 | He lives in the centre of Turin, in the same apartment block as Juventus general manager, Luciano Moggi and coach Carlo Ancelotti. |
 | He is married to Daniela, whom he met at just 18. They have two children, Stella and - wait for it - Darko Junior, aged two. |
 | His brother Jelko still lives in Yugoslavia. He also looked to be embarking on a promising sporting career, in the world of Karate... but gave it up and now owns a bar. |
 | Darko wants his son, Darko Junior, to follow in his footsteps and become a professional footballer, but has no ideas yet what he would like to see his daughter doing.
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 | He has a keen interest in astrology, and follows his horoscope in the papers. |
 | As a young boy Darko never played football, but preferred to spend his time on volleyball, tennis and karate. He didn�t start playing football until the relatively advanced age of 12, but from that moment on he never looked back. |
 | At the age of 16 he won the League and Cup double in his native Yugoslavia with Red Star Belgrade. |
 | He had an unhappy spell playing in England with Sheffield Wednesday. Kovacevic�s disappointing season in the Premier League was largely due to the fact that he couldn�t manage to adapt to the English way of life. |
 | Like many footballers, Darko is fairly superstitious. But also like many footballers, he refuses to reveal how exactly this tendency manifests itself. He has innumerable good luck charms, however - mainly because he changes them whenever they fail to work... |
 | His room-mate in the Juventus training camp and on away trips is Mark Iuliano. The young defender has become something of a lucky omen for Kovacevic. The evidence suggests that every time he tells his friend, "Today you�ll score", the big striker does just that! |
