club in the region of Dalmatia. After displaying some talent, including at youth tournament in Italy, Tomislav Bašić arranged <mask>'s move to Dinamo Zagreb when <mask> was a 16-year-old in late 2001. After a season with Dinamo Zagreb's youth side, <mask> was loaned in 2003 to Zrinjski Mostar in the Bosnian Premier League.During this period, he established his versatile style of play and became the Bosnian Premier League Player of the Year at only the age of 18. <mask> later said, "Someone who can play in the Bosnian Premier League can play anywhere," referring to its physical nature. The following year, he was loaned to Croatian side Inter Zaprešić. He spent one season there, helping the team to achieve second position in the Prva HNL and a place in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup. He also won the Croatian Football Hope of the Year award in 2004. He returned to Dinamo Zagreb in 2005. Dinamo Zagreb
In the 2005–06 season, <mask> signed a ten-year contract (his first long-term contract) with Dinamo Zagreb.With the contract's earnings, he bought a flat in Zadar for his family. He secured a place in Dinamo's first team, contributing 7 goals in 31 matches to help win the league. In the 2006–07 season, Dinamo again won the league, with <mask> making a similar contribution. He was the main provider for striker Eduardo, which helped <mask> win the Prva HNL Player of the Year award. The following season, <mask> as a team captain, led Dinamo's attempt to qualify for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. In the final play-off stage, <mask> converted a penalty in the second and away fixture against Ajax; the match finished 1–1 after regular time. Dinamo won the match and play-off with a score of 3–2 after extra time with two goals from teammate Mario Mandžukić.However, Dinamo Zagreb failed to advance beyond the group stage. In his last home match with the club at Maksimir Stadium, <mask> was given a standing ovation and fans held up supportive banners. He finished his four-year tenure at Dinamo with a tally of over 31 goals and 29 assists in four league seasons, contributing most notably in the 2007–08 season when Dinamo won the second Croatian Cup and became champions by a 28-point margin. <mask> was courted by Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea, but opted to wait leaving the club. Tottenham Hotspur

2008–10: Struggle and success in England

<mask> agreed to transfer terms with Tottenham Hotspur on 26 April 2008. He was the first of many summer signings for manager Juande Ramos, and was also the Premier League's first summer transfer. Club chairman Daniel Levy promptly flew to Zagreb when Manchester City and Newcastle United became interested, and after signing a six-year contract, Tottenham confirmed the transfer fee paid was £16.5 million, equalling the club's record fee set by Darren Bent's move in 2007.He got number 14 jersey, later recalling that he wore it in honour of Johan Cruyff. <mask> made his competitive Premier League debut on 16 August in a 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in Spurs' first match of the 2008–09 season. <mask> had a slow start at Tottenham. He suffered from a knee injury early in his tenure and was labelled as a light-weight for the Premier League by sections of the media, as well as Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. Reflecting on that, <mask> said that such "critics push you forward to show people they are wrong. Maybe I look lightweight but I am a really strong person mentally and physically, and I never had any problems with my size". This coincided with his poor form, leading to concerns both for himself and Croatia national team head coach Slaven Bilić.<mask> spent his early days at a position of number 10, before being shifted to the left wing to play alongside Wilson Palacios. Spurs teammate Tom Huddlestone later said, "[H]is versatility was probably a blessing and a curse, he was that good that he had to play out of position for a bit." After the appointment of manager Harry Redknapp, <mask> was given a more familiar role as a central or left-sided midfielder, allowing him to have more influence on the team and use his footballing talent more productively, for example in a 4–4 draw with arch-rivals Arsenal on 29 October. Redknapp recognised <mask>'s value to his side and planned to shape his new team around the Croatian playmaker. He scored his first competitive goal at Tottenham in a 2–2 draw against Spartak Moscow during the UEFA Cup group stages on 18 December 2008. He scored his first Premier League goals against Newcastle United in an away defeat on 21 December, a home win in the third round of the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic on 2 January 2009, and in an away defeat against Manchester United on 25 April 2009. Using <mask> in his former position from his Dinamo days made him more effective with performances against Stoke City, Hull City, and most notably on 21 March when he scored the only goal in a win against Chelsea.Before the 2009–10 season, Redknapp said of <mask>, "[He's] a hell of a player and a manager's dream, so I am told. He trains like a demon and never complains, will work with and without the ball on the field and can beat a defender with a trick or with a pass. He could get into any team in the top four". On 29 August 2009, during Tottenham's 2–1 win over Birmingham City, <mask> was taken off injured with a suspected calf injury. The following day, it was confirmed <mask> had sustained a fracture to his right fibula and was expected to be out for six weeks. He returned on 28 December in the London derby against West Ham United, which Spurs won 2–0 with an 11th-minute goal scored by <mask> using the leg he had broken. He again scored in a home win against Everton on 28 February 2010, and in an away defeat against Burnley on 9 May.On 30 May 2010, <mask> signed a new six-year contract that ran until 2016. Upon signing, he said, "Tottenham Hotspur gave me my chance in the Premier League and I want to go on to achieve great success here with them. Yes, there have been enquiries from other big clubs, but I have no interest in going anywhere. Last season's top-four finish was an indication of where we are as a club and I feel I can continue to improve and go on to achieve everything I want to at Spurs." 2010–12: Outgrowing Tottenham Hotspur

