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Luka Modrić, at 40 years and 291 days old, delivered an assist in Croatia’s 2-1 victory over Ghana to become the oldest player to record an assist in World Cup history. The moment came in the 83rd minute, setting up Nikola Vlašić to break a 1-1 deadlock and send Croatia through to the knockout rounds for the third consecutive tournament.
A record that stood for 60 years
The previous record for oldest player to assist a World Cup goal dated back to 1966. Modrić didn’t just edge past it. He obliterated it in the most consequential way possible, delivering the decisive contribution in a must-win match.
This was Modrić’s fifth World Cup appearance for Croatia. He has played over 200 matches for the Croatian national team across a career that most analysts assumed would be winding down years ago.
In 2018, he dragged Croatia to a World Cup final. In 2022, he captained them to a semifinal run.
Modrić’s crypto play
In April 2026, he was announced as the global brand ambassador for CoinW, a cryptocurrency exchange. Modrić launched the $MODRIC token on the Solana blockchain in October 2025. By early June 2026, just weeks before the World Cup kicked off, the token had reached a market cap of approximately $100K.
What this means for investors
Fan tokens emerged during the last bull cycle as a mostly speculative category, with clubs like Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain launching tokens through platforms like Socios. Most of those tokens cratered alongside the broader market in 2022 and never recovered.
Fan tokens typically see their sharpest price movements during moments of peak media coverage. If the token sees a meaningful uptick in volume or market cap following the Ghana match, it could signal a broader pattern where real-time athletic performance drives short-term crypto market activity.
Modrić’s approach, combining an exchange ambassadorship with a personal token launch timed around the biggest sporting event on the planet, represents a more sophisticated strategy than simply attaching a famous name to a token.
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