Croatian Footballer of the Year
The Croatian Footballer of the Year is the most prestigious annual association football award in Croatia.
It is awarded by the newspaper" Večernji list" to the best Croatian football player in the preceding year, regardless of the league they play in, based on a points system which measures their performances for both club and country.
The award is usually presented in a ceremony hosted by the Croatian Football Federation.
The award was established in 1972 and, until 1990, the award was given to the best Yugoslav player in the preceding year.
Since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the award is given to the best Croatian player.
Luka Modrić holds the record for most wins, with seven awards.
Davor Šuker is second with six awards.
They are followed by Dado Pršo with three wins from 2003 to 2005.
In 1995, a separate award, the Hope of the Year( Croatian:" Nada godine"), was introduced.
It is awarded to the best young Croatian player.
As of 2016, only Ivica Olić and Luka Modrić have won both the Hope of the Year and Footballer of the Year awards.
Laxman Utekar
Laxman Utekar is an Indian cinematographer and movie director from Maharashtra, India." Tapaal"( 2013) and" Luka Chuppi"( 2019) are his Marathi and Hindi directorial debut films.
List of people named O'Grady
A number of notable people have the O' Grady:
Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Croatia national team.
He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder, usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker.
He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, and the greatest Croatian footballer of all-time.
Born in Zadar, Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family.
In 2002, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb at age 16, after showing promise with his hometown club NK Zadar's youth team.
He continued his development in Zagreb, before spells on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić.
He made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and won three consecutive league titles and domestic cups, being named the Prva HNL Player of the Year in 2007.
In 2008, he moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record transfer fee of £16.5 million, where he led Spurs to their first UEFA Champions League appearance in almost 50 years, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 tournament.
In the summer of 2012, Modrić joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee.
There he became a key contributor and helped the team win "La Décima" and was selected for the 2013–14 Champions League squad of the season.
After Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid, Modrić was critical to three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015–16 to 2017–18, each time being voted into the squad of the season.
He won the La Liga Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2016 for the second time, and the UEFA Club Football Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2017 and 2018.
In 2015, he became the first Croatian player to be included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in which he was regularly included until 2019, as well in the UEFA Team of the Year between 2016 and 2018.
In 2018, Modrić became the first Croatian player to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and by winning The Best FIFA Men's Player and Ballon d'Or awards, he became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the awards in more than a decade.
In 2019, was awarded the Golden Foot award for career results and personality.
Modrić made his international debut for Croatia against Argentina in March 2006, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Italy.
He has since anchored Croatia's "second Golden Generation", participating in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including the 2008, 2012, and UEFA Euro 2016, as well the 2006, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
At UEFA Euro 2008, he was selected for the Team of the Tournament, becoming only the second Croatian to ever achieve this honour.
Following group stage eliminations in his first two World Cups, Modrić led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup Final, and he received the Golden Ball award for Best Player of the Tournament.
Furthermore, he has been named the Croatian Footballer of the Year a record seven times between 2007–2018.
Menaye Donkor
Menaye Donkor( born 20 March 1981) is a Canadian- born Ghanaian businesswoman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former beauty queen who was named Miss Universe Ghana 2004, and represented Ghana in Miss Universe 2004.
Donkor is the wife of Ghanaian professional footballer Sulley Muntari.
Order of Duke Branimir
The Order of Duke Branimir is the 7th most important medal given by the Republic of Croatia.
The order was founded on April 1, 1995.
The medal is awarded for excellence in promoting Croatia in international relations.
It is named after duke Branimir of Croatia.
Recipients of the order include Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Milan Moguš, Slobodan Lang, Ante Kostelić, Mike Moore, Orrin Hatch, Mario Mandzukic and Luka Modrić among several other Croatian footballers.
Tom Carroll (English footballer)
Thomas James Carroll( born 28 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Swansea City.
Carroll plays as a deep- lying creative central midfielder, and is particularly valued for his high passing percentage accuracy and creativity.
Carroll's style of play has drawn comparisons with former teammate Luka Modrić.
Laxman Utekar
Laxman Utekar is an Indian cinematographer and movie director from Maharashtra, India." Tapaal"( 2013) and" Luka Chuppi"( 2019) are his Marathi and Hindi directorial debut films.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Tom Carroll (English footballer)
Thomas James Carroll( born 28 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Swansea City.
Carroll plays as a deep- lying creative central midfielder, and is particularly valued for his high passing percentage accuracy and creativity.
Carroll's style of play has drawn comparisons with former teammate Luka Modrić.

Question: Did Menaye Donkor and Luka Modrić have the same nationality?
Answer: no