On 11 September 2010, <mask> scored his first goal of the 2010–11 season in a 1–1 away draw at West Bromwich Albion. On 28 November, in a home match against Liverpool, <mask> scored a goal that was later credited as an own goal by Martin Škrtel. After a draw against Manchester United at White Hart Lane in January 2011, Redknapp praised <mask>, saying, "He was unbelievable.Magnificent. He's an amazing footballer, the little man takes the ball in the tightest areas with people around him, wriggling out of situations. He could play in any team in the world." <mask> also scored in Tottenham's 3–2 victory over Stoke City on 9 April, and converted a penalty at Anfield on 15 May in a 2–0 victory over Liverpool. <mask> helped Tottenham reach their first involvement in the UEFA Champions League. In the first match, against Inter Milan at the San Siro on 20 October, he exited the match early due to injury; Spurs lost 4–3, despite the tremendous efforts of Gareth Bale. On the return match at home, on 2 November, <mask> was given too much space to move and dictate the tempo of the match.He created and assisted for the first goal by Rafael van der Vaart in a 3–1 victory. In the next match, against Werder Bremen, <mask> scored the second goal. After a scoreless draw against Milan, Spurs were eliminated from the competition in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid. <mask> played 32 Premier League matches in the 2010–11 season, scoring three goals, recording two assists and making the highest average number of passes per match for Spurs with 62.5 and an accuracy rate of 87.4%. At the end of the season, <mask> was voted the Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year. Then-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said he would have chosen <mask> as his Player of the Year for that season. In mid-2011, <mask> was heavily pursued by Tottenham's London rivals Chelsea, who made a first bid of £22 million, which they increased to £27 million, both of which were rejected by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.After the failed bids, <mask> announced he would welcome a move across London and that he had a "gentleman's agreement" with Levy the club would entertain offers from a "big club". Speculation continued throughout the summer transfer window, culminating in <mask> refusing to play in Tottenham's opening match of the 2011–12 season against Manchester United, which ended in a 3–0 loss. <mask> said his "head was not in the right place" as he continued to force a move to Chelsea. On the final day of the transfer window, Chelsea made an offer of £40 million that was again rejected. After failing to secure a transfer, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp told <mask> to focus on his playing and named him as a starter. On 18 September, he scored his first goal of the season for Tottenham with a shot from  in a 4–0 home win against Liverpool. On 14 January 2012, <mask> scored the only goal in a home draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers.On 31 January in a 3–1 win against Wigan Athletic, he assisted for the first goal with a crossfield pass and scored the second from . For the third time that season, he was included in "Team of the Week". <mask> scored his last goal for Tottenham on 2 May in a 1–4 away win against Bolton Wanderers with a powerful volley from . Real Madrid

2012–13: Becoming a starting eleven player in Real Madrid

On 27 August 2012, Real Madrid announced they had agreed on a deal with Tottenham for an approximate £30 million transfer fee. <mask> signed a five-year contract with the Spanish club. Two days later, he made his Real Madrid debut against Barcelona in the second leg final of the 2012 Supercopa de España at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, replacing Mesut Özil in the 83rd minute. Madrid won the match, giving <mask> his first trophy with the club 36 hours after his signing was announced.Despite his positive debut, <mask> at first struggled to settle into the team under manager José Mourinho because of his lack of pre-season training, which he missed as a result of his ongoing transfer negotiations. The presence of veteran midfielder Xabi Alonso and Sami Khedira in defensive midfield, and Özil in offensive midfield, usually kept <mask> out of the starting line-up, limiting him to substitute appearances. He mostly played out-of-position for his first few months at the club. He played his first UEFA Champions League match for Real Madrid in the group stage against Manchester City on 18 September, which Madrid won 3–2. On 3 November, <mask> scored his first goal for Real Madrid in the last minute of their 4–0 victory over Real Zaragoza in La Liga. On 17 November, <mask> assisted a Karim Benzema goal, which was eventually ruled an own goal by Jon

