List of Croatia international footballers

This article 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 current squad.

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

Appearances and goals 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 caps, then by goals scored. If they are still tied the players are listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of 12 October 2018 and the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A group stage match against England.

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 eleventh 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
7000100000000000000♠1	Darijo Srna *	DF	2002–2016	7002134000000000000♠134	7001220000000000000♠22	[1]
7000200000000000000♠2	Luka Modrić§	MF	2006–	7002116000000000000♠116	7001140000000000000♠14	[2]
7000300000000000000♠3	Stipe Pletikosa	GK	1999–2014	7002114000000000000♠114	5000000000000000000♠0	[3]
7000400000000000000♠4	Josip Šimunić	DF	2001–2013	7002105000000000000♠105	7000300000000000000♠3	[4]
7000500000000000000♠5	Ivica Olić	FW	2002–2015	7002104000000000000♠104	7001200000000000000♠20	[5]
7000600000000000000♠6	Vedran Ćorluka *	DF	2006–2018	7002103000000000000♠103	7000400000000000000♠4	[6]
7000700000000000000♠7=	Ivan Rakitić§	MF	2007–	7002101000000000000♠101	7001150000000000000♠15	[7]
7000700000000000000♠7=	Dario Šimić	DF	1996–2008	7002100000000000000♠100	7000300000000000000♠3	[8]
7000900000000000000♠9	Mario Mandžukić *	FW	2007–2018	7001890000000000000♠89	7001330000000000000♠33	[9]
7001100000000000000♠10	Robert Kovač	DF	1999–2009	7001840000000000000♠84	5000000000000000000♠0	[10]
7001110000000000000♠11	Niko Kovač	MF	1996–2008	7001830000000000000♠83	7001140000000000000♠14	[11]
7001120000000000000♠12=	Niko Kranjčar	MF	2004–2013	7001810000000000000♠81	7001160000000000000♠16	[12]
7001120000000000000♠12=	Robert Jarni	MF	1990–2002	7001810000000000000♠81	7000100000000000000♠1	[13]
7001140000000000000♠14	Ivan Perišić§	MF	2011–	7001760000000000000♠76	7001220000000000000♠22	[14]
7001150000000000000♠15	Davor Šuker	FW	1990–2002	7001690000000000000♠69	7001450000000000000♠45	[15]
7001160000000000000♠16	Domagoj Vida§	DF	2010–	7001680000000000000♠68	7000300000000000000♠3	[16]
7001170000000000000♠17	Eduardo *	FW	2004–2014	7001640000000000000♠64	7001290000000000000♠29	[17]
7001180000000000000♠18	Aljoša Asanović	MF	1990–2000	7001620000000000000♠62	7000300000000000000♠3	[18]
7001190000000000000♠19	Zvonimir Soldo	DF	1994–2002	7001610000000000000♠61	7000300000000000000♠3	[19]
7001200000000000000♠20=	Jerko Leko	MF	2002–2009	7001590000000000000♠59	7000200000000000000♠2	[20]
7001200000000000000♠20=	Dražen Ladić	GK	1990–2000	7001590000000000000♠59	5000000000000000000♠0	[21]
7001220000000000000♠22	Danijel Pranjić *	MF	2004–2015	7001580000000000000♠58	7000100000000000000♠1	[22]
7001230000000000000♠23=	Ognjen Vukojević	MF	2007–2014	7001550000000000000♠55	7000400000000000000♠4	[23]
7001230000000000000♠23=	Igor Tudor	DF	1997–2006	7001550000000000000♠55	7000300000000000000♠3	[24]
7001250000000000000♠25	Igor Štimac	DF	1990–2002	7001530000000000000♠53	7000200000000000000♠2	[25]
7001260000000000000♠26	Goran Vlaović	FW	1992–2002	7001520000000000000♠52	7001150000000000000♠15	[26]
