Niko Kovač

Niko Kovač (born 15 October 1971) is a former Croatian football player. He has played for Croatia national team.
Club career
International career
He played from 1996 (versus Monaco) till 2009 for the Croatian national team. He played 83 matches and scored 15 goals. He was part of the Croatian team for the FIFA World Cup 2002 and 2006 and the UEFA Euro 2004 and 2008.
Coaching career

Career statistics
Club
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHertha Zehlendorf1990–91Oberliga Berlin257————257Hertha BSC II1990–91Oberliga Berlin121————121Hertha BSC1991–922. Bundesliga Nord12000———1201992–932. Bundesliga42130———4511993–942. Bundesliga32100———3211994–952. Bundesliga31210———3221995–962. Bundesliga311120———3311Total1481560———15415Bayer Leverkusen1996–97Bundesliga32310———3331997–98Bundesliga18131107Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.0—2921998–99Bundesliga27410204Appearances in the UEFA Cup.0—344Total7785130110—969Hamburger SV1999–2000Bundesliga30810———3182000–01Bundesliga25410109Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.1—365Total5512201091—6713Bayern Munich2001–02Bundesliga1623110402Appearances in the UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.02632002–03Bundesliga181401021—252Total34371206120515Hertha BSC2003–04Bundesliga17130—10—2112004–05Bundesliga30410———3142005–06Bundesliga283311040—364Total758711050—889Red Bull Salzburg2006–07Austrian Bundesliga28610—60—3562007–08Austrian Bundesliga253——40—2932008–09Austrian Bundesliga12000—30—150Total65910—130—799Career total49163283704422057268Source:

International goals
 Goal  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Final  Competition129 March 2000Maksimir, Zagreb1–11–1Friendly25 September 2001Olimpico, Serravalle1–04–0World Cup 2002 Qualifying38 May 2002PMFC, Pécs2–02–0Friendly411 June 2003A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn1–01–0Euro 2004 Qualifying56 September 2003Comunal, Aixovall1–03–0621 June 2004Estádio da Luz, Lisbon1–02–4Euro 20047–826 March 2005Maksimir, Zagreb1–04–0World Cup 2006 Qualifying3–0922 June 2006Gottlieb-Daimler, Stuttgart2–12–2World Cup 200610–1122 August 2007Koševo, Sarajevo3–25–3Friendly5–31224 May 2008Kantrida, Rijeka1–01–01331 May 2008Szusza Ferenc, Budapest1–01–1146 September 2008Maksimir, Zagreb1–03–0World Cup 2010 Qualifying

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord				Croatia U2121 January 201316 October 2013Croatia16 October 20139 September 2015Eintracht Frankfurt8 March 201630 June 2018Bayern Munich1 July 20183 November 2019Monaco19 July 20201 January 2022VfL Wolfsburg24 May 202217 March 2024Borussia Dortmund2 February 2025present Total

Honours
Player
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2002–03
DFB-Pokal: 2002–03
Intercontinental Cup: 2001

Red Bull Salzburg 
Austrian Bundesliga: 2006–07

Manager
Eintracht Frankfurt
DFB-Pokal: 2017–18; runner-up: 2016–17

Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2018–19
DFB-Pokal: 2018–19
DFL-Supercup: 2018

Monaco
 Coupe de France runner-up: 2020–21

References

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Croatian footballers
Category:Croatian football managers
Category:FC Bayern München managers
Category:Eintracht Frankfurt managers
Category:Footballers from Berlin
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players