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 Aurtenetxe, with a  cross-field pass. It was the first goal in a 5–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao.His most notable match that year was on 4 December, when he assisted for the first two goals of Cristiano Ronaldo and José Callejón with cross-field passes in a 4–1 victory over Ajax in the group stage of the Champions League. At the end of the year he was voted as the worst signing of the season by Spanish newspaper Marca. <mask> started in Real Madrid's home match against rivals Barcelona on 2 March 2013. From a corner kick, he assisted Sergio Ramos to score the winning goal in the 82nd minute, giving Real a victory in El Clásico. On 5 March, <mask> came on as a second-half substitute during the decisive Champions League knockout leg against ten-man Manchester United at Old Trafford. With Madrid behind by a goal, <mask> equalised with a long-range shot from  out and played a key role in the rest of the match, which Real Madrid won 2–1, advancing them to the quarter-finals 3–2 on aggregate. This match is often seen as the turning point in <mask>'s career in Real Madrid.On 16 March, he replicated this performance against Mallorca, giving Real Madrid the lead with a long-range volley from ; Real Madrid won the match 5–2. <mask> played as a starter in both Champions League semi-final matches against Borussia Dortmund. In the first leg on 24 April, he played in the attacking midfield position where he did not influence the match and the team lost 4–1. On 30 April, in the second leg 2–0 victory, <mask> played as the deep-lying playmaker, making passes to the attackers and creating several chances; he was among the best-rated players that night. From March 2013, <mask>'s form and influence in the midfield continued to improve, distinguishing himself as a player with most passes completed in his team. On 8 May, he assisted from the corner for the first goal and scored the fourth goal in a 6–2 victory over Málaga. 2013–15: Best midfielder in Spain and La Décima

With the arrival of new manager Carlo Ancelotti, <mask> became one of the most frequent starters in the team, being partnered in midfield with Xabi Alonso to provide a balance of defence and attack.He was consistently the team's most efficient passer, averaging 90% accuracy in La Liga, and also having the most ball recoveries among the squad. He scored his first goal of the 2013–14 season in the last Champions League group match against Copenhagen, making it his fifth goal for the club, all five of which were scored from the outside the penalty area. <mask> scored his first goal of the Liga season in a 3–0 away win against Getafe, his sixth goal outside the penalty area. <mask> was on the pitch when Real Madrid won the 2013–14 Copa del Rey after defeating Barcelona 2–1 in the final. In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, <mask> intercepted the ball and assisted Cristiano Ronaldo for the third goal in Real Madrid's 3–0 home victory against Borussia Dortmund. The goal was ultimately decisive because Real went on to lose 2–0 in the second leg, but progressed with a marginal aggregate score of 3–2. In his 100th appearance for the club, <mask> assisted for the first goal in the second leg 4–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final, helping Real Madrid reach the final for the first time in 12 years.He was included in UEFA's Team of the Week for both legs of the semi-final. On 24 May in the final, <mask> again assisted from a corner for teammate Sergio Ramos, who scored a 93rd-minute equaliser against local rivals Atlético Madrid. Real won 4–1 in extra time, marking the club's tenth Champions League title, locally known as la Décima ("the tenth"). He was included in the UEFA Champions League Team of the Season and received the LFP award for the "Best Midfielder" of the Spanish first league of that season. In August 2014, <mask> signed a new contract to stay at Real Madrid until 2018. With the departure of Alonso he was partnered with newly arrived Toni Kroos. Real Madrid began the 2014–15 season by winning the UEFA Super Cup over Sevilla Modrić assisted twice for Bale, first against Real Sociedad in La Liga, and second against Basel in the Champions League.In the 2–0 away win against Villarreal, <mask> scored his seventh goal from outside of the box. In late November, <mask> sustained a thigh injury during an international match against Italy, because of which he did not play for three months. He returned in early March 2015, starting in seven matches and proving his form. On 21 April, in the 3–1 home win against Málaga, he strained ligaments in his right knee, because of which he did not play until May. With his injury, Real Madrid's 22-match winning run in the season came to an end. His absence and the lack of a quality substitute were seen as the main cause of Real Madrid's failure to win matches in La Liga and the Champions League. Ancelotti said, "<mask> has missed most of the year and this has hurt us".<mask>'s influence was recognised and he was selected by professional players in the FIFA FIFPro World XI. 2015–17: Among best world players and La Undécima and Duodécima

