List of Croatia international footballers

This is a list of Croatia national football team players. Most of the appearances were made since the country became independent from Yugoslavia in 1990, but international games were also played in the early 1940s and a one-off match was played in 1956. Darijo Srna made the most appearances for the national team with 134, making him one of the eight Croatian players with 100 or more caps. Davor Šuker, who was the top goalscorer at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is by far the top goalscorer in the history of the Croatian team, with 45 goals.

Players

This list is about Croatia national football team players with at least 20 appearances. For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see the Croatia international footballers category. For the current national team squad, see Croatia national football team#Current squad.

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as the UEFA Nations League and international friendlies. Players are listed by number of caps, then by goals scored. If they are still tied the players are listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of 17 November 2020 and the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match against Portugal.

Key

§	Still active for the national team[nb 1]
	Silver medalist at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
	Bronze medalist at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
*	Still playing active football
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

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 most-capped player.

Former Croatia manager Niko Kovač (83 caps, 14 goals) is the 13th most-capped player.

Stipe Pletikosa is the most-capped goalkeeper with 114 appearances

Croatia national team football players with at least 20 appearances

#	Name	Position	National team career	Caps	Goals	Ref
1	Darijo Srna	DF	2002–2016	134	22	[1]
2	Luka Modrić^§	MF	2006–	133	16	[2]
3	Stipe Pletikosa	GK	1999–2014	114	0	[3]
4	Ivan Rakitić *	MF	2007–2019	106	15	[4]
5	Josip Šimunić	DF	2001–2013	105	3	[5]
6	Ivica Olić	FW	2002–2015	104	20	[6]
7	Vedran Ćorluka *	DF	2006–2018	103	4	[7]
8	Dario Šimić	DF	1996–2008	100	3	[8]
9	Ivan Perišić^§	MF	2011–	96	26	[9]
10	Mario Mandžukić *	FW	2007–2018	89	33	[10]
11	Domagoj Vida^§	DF	2010–	84	4	[11]
	Robert Kovač	DF	1999–2009	84	0	[12]
13	Niko Kovač	MF	1996–2008	83	14	[13]
14	Niko Kranjčar	MF	2004–2013	81	16	[14]
	Robert Jarni	MF	1990–2002	81	1	[15]
16	Davor Šuker	FW	1990–2002	69	45	[16]
17	Eduardo da Silva	FW	2004–2014	64	29	[17]
18	Mateo Kovačić^§	MF	2013–	63	3	[18]
19	Dejan Lovren^§	DF	2009–	62	4	[19]
	Aljoša Asanović	MF	1990–2000	62	3	[20]
21	Zvonimir Soldo	DF	1994–2002	61	3	[21]
22	Jerko Leko	MF	2002–2009	59	2	[22]
	Dražen Ladić	GK	1990–2000	59	0	[23]
24	Danijel Pranjić *	MF	2004–2015	58	1	[24]
25	Marcelo Brozović^§	MF	2014–	55	6	[25]
	Ognjen Vukojević	MF	2007–2014	55	4	[26]
	Igor Tudor	DF	1997–2006	55	3	[27]
28	Milan Badelj^§	MF	2010–	53	2	[28]
	Igor Štimac	DF	1990–2002	53	2	[29]
30	Goran Vlaović	FW	1992–2002	52	15	[30]
31	Zvonimir Boban	MF	1990–1999	51	12	[31]
32	Andrej Kramarić^§	FW	2014–	50	14	[32]
33	Robert Prosinečki	MF	1994–2002	49	10	[33]
	Mario Stanić	MF	1995–2003	49	7	[34]
	Milan Rapaić	MF	1994–2007	49	6	[35]
	Marko Babić	MF	2002–2008	49	3	[36]
	Stjepan Tomas	DF	1998–2006	49	1	[37]
	Ivan Strinić *	DF	2010–2018	49	0	[38]
39	Mladen Petrić	FW	2001–2013	45	13	[39]
	Šime Vrsaljko^§	DF	2011–	45	0	[40]
41	Slaven Bilić	DF	1992–1999	44	3	[41]
	Danijel Subašić *	GK	2009–2018	44	0	[42]
43	Nikola Kalinić *	FW	2008–2018	42	15	[43]
44	Ivan Klasnić	FW	2004–2011	41	12	[44]
45	Alen Bokšić	FW	1993–2002	40	10	[45]
46	Boris Živković	DF	1999–2007	39	2	[46]
47	Nikica Jelavić *	FW	2009–2014	36	6	[47]
	Ante Rebić^§	FW	2013–	36	3	[48]
49	Boško Balaban	FW	2000–2007	35	10	[49]
50	Dado Pršo	FW	2003–2006	32	9	[50]
51	Nikola Jerkan	DF	1992–1997	31	1	[51]
52	Daniel Šarić	DF	1997–2002	30	0	[52]
53	Gordon Schildenfeld *	DF	2009–2016	29	1	[53]
54	Davor Vugrinec	FW	1996–2006	28	7	[54]
	Tomislav Butina	GK	2001–2006	28	0	[55]
	Mario Tokić	DF	1998–2006	28	0	[56]
57	Igor Cvitanović	FW	1992–1999	27	4	[57]
58	Tin Jedvaj^§	DF	2014–	26	2	[58]
	Josip Pivarić *	DF	2013–2018	26	0	[59]
	Jurica Vranješ	MF	1999–2007	26	0	[60]
61	Marko Pjaca *	MF	2014–2018	24	1	[61]
62	Ivica Mornar	FW	1994–2004	22	1	[62]
	Dubravko Pavličić	DF	1992–1997	22	0	[63]
	Vedran Runje	GK	2006–2011	22	0	[64]
65	Krunoslav Jurčić	MF	1997–2000	21	0	[65]
	Marko Rog^§	MF	2014–	21	0	[66]
67	Mario Pašalić^§	MF	2014–	20	2	[67]

Captains

Captaincies are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as international friendlies. Players are listed by number of appearances as captain, then by chronological order of first captaincy. Only matches player started as a captain are counted. Statistics correct as of 17 November 2020 and the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match against Portugal.

