PLAYER PROFILE

Mateo Kovacic.

Manchester City · Croatia

Matrix 29684

At a glance

Full name: Mateo Kovačić
Born: 06 May 1994
Age today: 32
Nationality: Croatia

Career by season

340 recorded appearances

Mateo Kovacic appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
26/27	UEFA Nations League	Croatia	4	4	0	0	328	1
26/27	UEFA Champions League	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	15	0
26/27	Premier League	Manchester City	3	1	0	1	92	0
26/27	English Community Shield	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	79	0
26/27	EFL Cup	Manchester City	2	2	1	0	180	0
25/26	UEFA Champions League	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	33	0
25/26	Premier League	Manchester City	6	1	0	1	134	0
25/26	International Friendly Games	Croatia	2	2	0	0	104	0
2026	FIFA World Cup	Croatia	4	3	0	1	272	0
25/26	FA Cup	Manchester City	2	1	0	0	83	0
2025	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Croatia	1	1	0	0	69	0
24/25	UEFA Nations League	Croatia	6	6	0	0	304	1
24/25	UEFA Champions League	Manchester City	6	3	1	0	308	1
24/25	Premier League	Manchester City	31	25	6	2	2,256	5 / 1 red
24/25	FA Cup	Manchester City	3	2	0	1	188	0
24/25	English Community Shield	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	90	0
24/25	EFL Cup	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	45	0
23/24	UEFA Super Cup	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	90	0
23/24	UEFA Champions League	Manchester City	6	5	0	0	434	0
23/24	Premier League	Manchester City	30	16	1	0	1,576	4
23/24	International Friendly Games	Croatia	4	3	0	1	234	0
23/24	FIFA Club World Cup	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	119	0
23/24	FA Cup	Manchester City	5	5	1	1	390	1
23/24	English Community Shield	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	64	0
2024	EURO	Croatia	3	3	0	0	225	0
23/24	EFL Cup	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	68	0
22/23	UEFA Nations League	Croatia	8	7	0	0	652	1
22/23	UEFA Champions League	Chelsea FC	8	8	1	0	627	2
22/23	Premier League	Chelsea FC	27	17	1	2	1,713	8
22/23	International Friendly Games	Croatia	1	0	0	0	45	0
22/23	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	1	1	0	0	45	0
22/23	EURO, Qualification	Croatia	4	4	2	0	336	0
22/23	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	UEFA Super Cup	Chelsea FC	1	1	0	0	120	0
21/22	UEFA Champions League	Chelsea FC	6	5	0	1	427	0
21/22	Premier League	Chelsea FC	25	16	2	5	1,554	4
21/22	International Friendly Games	Croatia	2	1	0	0	114	0
2022	FIFA World Cup	Croatia	7	7	0	0	639	2
21/22	FIFA Club World Cup	Chelsea FC	2	2	0	0	181	1
21/22	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	5	5	0	0	288	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	5	4	0	0	335	1
2021	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Croatia	7	6	0	0	499	2
20/21	UEFA Nations League	Croatia	6	5	2	1	453	1
20/21	UEFA Champions League	Chelsea FC	10	7	0	1	604	2
20/21	Premier League	Chelsea FC	27	21	0	1	1,839	4
20/21	International Friendly Games	Croatia	2	2	0	0	118	1
20/21	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	3	1	0	0	106	0
2021	EURO	Croatia	4	4	0	1	341	1
20/21	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	2	2	0	0	160	1
19/20	UEFA Super Cup	Chelsea FC	1	1	0	0	101	0
19/20	UEFA Champions League	Chelsea FC	8	7	1	0	612	0
19/20	Premier League	Chelsea FC	31	23	1	3	2,074	8
19/20	International Friendly Games	Croatia	1	1	0	0	65	0
19/20	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	6	5	0	0	405	1 / 1 red
19/20	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	1	1	0	0	90	1

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Mateo Kovacic match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
28 Oct 2026	EFL Cup	Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion	2 – 2	90	1
17 Oct 2026	Premier League	Manchester City v Ipswich Town	3 – 2	50
06 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Croatia v Spain	1 – 2	88
03 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Croatia v England	0 – 7	90
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Spain v Croatia	4 – 1	60
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Czechia v Croatia	1 – 2	90
17 Sep 2026	EFL Cup	Manchester City v Norwich City	5 – 0	90
08 Sep 2026	UEFA Champions League	FC Porto v Manchester CitySubstitute, on 75′	0 – 2	15
28 Aug 2026	Premier League	Crystal Palace v Manchester CitySubstitute, on 75′	1 – 4	15
23 Aug 2026	Premier League	Manchester City v AFC BournemouthSubstitute, on 63′	2 – 1	27
16 Aug 2026	English Community Shield	Arsenal FC v Manchester City	3 – 0	79
02 Jul 2026	FIFA World Cup	Portugal v Croatia	2 – 1	90
27 Jun 2026	FIFA World Cup	Croatia v Ghana	2 – 1	78
23 Jun 2026	FIFA World Cup	Panama v Croatia	0 – 1	72
17 Jun 2026	FIFA World Cup	England v CroatiaSubstitute, on 58′	4 – 2	32
07 Jun 2026	International Friendly Games	Croatia v Slovenia	2 – 1	46
02 Jun 2026	International Friendly Games	Croatia v Belgium	0 – 2	58
24 May 2026	Premier League	Manchester City v Aston VillaSubstitute, on 59′	1 – 2	31
19 May 2026	Premier League	AFC Bournemouth v Manchester City	1 – 1	56
16 May 2026	FA Cup	Chelsea FC v Manchester CitySubstitute, on 65′	0 – 1	25

Career transfers

10 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Mateo Kovacic career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
01 Jul 2023	Chelsea FC	Manchester City	Transfer	€29.1m
01 Jul 2019	Real Madrid	Chelsea FC	Transfer	€45m
30 Jun 2019	Chelsea FC	Real Madrid	Loan return
09 Aug 2018	Real Madrid	Chelsea FC	Loan	—
18 Aug 2015	Inter Milan	Real Madrid	Transfer	€38m
31 Jan 2013	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	Inter Milan	Transfer	€11m
01 Oct 2010	GNK Dinamo Zagreb U17	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2009	GNK Dinamo Zagreb Youth	GNK Dinamo Zagreb U17	Internal move	—
01 Mar 2008	LASK Youth	GNK Dinamo Zagreb Youth	Transfer	—
01 Sep 2000	ASKÖ Ebelsberg Linz Youth	LASK Youth	Transfer	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.