For the 2015–16 season, Carlo Ancelotti was replaced by Rafael Benítez under whom <mask> continued to be a key midfield player. <mask> began the season assisting in September, November and December, and scoring in the 3–4 away win against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League group stage. He sustained a muscular groin injury during an international match against Bulgaria in October, initially suggesting an absence of two-to-three weeks. However, by 20 October, he had recovered in time for the match against Paris Saint-Germain. With the arrival of new manager Zinedine Zidane in January 2016, the relationship between them was noted in the media, with <mask> described as "master of the game", and the crucial "connector" of the defence and attack. It was seen in the first three matches, wins against Deportivo de La Coruña and Sporting de Gijón and a draw against Real Betis, in which <mask> was praised for creating chances, his positioning and overall performance and influence.On 7 February, <mask> scored a winning goal from outside the box in a 1–2 away win against Granada. <mask> was a regular in the starting line-up when the team won the 2015–16 Champions League in the final against Atlético Madrid. He was included in both Champions League, and La Liga's team of the season. For the second time, he also received the LFP award for the "Best Midfielder" of the Spanish first league. He was for the second time included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI. On 18 October 2016, <mask> signed a new contract with Real Madrid, keeping him at the club until 2020. Due to injury of a left knee sustained in mid-September, he missed eight matches, returning early November.On 18 December, he won the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid, receiving the Silver Ball for his performances during the tournament. In January 2017, for the first time was included in the UEFA Team of the Year (2016). On 12 March 2017, in a 2–1 win over Real Betis, <mask> played his 200th match for Real Madrid. <mask> was a regular starter when Real Madrid won the 2016–17 La Liga, as well as the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, where he provided the assist for Cristiano Ronaldo's second goal in the final against Juventus. <mask> was included in Champions League team of the season and became the first Croatian to win the Champions League three times. He also received the UEFA Club Football award for Best Midfielder of the Champions League season. In the competition for the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, he came fourth, while for 2017 Ballon d'Or, fifth.For the third time, he was also included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI. 2017–18: Ballon d'Or and third consecutive Champions League title

