eFootball Kovacic - Stats & Build (J.LEAGUE Monthly MVPs Oct ’25)

03/11/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CMF that reaches 95 at max training
Strengths: Dribbling (#1), Defensive Awareness (#2), Tackling (#2)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Dribbling
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Mateo Kovacic (this player has 13 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #142 of 5,144 CMF cards and #133 of 3,634 Box To Box cards, with a max-level overall of 95.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 by Overall Rating in either the position or the playing-style ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max Overall Rating of 100 or more
A Overall Rating 98–99
B Overall Rating 95–97
C Overall Rating below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

CMF

Mateo Kovacic

PositionCMF

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBox To Box

Defensive styleBox To Box

Height177 cm

Age32

Max levelLv35

Progression points68

Overall at Lv182

Overall at max level95

Special skillsNone

Available fromJ.LEAGUE Monthly MVPs Oct ’25

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness61

Ball Control81

Dribbling81

Tight Possession76

Low Pass77

Lofted Pass76

Finishing61

Heading52

Set Piece Taking61

Curl67

Physical

Speed64

Acceleration73

Kicking Power76

Jumping60

Physical Contact63

Balance79

Stamina77

Defending

Defensive Awareness74

Tackling77

Aggression79

Defensive Engagement79

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageHigh

Weak foot accuracyHigh

FormSteady

Injury resistanceLow

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CMF, DMF) / Also playable (AMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Marseille Turn

Cut Behind & Turn

Heel Trick

Passing

One-touch Pass

Weighted Pass

Defending

Man Marking

Interception

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CMF.

＋Through Passingcreates chances

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Mateo Kovacic (Show Time, 98) — the strongest Mateo Kovacic card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CMF overall ranking

#451 ~~/ 5,144 cards~~

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By playing style

Box To Box overall ranking

#355 ~~/ 3,634 cards~~

Rankings →

Among this player’s cards

Mateo Kovacic all-time cards

#3 ~~/ 13 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Mateo Kovacic (Highlight)

Mateo Kovacic (Highlight) caps at Lv35 with a max-level overall of 95
It has 68 progression points to spend
Among the 13 cards of this player it ranks #3 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.