Latest articles by Aleksandar Holiga
Meet the drunkest footballer EVER: Breakfast booze, night-long sessions and pre-game liquor
Action Replay 1960s Yugoslav legend Stef Lamza had it all – including an unparalleled appetite for alcohol. But while fans adored him for it and his club tolerated it, it ultimately proved his undoing
Croatia World Cup 2022 squad: Zlatko Dalic's team
World Cup 2022 The Croatia World Cup 2022 squad are playing Morocco in the third-place play-off of the tournament, after losing 3-0 to Argentina in the semi-finals
Ivan Rakitic on death threats, his 'beef' with Ozil and moving to England
Ivan Rakitic The in-demand Croatia talks to FFT's man in Croatia, Alex Holiga, about his continuing rise, his reported 'beef' with Mesut Ozil, death threats, and a potential move to the Premier League...
Scouted: The 28 in 30 strike sensation set to move to England in January
Talentspotter Croatian football expert Alex Holiga tells you everything you need to know about Leicester-bound Rijeka hotshot Andrej Kramaric...
How Spurs flop Rebrov overcame identity, war and Lobanovsky to rule Kiev
FFT 50 Managers The Ukrainian will be long remembered as the man Spurs paid £11m for in 2000, but Alex Holiga says he’s thriving in the dugout with an unbeaten season to his name...
Meet Dinamo Zagreb: The talent-churning Croatians led by lunatics
Dinamo Zagreb They beat Arsenal first time out and provided the likes of Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Robert Prosinecki and countless more Balkan heroes to Europe's biggest clubs. But don't expect much, says Alex Holiga...
Ivan Rakitic: Cool down your team-mates
Psychology Sevilla’s Croatian captain, Ivan Rakitic, on how to calm down team-mates in the middle of a heated battle
Meet the Bosnian defender hoping to stop Messi and Aguero
Talentspotter Alex Holiga profiles the Bosnian defender attracting interest from Manchester United...
The strange career path of serial reject Nemanja Matic
Nemanja Matic Aleksandar Holiga explains how Chelsea's latest (re)signing built a career on rejection...
Branislav Ivanovic: Attack is the best form of defence
Chelsea Chelsea’s marauding Serbian shares the secrets to his goalscoring exploits from full-back – and reveals to FourFourTwo why he always steers clear of the gym
Mihajlovic & Stimac: Once warriors, soon to be pariahs
Igor Stimac Aleksander Holiga on the demise of Croatia and Serbia's intriguing head coaches...
Caution, greed, or a job at Arsenal? What stopped Halilovic's move to Spurs?
Dinamo Zagreb Alex Holiga explains why Alen Halilovic's move to Spurs fell through, and what's happened to the player since...
Kovac aiming for instant impact as Croatia face Iceland
FIFA World Cup How Croatia prepared for the World Cup play-offs by sacking unpopular Igor Stimac and elevating U21 boss Niko Kovac...
Hannibal masks and camp classics: the story of Slaven Bilic’s guitar days
FFT 50 Managers It’s an era sadly over in the Croatian’s life, but it was nice while it lasted...
Who are Maribor? Meet the cocky Slovenian underdogs who owe their existence to poisoned pancakes
Maribor Alex Holiga provides the lowdown on Chelsea's Champions League opponents NK Maribor...