With the departure of James Rodríguez to Bayern Munich, <mask> inherited the team's coveted number 10 jersey for the new 2017–18 season, replacing his previous number 19 jersey. In December, he won the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid and received the Golden Ball award as the best player of the competition for his performance. His first goal of the season came in a 7–1 win over Deportivo de La Coruña on 21 January 2018. In the same month was for the second time included in the UEFA Team of the Year (2017). <mask> was a regular starter when Real Madrid won the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, starting in the final victory against Liverpool which saw Madrid win their third consecutive title. For his performances throughout the campaign, <mask> was included in Champions League team of the season for the third consecutive time.He later received the UEFA Club Football Award for Best Midfielder of the Champions League season for the second consecutive time. Due to his club, and national team performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where also received the Golden Ball, in August and September <mask> won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award and The Best FIFA Men's Player Award, while in December, he added the Ballon d'Or to his personal tally, marking the first time since 2007 that the award was not won by Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, which polarized the people involved in the sport into two camps about the credibility of the award. Furthermore, besides becoming the first Croatian player to win these awards, <mask> was the first player to win both the World Cup Golden Ball and the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award in the same year since Ronaldo in 1998, and the World Cup Golden Ball and the Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year Award after Romário in 1994. Additionally, he is the first player to win the awards from the former Yugoslavia territory, the first footballer from Eastern Europe to win a Ballon d'Or after Andriy Shevchenko in 2004, and the tenth player from Real Madrid to capture the trophy. Furthermore, winning the trophy triggered a clause in his contract, ensuring his stay at the club until 2021. He was also included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI for the fourth time, and won the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker award. After receiving the FIFA Men's Player of the Year Award, <mask> stated it "shows that we all can become the best with hard work, dedication, and belief, all dreams can come true".<mask> dedicated the Ballon d'Or to "all the players who probably deserved to win it and didn't" in the past decade, including Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, and Wesley Sneijder among others. 2018–22: Second time champion of Spain and Golden Foot
The arrival of new manager Julen Lopetegui in August 2018 saw <mask> given a steady return to the first team as a substitute due to his lack of pre-season training after the 2018 World Cup. This included a substitute appearance in his team's 2–4 loss after extra time against Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. His first start of the season came on 1 September in a 4–1 home win against Leganés, in which he assisted his side's third goal, scored by Karim Benzema. His 100th appearance in the UEFA club competition came on 19 September in a 3–0 home win against Roma, in which he assisted the second goal, scored by Gareth Bale. On 22 December, <mask> won his third FIFA Club World Cup, scoring the first goal and assisting for the third in the final against Al Ain. On 13 and 19 January 2019, <mask> for the first time scored in two consecutive league games for Real Madrid, in a 1–2 away win against Real Betis and 2–0 home win against Sevilla.In the same month was included in the UEFA Team of the Year (2018) for the third time in his career. From 27 February to 5 March, <mask> went through what he described as "the most difficult week of his football life," with Real Madrid losing to Barcelona twice and Ajax and crashing out of Copa del Rey, title race and the Champions League, respectively. Despite having had an underwhelming season, for the fifth consecutive time he was included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI. On 27 August 2019 was the seventh anniversary of <mask>'s signing with the club. Although raising doubts due to age of 34 and decision to continue playing with the national team which makes him prone to injuries, <mask> stated that wants to "recapture his best form this season". On 1 September and 9 November made his first assists in a 2–2 away draw against Villarreal and in a 0–4 away victory against Eibar, while first goal on 5 October in a 4–2 home victory against Granada. On 12 November was awarded with a Golden Foot award.On 23 November he made two assists and scored a goal in a 3–1 home victory against Real Sociedad. On 8 January 2020, <mask> scored his fifth goal of the season and 100th career goal in a 3–1 victory against Valencia in the semi-finals of 2019–20 Supercopa de España. On 12 January he successfully converted a penalty in a shootout as Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 4–1 on penalties in the final. Following the continuation of La Liga after a three month suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic, <mask> was praised for being one of Real Madrid's best players despite his age, resulting in numerous media outlets wondering about prolongation of his contract with the club. On 16 July, he assisted Benzema's opening goal in a 2–1 victory over Villarreal, as Real Madrid secured the league title. On 21 October, he scored his first goal of the 2020–21 season in a Champions League 3–2 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk. The goal made him the fourth player in the history of the club to score in the competition aged 35 or more, alongside Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and Francisco Gento.It was named the Goal of the Week by UEFA. Three days later, he came off the bench to score his first ever Clásico goal, as Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3–1. On 25 May 2021, he extended his contract with Real Madrid until 2022. On 24 October 2021, <mask> played his 400th game for Real Madrid in a 2–1 Clásico victory. On 30 October, <mask> captained Real Madrid for the first time, after Marcelo had given him the armband upon being substituted off in the 2–1 victory over Elche. On 16 January 2022, he scored the first goal in the 2022 Supercopa de España Final, as Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao 2–0. The goal made him the oldest goalscorer in the history of the competition.International career

<mask> began his international career at youth level, playing for the Croatian under-15, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams. He debuted in March 2001 for the under-15 team coached by Martin Novoselac, but nevertheless his talent and psychological maturity, he did not become a regular starter and leading player until physically strengthened and debuted for under-18. Novoselac considers him as a model for all young players because is a result of a gradual and continuous work and effort, as well as talent. <mask> made his full international debut for Croatia on 1 March 2006 in a friendly match against Argentina in Basel, which Croatia won 3–2. 2006–08: 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008
<mask> made two appearances at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals as a substitute in the group fixtures against Japan, and Australia. With the appointment of new manager Slaven Bilić, <mask> earned greater recognition at international level; he scored his first goal in Croatia's 2–0 friendly win over world champions Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno. <mask>'s performances ensured a regular place in the international side and he gave a successful showing in Croatia's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, which included home and away victories against England.As a young midfielder, much was expected of <mask>; he was often dubbed "the Croatian Cruyff". <mask> scored Croatia's first goal of Euro 2008, converting a penalty in the fourth minute of their 1–0 victory against hosts Austria on 8 June 2008 and becoming the team's youngest ever goalscorer at the European Championships (aged 22 years and 273 days). It was also the fastest penalty ever awarded and scored in the European Championships history. He continued to impress at the tournament and was named UEFA Man of the Match in Croatia's next match when they defeated one of the pre-tournament favourites and eventual finalists Germany. In the quarter-final against Turkey, <mask> took advantage of a mistake by veteran Turkish goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber, and crossed to teammate Ivan Klasnić for the first goal of the match with one minute of extra time remaining, but Semih Şentürk almost immediately equalised for Turkey. In the ensuing penalty shootout, <mask>'s kick was off-target and he failed to score the first penalty and Turkey won the shootout 3–1. At the end of the competition, <mask> was included in the UEFA Team of the Tournament, becoming only

