"Raquel is the wife of Rakitic and the mother of his two children, Althea and Adara.The stunner is often spotted in the crowds cheering on her man and she has been supporting him at the World Cup.He revealed that his wife predicted he would "be the one who would decide it" before his penalty sent Croatia into the quarter-finals.And then he went on to score from the spot against Russia to set up a semi-final clash with England.She has become hugely popular on Instagram with more than 575,000 followers.The 30-year-old has revealed that he met her when she served him coffee the night before he signed for Sevilla.In a piece for The Players' Tribune, Rakitic said that he would go to her shop every morning just to see her beautiful face.His conversations with her were restricted because of the language barrier and he asked her out "20 or 30 times".But he made his breakthrough when he saw her drinking with her sister and not behind the bar.

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Raquel is the wife of Rakitic and the mother of his two children, Althea and Adara. Rakitić married Raquel Mauri in April 2013 in Seville after two years of dating.

She is a housekeeper who does nothing else than taking care of her family and supporting her son’s career.