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Croatia announce 26-men World Cup squad: Modric leads, Perisic & Sucic in

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Croatia announce 26-men World Cup squad: Modric leads,  Perisic & Sucic in

Full List:

Dominik Livakovic

Ivica Ivusic

Ivo Grbic


Domagoj Vida

Dejan Lovren

Borna Barisic

Josip Juranovic

Josko Gvardiol

Borna Sosa

Josip Stanisic

Martin Erlic

Josip Sutalo


Luka Modric

Mateo Kovacic

Marcelo Brozovic

Mario Pasalic

Nikola Vlasic

Lovro Majer

Kristijan Jakic

Luka Sucic


Ivan Perisic

Andrej Kramaric

Bruno Petkovic

Mislav Orsic

Ante Budimir

Marko Livaja


Head Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Zlatko Dalic has selected several Premier League players, including Tottenham forward Ivan Perisic and Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic.

However, the likes of Southampton defender Duje Caleta-Car has been dropped from the list after being named in the provisional squad in October.

Croatia will be looking to excel at the tournament later this month after finishing second in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The pressure will be on Dalic's shoulders heading into the tournament and he will be hoping his selected squad will get the job done.

Former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has been included in Dalic's 26-man squad. He will be joined by Josko Gvardiol - who was widely linked with a £78m move to Chelsea in the summer.

The defensive line will also include  Domagoj Vida, Borna Barisic, Josip Juranovic, Borna Sosa, Josip Stanisic, Martin Erlic and Josip Sutalo.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid superstar Luka Modric will front-up the Croatian midfield in Qatar. He will be joined by notable names such as Marcelo Brozovic and Kovacic.

Modric - who has won 154 caps for his country - will be hoping Croatia can do one better than the 2018 tournament in Russia as he will retire from international football after this year's edition.

Perisic has been selected for the tournament in Qatar and will be joined by the likes of Andrej Kramaric and Ante Budimir up front.

Marko Livaja has also secured a place in the Croatia squad after excelling domestically with Hajduk Split.

Meanwhile, Nediljko Labrovic and Dominik Kotarski failed to make the cut as Dominik Livakovic, Ivica Ivusic and Ivo Grbic have been selected Croatia's three goalkeepers.

Caleta-Car and Marin Pongracic were dropped from Croatia's defensive line, while Luka Ivanusec and Josip Misic failed to secure a place in the midfield.

Additionally, Josip Brekalo and Antonio Mirko Colak were left out of Croatia's forward line for the 2022 World Cup.