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In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, <mask> scored three goals, against Kazakhstan, Andorra, and Ukraine; matching Ivica Olić, Ivan Rakitić and Eduardo. The team failed to qualify finishing one point behind second-placed Ukraine. After appearing in all of their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches and scoring a goal against Israel, <mask> started in all three of Croatia group stage matches against the Republic of Ireland, Italy and Spain, but the team failed to progress. His most notable performance was against Spain. The most memorable moment of the match came when <mask> picked the ball on the halfway line skipping Spain's midfield trio, rushing down on the right to reach the penalty area where he evaded a defender and crossed from  to Ivan Rakitić, but Iker Casillas saved this attempt. Because Croatia did not advance from the group stage, <mask> was not included in the Team of the Tournament, although The Daily Telegraph included him in the best 11 until the semi-finals, and his play was well received by critics. After the playoffs, <mask> with the Croatian team qualified for the 2014 World Cup.They entered Group A with hosts Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon. Croatia played the opening match against Brazil, which they lost 3–1, and <mask> sustained a minor foot injury. In the second match, Croatia won 4–0 against Cameroon, but did not progress to the knockout stage after losing 3–1 to Mexico, despite the great expectations from the Croatian press and public. In the Euro 2016 qualifying rounds, <mask> scored his first goals for Croatia in three years, the first against Malta on his 29th birthday with a long-range shot, then a penalty against Azerbaijan. On 3 March 2015, <mask> captained Croatia for the first time, in an away draw against Azerbaijan. In the tournament proper, <mask> scored the match-winning goal in Croatia's opening group stage match against Turkey, a volley from 25 metres (28 yards). In so doing, he became the first Croatian to score at the finals of two separate European Championships, having previously scored against Austria in 2008.He was named Man of the Match. <mask> was forced to miss the crucial fixture against Spain on 21 June because of a minor muscle injury. However, Croatia won and topped the group, but lost to Portugal 0–1 in extra-time in the round of 16. 2016–18: Golden Ball of the 2018 World Cup

For Croatia's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, <mask> became the new team captain, following Darijo Srna's retirement. Croatia started the campaign well; however, following 1–0 defeats to Iceland and Turkey and a 1–1 draw with Finland (in which <mask> made his 100th appearance for the national team), Croatia seriously compromised their qualification for the tournament. This caused <mask> to publicly state his lack of confidence in coach Ante Čačić. Čačić was soon replaced by Zlatko Dalić ahead of Croatia's final qualifier against Ukraine away, which Croatia won 2–0 and won a place in the play-offs.<mask> scored a penalty in the 4–1 victory over Greece in the second qualifying round, enabling his team to qualify for the World Cup. Croatia were placed in Group D alongside Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria. During the tournament, <mask>—along with Ivan Rakitić and Mario Mandžukić—were referred to as Croatia's second "Golden Generation". In Croatia's opening win against Nigeria, <mask> once again successfully executed a penalty kick and was named Man of the Match. He also scored in Croatia's subsequent 3–0 win over Argentina with a long-range shot from 25 yards (23 metres), also being named Man of the Match. After also featuring in the final group stage match, against Iceland, his performances in the first round of the tournament saw him ranked by FourFourTwo, The Daily Telegraph and ESPN as the best player of the group stage. In the round of 16 against Denmark on 1 July, with the score tied at 1–1, <mask> created a goalscoring opportunity for Ante Rebić in the second half of extra-time, who was brought down in the penalty area; <mask> proceeded to take the penalty, but his strike was saved by Kasper Schmeichel.However, <mask> managed to score his spot-kick during the ensuing penalty shoot-out and Croatia advanced to the next round following a 3–2 victory on penalties. In the quarter-finals against hosts Russia on 7 July, <mask> provided an assist in extra-time for Domagoj Vida from a corner kick, and once again scored in the victorious penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw; he was named Man of the Match for the third time in the tournament. In the semi-final against England on 11 July, Croatia advanced to the World Cup final for the first time in their history following a 2–1 victory in extra time. It was reported two days before the final match that <mask> ran the most miles out of any player and was third by created chances, as well had most dribbles per match and completed passes in the opponent's half in his team. Although Croatia were beaten 4–2 by France in the final on 15 July, <mask> was awarded the Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament, and was included in the Team of the Tournament. After the squad's huge welcome in Zagreb, <mask> and his teammates Danijel Subašić, Šime Vrsaljko and Dominik Livaković were welcomed by tens of thousands of people in their hometown of Zadar. 2018–21: Post-World Cup period
<mask> took part in all four matches in the inaugural edition of the UEFA Nations League as Croatia finished at the bottom of Group A4 following historical 6–0 away defeat to Spain in September and a 2–1 defeat to England at the Wembley Stadium in November.During the Euro 2020 qualifying rounds, <mask> scored two goals; a penalty in the away 1–1 draw with Azerbaijan and a solo-effort in the home 3–0 victory over Hungary as Croatia topped the group and qualified for the tournament. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed for a year. On 24 March 2021, <mask> made his 134th appearance for the national team in a 1–0 2022 World Cup qualifying defeat to Slovenia, equaling Darijo Srna as the most capped player in the history of the team. Three days later, in a 1–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Cyprus, he surpassed Srna's record. He was selected to the final squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 on 17 May. Despite Croatia's poor showings in their first two group stage games, <mask> was named the Man of the Match in the second one, a 1–1 draw with the Czech Republic on 18 June. Four days later, in the 3–1 victory over Scotland, he scored Croatia's second goal and provided Ivan Perišić with an assist for the third goal as Croatia progressed to the round of 16.<mask>'s goal made him Croatia's oldest ever goalscorer at the European Championships (aged 35 years and 286 days), while simultaneously holding the record for the youngest goalscorer that he set in 2008. During the 2022 World Cup qualifying, <mask> scored three times and assisted twice in seven appearances. Player profile

