Robert Kovač
Kovač with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Robert Kovač | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | West Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1986 | Rapide Wedding | ||
| 1986–1991 | Hertha Zehlendorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 112 | (12) |
| 1995–1996 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 33 | (1) |
| 1996–2001 | Bayer Leverkusen | 127 | (1) |
| 2001–2005 | Bayern Munich | 94 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Juventus | 35 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 449 | (16) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2009 | Croatia | 84 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Croatia U21 (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Croatia (assistant) | ||
| 2016– | Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Kovač (Croatian pronunciation: [rǒbert kǒʋaːt͡ʃ]; born 6 April 1974) is a retired Croatian football defender. He was known for his ability with the ball and skill at dispossessing opponents.
Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nürnberg in 1995. Regularly featuring in the first–eleven, Kovač attracted much attention to himself and was signed at the end of the season by Leverkusen.
He spent the next five seasons in Leverkusen without any significant success, as the club did not win any trophy during that period, although they were three times Bundesliga runners–up.
After his contract expired he went to join reigning champions of 2000–01 season and UEFA Champions League title holders, Bayern Munich. In four seasons with Bayern he won two Bundesliga titles, two German Cup titles and the 2001 Intercontinental Cup.
On 15 July 2005, he signed for Juventus. He was one of the few first–team players that decided to stay in Juve following its demotion to Serie B. He made a total of 35 appearances and scored one goal before he moved back to Germany, this time for Borussia Dortmund.
On 1 August 2007, he signed for Borussia Dortmund, alongside another Croatian national team star, Mladen Petrić, who signed for the club two months earlier. Kovač had an unsuccessful comeback to the Bundesliga and was sold to Dinamo Zagreb at the winter transfer window of 2008–09 season.
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