Luka Modric signs one-year contract extension with Real Madrid

Madrid, June 8

Veteran midfielder Luka Modric has signed a one-year contract extension with Real Madrid until June 2023, the Spanish club confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Croatian Modric has scored 31 goals in 436 appearances for European champions Real since joining from Tottenham for a reported �36 million in 2012.

Following last month's 1-0 victory over Liverpool in Paris, the 36-year-old has won the Champions League five times during his decade at the Santiago Bernabeu.

He has also won the LaLiga title on three occasions, including in the season just finished, in addition to three UEFA Super Cups, four FIFA Club World Cups and one Copa del Rey.

Modric, who began his career with Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Spurs in 2008, has been capped 150 times by Croatia, scoring 21 times.

He won the Ballon d'Or in 2018 after helping his country reach the World Cup final, where they were beaten by France.

--IANS