Style of play

A diminutive midfielder, <mask> is typically deployed as a creative playmaker and sets the tempo of the match by controlling possession from the middle of the pitch. He has been widely applauded by many footballing pundits, managers, and fellow players for his swift passing, long range shots, and ability to evade tackles under pressure. He is also noted for his versatility in both attack and defense, as well as his vision and work rate. A former attacking midfielder, <mask> is considered a veteran of the "pre-assist" or build-up play, often creating space and time for his teammates to shoot or deliver goal-bound passes to other players. He is also effective at taking set pieces, particularly corners or wide free kicks.<mask> has been integral to the success of both Real Madrid and the Croatia national team, having won numerous individual honours for his contributions to club and country. His playstyle has earned him several nicknames as dubbed by the media and fandom, including “the midfield Maestro”, “the magician”, "the puppet master" among others. He has also been compared to an orchestra conductor for his capacity to control his team’s gameplan or dictate the tempo of the match. Position
<mask>'s complex game has brought him consistent success in the clubs for which he has played. Initially a trequartista or attacking midfielder at Dinamo Zagreb and in his early career at Tottenham, in the 2010–11 season he flourished in a central midfield role as a deep-lying playmaker (regista) who conducts the attack and creates chances for teammates. Afterwards, <mask> acknowledged the role that Harry Redknapp played in shaping of deep-lying his style, saying that dropping back enabled him "to read the game better" and show his full "creativity". Although a central midfielder, <mask> is also a hard-working player who has been seen to adopt a defensive midfield role in addition to playmaking, tracking back to win the ball from the opposition and prepare for a counter-attack, making him one of the most versatile players in the world, capable of playing in several midfield positions.According to Jonathan Wilson, in a 4–2–3–1 system <mask> is a third type of a holding midfielder, being "neither entirely destructive or creative", but a "carrier" who is "capable of making late runs or carrying the ball at his feet", but in his case "with a hint of regista". The switch to a more deep-lying position reduced his number of assists and goals, as well as his shot per game count (1.2), although his game was no longer based on being a goal threat; despite this, he had the second-highest count of key passes per game (2.06) in the team, as well as a very high pass accuracy rate (87%), with the highest passes per game count (62.5) in the team, the most long balls per game (5.6), the most successful dribbles (2.2), interceptions (2.5), and the highest tackle (1.9) count per game among others, high statistics which placed him amongst the top midfielders of the Premier League. By the 2011–12 season statistically he was among the top-rated central and all-round midfielders across the top five leagues, alongside players like Xabi Alonso, Andrea Pirlo, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Xavi. Upon <mask>'s arrival to Real Madrid, his midfield position was described as numbers six (defensive), eight (central) or ten (attacking), depending on the tactics, and his role was described as the second deep-lying pivot alongside Xabi Alonso in the 2012–13 season, a classic deep-lying playmaker whose creativity was needed to dictate his team's play and unlock the opposing defence. In the first half of the 2013–14 season, during which he formed an effective central midfield partnership with Alonso and Ángel Di María, Modrić made more tackles (56) than any other Real Madrid player in La Liga with an average number of 2.86 tackles per match, as well as making the most completed passes (878) in the opposition half of the pitch among Real Madrid players, with the highest passing accuracy in La Liga (90%) (also the highest of any midfielder in Europe's top five leagues who have made five or more assists during the season). In the 2014–15 season, with the arrival of Toni Kroos, Real Madrid no longer had an effective and natural ball-winner alongside their playmakers in midfield, while the team possessed many attackers. Therefore, in addition to producing the highest count of passes (60.7–64.7) and key passes per match (0.8–1.2) within the team, both Modrić and Kroos had more defensive responsibility to set the rhythm of the team's gameplay in midfield and orchestrate counterattacks.<mask>'s average passing accuracy during the season was between 91.6–92%, while his highest completion rate in a single match occurred in October against Barcelona when he completed all 42 attempted passes. For all of 2014, <mask>'s dribble attempts (75) at a success rate of 76% were second in Europe's top five leagues. Reception

