Mateo Kovacic – Century of International Appearances


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

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

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


Total Record

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


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

Total caps: 	       104

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

Total: 	5 goals


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