"It is an enormous pride receive the recognition like Better Croatian Sportsman of 2015. My father has collected it by me", affirmed a happy Ivan Rakitic in his personal account of Twitter. The midfield player closed like this a 2015 of gold where according to the prestigious magazine "FourFourTwo" was the best midfield player of the world, by in front of men like Andrés Iniesta or Paul Pogba.
Beside Rakitic also was rewarded the thrower of disk Sandra Perkovic, in a gala that celebrated the past Friday and in which it gathered to the best journalists Croats. In this did not find the footballer blaugrana when being a day before the party in front of the Sportive of the Coruña. His father attended in his place to receive the prize.
In the vote of the prize participated a total of 350 journalists of 56 different means of Croatia. The gala was organised by the same daily "Spotske novosti". In the vote Ivan surpassed to the boxer Filip Hrgovic in 66 votes, remaining this second. Rakitic Achieved a total of 162. In the 64 years of award only other four footballers achieved the distinguished prize between which stand out the exmadridista Davor Suker and the forward of the Juventus of Turín Mario Madzukic.