Older brother of Roberto Kovac.
Niko Kovac - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga.
Born: 15-10-1971 Country: Croatia Caps: 83 (W40-D28-L15 – GF135-GA83 – %65.06) Goals: 14 Age First Cap: 25 yr 57 d 11-12-1996 vs. Morocco 2-2 Age Last Cap: 36 yr 361 d 11-10-2008 vs. Ukraine 0-0 National Team Career: 11 yr 304 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 11-12-96 Casablanca Morocco 2-2 International Tourn.
2 12-12-96 Casablanca Czech Republic 1-1 International Tourn.
3 29- 3-97 Split Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 11-10-97 Ljubljana Slovenia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
5 15-11-97 Kyiv Ukraine 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
6 13-11-99 Paris France 0-3
7 23- 2-00 Split Spain 0-0
8 1 1 29- 3-00 Zagreb Germany 1-1
9 1 26- 4-00 Wien Austria 2-1
10 1 28- 5-00 Zagreb France 0-2
11 1 16- 8-00 Bratislava Slovakia 1-1
12 1 2- 9-00 Brussel Belgium 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 1 11-10-00 Zagreb Scotland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
14 1 25- 4-01 Varadzin Greece 2-2
15 1 2- 6-01 Varadzin San Marino 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 1 6- 6-01 Riga Latvia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 1 15- 8-01 Dublin Ireland 2-2
18 1 2 5- 9-01 Serravalle San Marino 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 2 17- 4-02 Zagreb Bosnia-Herzeg. 2-0
20 1 3 8- 5-02 Pécs Hungary 2-0
21 3 3- 6-02 Niigata Mexico 0-1 World Cup
22 3 8- 6-02 Ibaraki Italy 2-1 World Cup
23 3 13- 6-02 Yokohama Ecuador 0-1 World Cup
24 3 21- 8-02 Varazdin Wales 1-1
25 3 29- 3-03 Zagreb Belgium 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
26 3 2- 4-03 Varazdin Andorra 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
27 3 30- 4-03 Stockholm Sweden 2-1
28 1 4 11- 6-03 Tallinn Estonia 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
29 4 20- 8-03 Ipswich England 1-3
30 1 5 6- 9-03 Andorra La V. Andorra 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
31 5 10- 9-03 Brussel Belgium 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
32 5 15-11-03 Zagreb Slovenia 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
33 5 19-11-03 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
34 5 18- 2-04 Split Germany 1-2
35 5 28- 4-04 Skopje Macedonia 1-0
36 5 29- 5-04 Rijeka Slovakia 1-0
37 5 5- 6-04 København Denmark 2-1
38 5 13- 6-04 Leiria Switzerland 0-0 European Champ.
39 5 17- 6-04 Leiria France 2-2 European Champ.
40 1 6 21- 6-04 Lisboa England 2-4 European Champ.
41 6 18- 8-04 Varazdin Israel 1-0
42 6 4- 9-04 Zagreb Hungary 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 6 8- 9-04 Göteborg Sweden 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 6 9-10-04 Zagreb Bulgaria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
45 6 16-11-04 Dublin Ireland 0-1
46 6 9- 2-05 Jerusalem Israel 3-3
47 2 8 26- 3-05 Zagreb Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
48 8 30- 3-05 Zagreb Malta 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
49 8 4- 6-05 Sofia Bulgaria 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
50 8 17- 8-05 Split Brazil 1-1
51 8 3- 9-05 Reykjavík Iceland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
52 8 7- 9-05 La Valletta Malta 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
53 8 8-10-05 Zagreb Sweden 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 8 12-11-05 Coimbra Portugal 0-2
55 8 1- 3-06 Basel Argentina 3-2
56 8 23- 5-06 Wien Austria 4-1
57 8 28- 5-06 Osijek Iran 2-2
58 8 7- 6-06 Genève Spain 1-2
59 8 13- 6-06 Berlin Brazil 0-1 World Cup
60 8 18- 6-06 Nürnberg Japan 0-0 World Cup
61 1 9 22- 6-06 Stuttgart Australia 2-2 World Cup
62 9 16- 8-06 Livorno Italy 2-0
63 9 6- 9-06 Moskva Russia 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
64 9 7-10-06 Zagreb Andorra 7-0 European Ch. Qual.
65 9 11-10-06 Zagreb England 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
66 9 15-11-06 Tel-Aviv Israel 4-3 European Ch. Qual.
67 9 24- 3-07 Zagreb Macedonia 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
68 9 2- 6-07 Tallinn Estonia 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
69 9 6- 6-07 Zagreb Russia 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
70 2 11 22- 8-07 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzeg. 5-3
71 11 8- 9-07 Zagreb Estonia 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
72 11 17-11-07 Skopje Macedonia 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
73 11 21-11-07 London England 3-2 European Ch. Qual.
74 11 6- 2-08 Split Netherlands 0-3
75 11 26- 3-08 Glasgow Scotland 1-1
76 1 12 24- 5-08 Rijeka Moldova 1-0
77 1 13 31- 5-08 Budapest Hungary 1-1
78 13 8- 6-08 Wien Austria 1-0 European Champ.
79 13 12- 6-08 Klagenfurt Germany 2-1 European Champ.
80 13 20- 6-08 Wien Turkey 1-1 [1] European Champ.
81 1 14 6- 9-08 Zagreb Kazakhstan 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
82 14 10- 9-08 Zagreb England 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
83 14 11-10-08 Kharkiv Ukraine 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Croatia lost 1-3 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
83 40 28 15 135- 83 108 65.06
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 32 6
World Cup Qualifier 20 4
World Cup 6 1
European Ch. Qualifier 17 2
European Championship 6 1
Other Tournaments 2 0
Total caps / goals: 83 14
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