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Davor Šuker (Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋoːr ʃǔker] ⓘ; [1] born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former professional player who played as a striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021.
Šuker scored 45 international goals in 68 FIFA-recognised caps for Croatia. Davor Šuker is a Croatian former professional footballer, who represented both the Croatia national football team and Yugoslavia national football team; [1] a prolific striker, he is the top scorer for the Croatia national team. [2]
Team captain Zvonimir Boban is the only player that appeared in all 10 qualifying matches. Davor Šuker was top scorer with 5 goals. Ardian Kozniku, Petar Krpan, Anthony Šerić and Vladimir Vasilj did not appear in any of the qualifying matches but made the final World Cup squad.
Davor Šuker made 68 appearances for Croatia from 1990 to 2002; he then served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. Croatia–Serbia football rivalry is listed in Template:Serbia national football team. I think it's weird that Davor Šuker is also listed in Template:Serbia national football team.
The Croatia national football team (Croatian: "Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija" or "Nogometna reprezentacija Hrvatske") represents Croatia in international football matches. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS), the governing body for football in Croatia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.
Davor Šuker is Croatia's all-time top scorer with 45 goals scored in an international career spanning 12 years between 1990 and 2002. He was also the top scorer at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Former Croatia captain, Darijo Srna (134 caps, 22 goals) is the third most-capped player.
Davor Šuker was the first player in modern Croatia national team history to achieve this feat, scoring three times in a 7–1 victory over Estonia in 1995. He is also the one of two players alongside Mario Mandžukić who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7–0 win against Australia.
The following players scored goals for the Yugoslavia Under-20 team at Youth World Cups. The team's overall top scorer was Davor Šuker, who scored 6 goals for Yugoslavia at the 1987 U-20 World Cup, [19] and went on to become top scorer at the 1998 FIFA World Cup eleven years later, where he represented Croatia and also scored 6 goals. [20]