CroatiaCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Davor Šuker is a Croatian football administrator and former professional player who played as a striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) from 2012 to 2021. Šuker is generally regarded as the greatest Croatian striker of all time with a record 45 goals in 68 matches. He has been Croatia's all-time top scorer since 1998. Under his leadership of the Croatian Football Federation, Croatia reached runner-up at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the nation's highest international achievement. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
11 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1996–2002The archive holds 11 team sheets naming Davor Šuker in Croatia's starting line-up, from 1996-06-11 to 2002-06-03.
11 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for Yugoslavia (1 goal, 1991) — Davor Šuker · Yugoslavia
International goals in our archive
31 goals across 25 scoring matches · 4 tournaments · 1994–2001| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-06-02 |  San Marino | W4–0(h) | 54' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | Varaždin |
| 1999-09-04 |  Republic of Ireland | W1–0(h) | 90' | UEFA Euro qualification | Zagreb |
| 1999-06-05 |  North Macedoniaplayed as Macedonia | D1–1(a) | 20' | UEFA Euro qualification | Skopje |
| 1998-10-14 | North Macedoniaplayed as Macedonia | W3–2(h) | 16' | UEFA Euro qualification | Zagreb |
| 1998-10-10 |  Malta | W4–1(a) | 82' | UEFA Euro qualification | Attard |
| 1998-07-11 |  Netherlands | W2–1(n) | 36' | FIFA World Cup | Paris |
| 1998-07-08 |  France | L1–2(a) | 46' | FIFA World Cup | Saint-Denis |
| 1998-07-04 |  Germany | W3–0(n) | 85' | FIFA World Cup | Lyon |
| 1998-06-30 |  Romania | W1–0(n) | 45' (pen) | FIFA World Cup | Bordeaux |
| 1998-06-20 |  Japan | W1–0(n) | 77' | FIFA World Cup | Nantes |
| 1998-06-14 |  Jamaica | W3–1(n) | 69' | FIFA World Cup | Lens |
| 1997-10-11 |  Slovenia | W3–1(a) | 11' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Ljubljana |
| 1997-09-10 |  Denmark | L1–3(a) | 44' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Copenhagen |
| 1997-04-30 |  Greece | W1–0(a) | 74' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Salonica |
| 1997-03-29 | Denmark | D1–1(h) | 49' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Split |
| 1996-11-10 | Greece | D1–1(h) | 44' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Zagreb |
| 1996-06-23 | Germany | L1–2(n) | 51' | UEFA Euro | Manchester |
| 1996-06-16 | Denmark | W3–0(n) | 54' (pen) 90' | UEFA Euro | Sheffield |
| 1995-11-15 | Slovenia | W2–1(a) | 40' (pen) | UEFA Euro qualification | Ljubljana |
| 1995-10-08 |  Italy | D1–1(h) | 48' (pen) | UEFA Euro qualification | Split |
| 1995-09-03 |  Estonia | W7–1(h) | 19' (pen) 58' 89'hat-trick | UEFA Euro qualification | Zagreb |
| 1995-04-26 | Slovenia | W2–0(h) | 90' | UEFA Euro qualification | Zagreb |
| 1995-03-25 |  Ukraine | W4–0(h) | 21' 79' | UEFA Euro qualification | Zagreb |
| 1994-11-16 | Italy | W2–1(a) | 32' 60' | UEFA Euro qualification | Palermo |
| 1994-09-04 | Estonia | W2–0(a) | 44' 72' | UEFA Euro qualification | Tallinn |
Honours
5 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours5 | ||||
| UEFA Champions League | ×1 | 1997–98 | Real Madrid | |
| La Liga | ×1 | 1996–97 | Real Madrid | |
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ×1 | 1987 | Yugoslavia | |
| Intercontinental Cup | ×1 | 1998 | Real Madrid | |
| Supercopa de España | ×1 | 1997 | Real Madrid | |
| Individual honours27 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 2 | ||||
| All-time top scorer of the Croatia national team | ||||
| Yugoslav First League Top Goal Scorer | 1988-89 | |||
| Player of the year · 8 | ||||
| Croatian Footballer of the Year | ×6 | 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | ||
| FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award | 1998 | |||
| Onze de Bronze | 1998 | |||
| Teams of the season · 4 | ||||
| Croatian Team of the Year | ×2 | 1999, 2000 | ||
| ESM Team of the Year | 1996–97 | |||
| UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament | 1996 | |||
| More honours · 13 | ||||
| ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season | ×2 | 1996, 1998 | ||
| 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||
| 1998 FIFA World Cup | ||||
| Croatian Sportsman of the year | 1998 | |||
| FIFA 100 | 2004 | |||
| Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport | 1998 | |||
| honorary citizen of Osijek | 2008 | |||
| Honoree of Osijek | 2008 | |||
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1990 | ||||
| UEFA Jubilee Awards Croatia's Golden Player | 2004 | |||
| Vecernji list Croatian Player of the Century | ||||
| World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century | 1999 | |||
| Orders & distinctions3 | ||||
| Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar | 1995 | |||
| Order of the Croatian Trefoil | 1998 | |||
| Order of Duke Trpimir with Ribbon and Star | 2018 | |||