#	Name	National team career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First captaincy
1	Darijo Srna	2002–2016	68	134	11 February 2009
2	Zvonimir Boban	1990–1999	48	51	22 October 1992
3	Niko Kovač	1996–2008	43	83	18 August 2004
4	Luka Modrić	2006–	37	133	3 September 2015
5	Boris Živković	1999–2007	18	39	20 November 2002
6=	Davor Šuker	1990–2002	17	69	23 March 1994
6=	Robert Jarni	1990–2002	17	81	18 May 1994
8	Dario Šimić	1996–2008	8	100	7 September 2002
9	Robert Kovač	1999–2009	6	84	3 June 2006
10=	Vedran Ćorluka	2006–2018	5	103	25 May 2012
10=	Domagoj Vida	2010–	5	84	15 October 2018
12=	Dražen Ladić	1990–2000	3	59	5 July 1992
12=	Igor Cvitanović	1992–1999	3	27	16 June 1999
12=	Josip Šimunić	2001–2013	3	105	15 October 2008
12=	Mario Mandžukić	2007–2018	3	89	7 June 2015
12=	Ivan Perišić	2011–	3	96	28 March 2017
17=	Zlatko Kranjčar	1990	2	2	17 October 1990
17=	Nikola Jerkan	1992–1997	2	31	11 December 1996
17=	Aljoša Asanović	1990–2000	2	62	8 June 1997
17=	Mario Tokić	1998–2006	2	28	29 January 2006
17=	Ivan Rakitić	2007–2019	2	106	26 May 2010
17=	Josip Pivarić	2013–2018	2	25	11 January 2017
23=	Srećko Bogdan	1990–1991	1	2	19 June 1991
23=	Dubravko Pavličić	1992–1997	1	22	12 July 1992
23=	Igor Štimac	1990–2002	1	53	29 March 1996
23=	Robert Prosinečki	1994–2002	1	49	12 June 1997
23=	Zvonimir Soldo	1994–2002	1	61	10 November 2001
23=	Goran Vlaović	1992–2002	1	52	21 August 2002
23=	Stipe Pletikosa	1999–2014	1	114	9 February 2003
23=	Igor Tudor	1997–2006	1	55	12 October 2005
23=	Šime Vrsaljko	2011–	1	45	12 November 2014
23=	Duje Čop	2014–2018	1	14	27 May 2017

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

Notes

1. Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months. Excludes players that have officially announced their retirement from the national team.

References

1. "Darijo Srna CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
2. "Luka Modrić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
3. "Stipe Pletikosa CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
4. "Ivan Rakitić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
5. "Josip Šimunić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
6. "Ivica Olić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
7. "Vedran Ćorluka CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
8. "Dario Šimić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
9. "Ivan Perišić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
10. "Mario Mandžukić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
11. "Domagoj Vida CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
12. "Robert Kovač CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
13. "Niko Kovač CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
14. "Niko Kranjčar CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
15. "Robert Jarni CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
16. "Davor Šuker CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
17. "Eduardo CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
18. "Mateo Kovačić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
19. "Dejan Lovren CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
20. "Aljoša Asanović CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
21. "Zvonimir Soldo CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
22. "Jerko Leko CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
23. "Dražen Ladić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
24. "Danijel Pranjić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
25. "Marcelo Brozović CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
26. "Ognjen Vukojević CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
27. "Igor Tudor CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
28. "Milan Badelj CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
29. "Igor Štimac CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
30. "Goran Vlaović CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
31. "Zvonimir Boban CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
32. "Andrej Kramarić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
33. "Robert Prosinečki CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
34. "Mario Stanić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
35. "Milan Rapaić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
36. "Marko Babić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
37. "Stjepan Tomas CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
38. "Ivan Strinić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
39. "Mladen Petrić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
40. "Šime Vrsaljko CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
41. "Slaven Bilić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
42. "Danijel Subašić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
43. "Nikola Kalinić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
44. "Ivan Klasnić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
45. "Alen Bokšić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
46. "Boris Živković CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
47. "Nikica Jelavić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
48. "Ante Rebić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
49. "Boško Balaban CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
50. "Dado Pršo CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
51. "Nikola Jerkan CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
52. "Daniel Šarić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
53. "Gordon Schildenfeld CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
54. "Davor Vugrinec CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
55. "Tomislav Butina CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
56. "Mario Tokić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
57. "Igor Cvitanović CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
58. "Krunoslav Jurčić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
59. "Josip Pivarić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
60. "Jurica Vranješ CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
61. "Marko Pjaca CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
62. "Ivica Mornar CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
63. "Dubravko Pavličić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
64. "Vedran Runje CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
65. "Krunoslav Jurčić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
66. "Marko Rog CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
67. "Mario Pašalić CFF Profile". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links

• Croatian Football Federation official website
• List of players by number of appearances at hrnogomet.com
• List of captains at hrnogomet.com