Nearing 40, Modric makes history in Milan’s Serie A win 🇮🇹 | OneFootball

Named the best player in the world in 2018, "getting involved" in the Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo rivalry, Luka Modric continues to make history, now also in Italy.

At 39 years and 354 days, the Croatian star became the oldest midfielder to assist in Italy's Serie A, according to data from Opta, which has been tracking this statistic since the 2004/05 season.

In the Brasileirão, for example, at 44 years and 32 days, Nenê - from Juventude - became the oldest player to score a goal in the Brasileirão's point race.

In the match against Lecce, this Friday (29), for the second round of the 2025/26 season of the Italian Championship, Modric assisted Loftus-Cheek to open the scoring for Milan in the 2 x 0 victory over Lecce, away from home, and showed that age is just a number.

He arrived as a heavy and free reinforcement, in July, after making history at Real Madrid, and is already leaving his mark in Italy. A true artist with the ball at his feet.

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