List of international goals scored by Davor Šuker explained

Davor Šuker is a Croatian former professional footballer, who represented both the Croatia national football team and Yugoslavia national football team; a prolific striker, he is the top scorer for the Croatia national team.^[1] With Yugoslavia, Šuker played two matches in 1991 and scored in his second game against the Faroe Islands;^[2] following the breakup of Yugoslavia, he switched allegiances to Croatia, where he spent the remainder of his international career.^[3] Šuker made his unofficial debut for Croatia on 22 December 1990 (before appearing for Yugoslavia) against Romania;^[4] it was Croatia's second game since reforming the national football association in the early 1990s; the team previously had not played a match since 1956.^[5] He made his official debut for Croatia on 22 October 1992 against Mexico; during the friendly match at the Stadion Maksimir he scored two goals.

During his career with Croatia, he made 68 FIFA-recognised appearances, scoring 45 international goals; he surpassed Franjo Wölfl's record of 12 goals on 3 September 1995, where he scored a hat-trick against Estonia at the Stadion Maksimir. His hat-trick against Estonia was one of two he scored at international level, the other was scored against Australia in a friendly at the same stadium in June 1998. Šuker's goals helped Croatia qualify for UEFA Euro 1996, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His 12 goals scored during Croatia's UEFA Euro 1996 qualification campaign was a tournament record until it was surpassed by David Healy, when he scored 13 goals for Northern Ireland's UEFA Euro 2008 qualification campaign.^[6] During the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, he won the Golden Boot after scoring six goals, helping Croatia reach third place at the tournament;^[7] it was the country's best performance at a FIFA World Cup until the nation was runner-up at the 2018 tournament.^[8] Šuker scored more times against Estonia than any other team, with five goals, and his most prolific year in terms of goals scored was 1998. He scored his final international goal on 17 April 2002 against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he made his final appearance for Croatia against Mexico at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Based on his international performances and his impressive club career with European giants such as Arsenal, Real Madrid and Sevilla, Šuker is often regarded as a "legend" in Croatian sporting history. In 2004, he was selected by Brazilian former footballer Pelé as one of the 125 "greatest living footballers".^[9] Following his retirement, he was elected president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021,^[10] and has served as a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.^[11]

Goals

Scores and results list his team's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šuker goal.

Indicates that his team won the match
	Indicates the match ended in a draw
	Indicates that his team lost the match

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Team	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		16 May 1991	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Yugoslavia		7–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification	^[12]
2		22 October 1992	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–0	Friendly	^[13]
3					3–0
4		25 June 1993	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–0	Friendly	^[14]
5		23 March 1994	Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain		2–0	Friendly	^[15]
6		4 September 1994	Kadrioru Staadion, Tallinn, Estonia		1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[16]
7					2–0
8		16 November 1994	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo, Italy		1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[17]
9					2–0
10		25 March 1995	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		2–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[18]
11					4–0
12		26 April 1995	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		2–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[19]
13		3 September 1995	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		2–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[20]
14					5–1
15					7–1
16		8 October 1995	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia		1–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[21]
17		15 November 1995	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia		1–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	^[22]
18		10 April 1996	Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek, Croatia		2–0	Friendly	^[23]
19		2 June 1996	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland		1–0	Friendly	^[24]
20		16 June 1996	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England		1–0	UEFA Euro 1996	^[25]
21					3–0
22		23 June 1996	Old Trafford, Manchester, England		1–1	UEFA Euro 1996	^[26]
23		10 November 1996	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[27]
24		29 March 1997	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[28]
25		30 April 1997	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[29]
26		10 September 1997	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark		1–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[30]
27		11 October 1997	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[31]
28		3 June 1998	Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia		2–0	Friendly	^[32]
29		6 June 1998	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–0	Friendly	^[33]
30					2–0
31					5–0
32		14 June 1998	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens, France		3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[34]
33		20 June 1998	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[35]
34		30 June 1998	Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[36]
35		4 July 1998	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France		3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[37]
36		8 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France		1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[38]
37		11 July 1998	Parc des Princes, Paris, France		2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[39]
38		10 October 1998	Grawnd Nazzjonali, Ta' Qali, Malta		4–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualificaiton	^[40]
39		14 October 1998	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualificaiton	^[41]
40		10 March 1999	Olympiakó Stádio Athinon, Athens, Greece		2–2	Friendly	^[42]
41		5 May 1999	Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain		1–0	Friendly	^[43]
42		5 June 1999	Stadion Gradski, Skopje, Macedonia		1–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualificaiton	^[44]
43		4 September 1999	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		1–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualificaiton	^[45]
44		2 June 2001	Stadion Varteks, Varaždin, Croatia		3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[46]
45		15 August 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland		2–2	Friendly	^[47]
46		17 April 2002	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia		2–0	Friendly	^[48]

Hat-tricks

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Team	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date
1		data-sort-value="Switzerland"		data-sort-value="15"	3 – (2–1, 5–1, 7–1)	data-sort-value="2" style="text-align: center"	7–1	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	3 September 1995
2		data-sort-value="Brazil"		data-sort-value="29"	3 – (1–0, 2–0, 5–0)	data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center"	7–0	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	Friendly	6 June 1998