<mask> is widely regarded as one of most well-rounded and effective midfielders in the world. According to Jonathan Wilson, what sets <mask> apart from traditional playmakers is his simultaneous focus on defensive and attacking duties. Due to his footballing intelligence, skill and fairplay he was compared to Paul Scholes, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta. He has been consistently praised by some of the sport's most experienced managers, including Johan Cruyff, Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola, and Sven-Göran Eriksson among others. From those who managed him, José Mourinho said he wanted <mask> in Real Madrid because of his influence on the game, tactical level and because he has "that artistic sense".Carlo Ancelotti praised <mask>'s technique and versatility making him "one of the best midfielders in the world right now, because he can play in more than one position". Zinedine Zidane included him in his best XI currently playing the game, and in 2016 predicted that <mask> would win Ballon d'Or. Slaven Bilić said <mask> "is a player who makes others better, they all benefit from him being in the team. He's not selfish, he's playing for the team ... he's a complete player; good in defence, good in offence—it looks like he was born with the ball at his feet". <mask> is unanimously considered the greatest Croatian footballer of all time by his fellow countrymen including those who were once considered as such like Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker. Predrag Mijatović considered him as the best footballer in the history of the Balkans, while Andriy Shevchenko and Jan Oblak have stated to be one of the greatest midfielders to ever play. Personal life
<mask> married Vanja Bosnić in May 2010 in the Croatian capital Zagreb in a private ceremony after four years of dating, and a year later in church.Their son, Ivano, was born on 6 June 2010. Their daughter, Ema, was born on 25 April 2013. Their second daughter, Sofia, was born on 2 October 2017. <mask> generally maintains a low profile outside of football. In addition to his native Croatian, <mask> also speaks English and Spanish, and is Roman Catholic. <mask> is a cousin of Australian footballer Mark Viduka, and the godfather of Mateo Kovačić's son Ivan. In late 2019, <mask> released his autobiography Moja igra (My Game), co-written by prominent Croatian sports journalist Robert Matteoni.On 15 December 2021, <mask> tested positive for COVID-19. Legal issues
In March 2018, in an embezzlement and tax evasion trial against the former Dinamo Zagreb executive, Zdravko Mamić, <mask> was called as a witness. Throughout the mid-late 2000s, <mask> signed multiple contracts with Mamić to play at Dinamo Zagreb. <mask> annexed most of his Tottenham transfer fee to Mamić because he was the broker of the move and gave <mask> financial backing early on in his career. Despite stating in 2017 that he signed the annexe clause of the contract ten years earlier, in his testimony he stated that he signed it in 2004, the year of his first contract. <mask> was charged with perjury for stating that he annexed his fee at an earlier date than he allegedly had. Facing the judge, he said, "I came here to state my defence and tell the truth, like every time so far.My conscience is clear". The Croatian Football Federation stood behind <mask>, but a part of the Croatian public, frustrated with the corruption in Croatian football, perceived the alleged perjury as a defence of Mamić and became critical of <mask>. Some international news outlets praised him for dealing with the stress of his legal situation while performing with the Croatian team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In October and December 2018, the perjury charge was rejected by the Croatian courts. Career statistics

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As of match played 11 November 2021. Croatia score listed first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. players
Real Madrid CF players
Croatian First Football League players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Premier League players
La Liga players
UEFA Champions League winning players
Croatia youth international footballers
Croatia under-21 international footballers
Croatia international footballers
2006 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2008 players
UEFA Euro 2012 players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2020 players
FIFA Century Club
Ballon d'Or winners
Croatian expatriate footballers
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers

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