Ivan - Biography
Ivan Rakitic was born on March 10, 1988 in Rheinfelden, Switzerland and grew up in Mohlin. His parents, Luka and Kata, are Croats but immigrated to Switzerland from Croatia before Ivan was born. His father's family is originally from Sikirevci while his mother's family are Bosnian Croats from Zepce. Besides his parents Ivan has an older brother, Dejan, who also plays football, and a younger sister, Nikol.
At age fifteen, Ivan enrolled in technical school for construction but dropped out shortly after to concentrate on his football career. Despite having Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus interested in him, Ivan decided to sign for the Swiss club FC Basel at the age of sixteen and later moved on to the German club FC Schalke 04 in 2007.
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