Statistics

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Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia	1991	1	1	1	0	2	1
Croatia	1992	—		1	2	1	2
	1993	—		1	1	1	1
	1994	3	4	2	1	5	5
	1995	7	8	—		7	8
	1996	6	4	4	2	10	6
	1997	7	4	0	0	7	4
	1998	9	8	4	4	13	12
	1999	5	2	4	2	9	4
	2000	1	0	3	0	4	0
	2001	5	1	3	1	8	2
	2002	1	0	2	1	3	1
	Total	44	31	24	14	68	45
Career total		45	32	25	14	70	46

Competition! scope="col"

Caps	Goals
Friendlies	25	14
FIFA World Cup	8	6
UEFA European Championship	4	3
FIFA World Cup qualification	15	6
UEFA Euro qualification	18	17
Total	70	46

Opponent! scope="col"

Goals
	5
	4
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
Total	46

See also

• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country

Notes and References

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13. Web site: Croatia v Mexico, 22 October 1992 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913053520/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-mexico-22-october-1992-243934/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
14. Web site: Croatia vs Ukraine, 25 June 1993 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230517233909/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9824 . 17 May 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
15. Web site: Spain v Croatia, 23 March 1994 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913052824/https://www.11v11.com/matches/spain-v-croatia-23-march-1994-244963/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
16. Web site: Estonia vs Croatia, 4 September 1994 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913052245/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9936 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
17. Web site: Italy v Croatia, 16 November 1994 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115711/https://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-croatia-16-november-1994-245378/ . 4 April 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
18. Web site: Croatia vs Ukraine, 25 March 1995 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913051730/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10386 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
19. Web site: Croatia v Slovenia, 26 April 1995 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913051515/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-slovenia-26-april-1995-245655/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
20. Web site: Croatia vs Estonia, 3 September 1995 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913051139/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10228 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
21. Web site: Croatia v Italy, 08 October 1995 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913051009/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-italy-08-october-1995-246073/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
22. Web site: Slovenia vs Croatia, 15 November 1995 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913050824/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10292 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
23. Web site: Croatia v Hungary, 10 April 1996 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913050628/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-hungary-10-april-1996-246503/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
24. Web site: Rep. of Ireland vs Croatia, 2 June 1996 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913050415/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10584 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
25. Web site: Croatia v Denmark, 16 June 1996 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913050238/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-denmark-16-june-1996-246612/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
26. Web site: Croatia vs Germany, 23 June 1996 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021055402/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10610 . 21 October 2021 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
27. Web site: Croatia v Greece, 10 November 1996 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913045514/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-greece-10-november-1996-247054/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
28. Web site: Croatia vs Denmark, 29 March 1997 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913045226/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10795 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
29. Web site: Greece v Croatia, 30 April 1997 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913045033/https://www.11v11.com/matches/greece-v-croatia-30-april-1997-247424/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
30. Web site: Denmark vs Croatia, 10 September 1997 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913044332/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10844 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
31. Web site: Slovenia v Croatia, 11 October 1997 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220517110658/https://www.11v11.com/matches/slovenia-v-croatia-11-october-1997-247432/ . 17 May 2022 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
32. Web site: Croatia vs Iran, 3 June 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913043335/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11219 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
33. Web site: Croatia v Australia, 06 June 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913042944/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-australia-06-june-1998-265554/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
34. Web site: Jamaica vs Croatia, 14 June 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913034028/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11229 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
35. Web site: Japan v Croatia, 20 June 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913033839/https://www.11v11.com/matches/japan-v-croatia-20-june-1998-265589/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
36. Web site: Croatia vs Romania, 30 June 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221221161957/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11008 . 21 December 2022 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
37. Web site: Germany v Croatia, 04 July 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913032955/https://www.11v11.com/matches/germany-v-croatia-04-july-1998-265643/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
38. Web site: France vs Croatia, 8 July 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913032740/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11002 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
39. Web site: Croatia v Netherlands, 11 July 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913032455/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-netherlands-11-july-1998-265646/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
40. Web site: Malta vs Croatia, 10 October 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913025626/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10977 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
41. Web site: Croatia v North Macedonia, 14 October 1998 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913024705/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-north-macedonia-14-october-1998-265858/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
42. Web site: Greece vs Croatia, 10 March 1999 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913024352/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11437 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
43. Web site: Spain vs Croatia, 5 May 1999 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913020225/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11516 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
44. Web site: North Macedonia v Croatia, 05 June 1999 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629042843/https://www.11v11.com/matches/north-macedonia-v-croatia-05-june-1999-266860/ . 29 June 2022 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
45. Web site: Croatia vs Rep. of Ireland, 4 September 1999 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211165504/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11254 . 11 December 2022 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
46. Web site: Croatia v San Marino, 02 June 2001 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913011726/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-san-marino-02-june-2001-271040/ . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.
47. Web site: Rep. of Ireland vs Croatia, 15 August 2001 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913010511/https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=25003 . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . eu-football.info.
48. Web site: Croatia v Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 April 2002 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210613074128/https://www.11v11.com/matches/croatia-v-bosnia-and-herzegovina-17-april-2002-248869/ . 13 June 2021 . 13 September 2023 . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises.