Luka Modrić’s family was displaced during the Croatian war of independence. His grandfather was killed by Serbian militia, and his childhood home remains abandoned to this day because of the threat of hidden land mines. Modrić and his family lived as refugees in hotels during the war, sometimes with neither running water nor electricity. As a child Modrić used to play football in the parking lots of the hotels.
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