Mateo Kovačić
Croatia · MF · age 32
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Croatia
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #2
- Intl caps
- 111
- Intl goals
- 5
- Intl assists
- 9
- Composite rating
- 0.66(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 2.3%
See Mateo Kovačić on the full Croatia scoring list →
Recent form
Rising
2024/25 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.13 vs 0.10).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 3 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 2 |
| World Cup 2022 | 7 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 87 | 15 | 8 |
| Euro 2020 | 4 | 342 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 49 | 5 | 6 |
| World Cup 2018 | 5 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| All tournaments | 19 | 1,429 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 | 17 | 19 | 180 | 200 | 29 | 17 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
278
Career matches
16,624
Career minutes
9
Goals
27
Assists
7.1
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.05
19
xG / 90
0.04
56
xAG / 90
0.05
61
vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Inter | Serie A | 13 | 1,026 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Inter | Serie A | 32 | 1,617 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Inter | Serie A | 35 | 2,461 | 5 | 4 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 25 | 1,037 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 28 | 1,778 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 21 | 992 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 2018-19 | Chelsea | Premier League | 32 | 1,735 | 0 | 2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 2019-20 | Chelsea | Premier League | 31 | 2,073 | 1 | 3 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| 2020-21 | Chelsea | Premier League | 27 | 1,815 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| 2021-22 | Chelsea | Premier League | 25 | 1,558 | 2 | 5 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 2022-23 | Chelsea | Premier League | 9 | 532 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.