7001270000000000000♠27	Zvonimir Boban	MF	1990–1999	7001510000000000000♠51	7001120000000000000♠12	[27]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Robert Prosinečki	MF	1994–2002	7001490000000000000♠49	7001100000000000000♠10	[28]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Mario Stanić	MF	1995–2003	7001490000000000000♠49	7000700000000000000♠7	[29]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Milan Rapaić	MF	1994–2007	7001490000000000000♠49	7000600000000000000♠6	[30]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Marko Babić	MF	2002–2008	7001490000000000000♠49	7000300000000000000♠3	[31]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Mateo Kovačić§	MF	2013–	7001490000000000000♠49	7000100000000000000♠1	[32]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Stjepan Tomas	DF	1998–2006	7001490000000000000♠49	7000100000000000000♠1	[33]
7001280000000000000♠28=	Ivan Strinić§	DF	2010–	7001490000000000000♠49	5000000000000000000♠0	[34]
7001350000000000000♠35	Dejan Lovren§	DF	2009–	7001470000000000000♠47	7000200000000000000♠2	[35]
7001360000000000000♠36	Mladen Petrić	FW	2001–2013	7001450000000000000♠45	7001130000000000000♠13	[36]
7001370000000000000♠37=	Slaven Bilić	DF	1992–1999	7001440000000000000♠44	7000300000000000000♠3	[37]
7001370000000000000♠37=	Danijel Subašić *	GK	2009–2018	7001440000000000000♠44	5000000000000000000♠0	[38]
7001390000000000000♠39=	Milan Badelj§	MF	2010–	7001430000000000000♠43	7000200000000000000♠2	[39]
7001390000000000000♠39=	Šime Vrsaljko§	DF	2011–	7001430000000000000♠43	5000000000000000000♠0	[40]
7001410000000000000♠41=	Nikola Kalinić§	FW	2008–	7001420000000000000♠42	7001150000000000000♠15	[41]
7001410000000000000♠41=	Marcelo Brozović§	MF	2014–	7001420000000000000♠42	7000600000000000000♠6	[42]
7001430000000000000♠43	Ivan Klasnić	FW	2004–2011	7001410000000000000♠41	7001120000000000000♠12	[43]
7001440000000000000♠44	Alen Bokšić	FW	1993–2002	7001400000000000000♠40	7001100000000000000♠10	[44]
7001450000000000000♠45=	Andrej Kramarić§	FW	2014–	7001390000000000000♠39	7001100000000000000♠10	[45]
7001450000000000000♠45=	Boris Živković	DF	1999–2007	7001390000000000000♠39	7000200000000000000♠2	[46]
7001470000000000000♠47	Nikica Jelavić *	FW	2009–2014	7001360000000000000♠36	7000600000000000000♠6	[47]
7001480000000000000♠48	Boško Balaban	FW	2000–2007	7001350000000000000♠35	7001100000000000000♠10	[48]
7001490000000000000♠49	Dado Pršo	FW	2003–2006	7001320000000000000♠32	7000900000000000000♠9	[49]
7001500000000000000♠50	Nikola Jerkan	DF	1992–1997	7001310000000000000♠31	7000100000000000000♠1	[50]
7001510000000000000♠51	Daniel Šarić	DF	1997–2002	7001300000000000000♠30	5000000000000000000♠0	[51]
7001520000000000000♠52	Gordon Schildenfeld *	DF	2009–2016	7001290000000000000♠29	7000100000000000000♠1	[52]
7001530000000000000♠53=	Davor Vugrinec	FW	1996–2006	7001280000000000000♠28	7000700000000000000♠7	[53]
7001530000000000000♠53=	Tomislav Butina	GK	2001–2006	7001280000000000000♠28	5000000000000000000♠0	[54]
7001530000000000000♠53=	Mario Tokić	DF	1998–2006	7001280000000000000♠28	5000000000000000000♠0	[55]
7001560000000000000♠56	Igor Cvitanović	FW	1992–1999	7001270000000000000♠27	7000400000000000000♠4	[56]
7001570000000000000♠57	Jurica Vranješ	MF	1999–2007	7001260000000000000♠26	5000000000000000000♠0	[57]
7001580000000000000♠58	Josip Pivarić§	DF	2013–	7001250000000000000♠25	5000000000000000000♠0	[58]
7001590000000000000♠59	Ante Rebić§	FW	2013–	7001230000000000000♠23	7000200000000000000♠2	[59]
7001600000000000000♠60=	Ivica Mornar	FW	1994–2004	7001220000000000000♠22	7000100000000000000♠1	[60]
7001600000000000000♠60=	Marko Pjaca§	MF	2014–	7001220000000000000♠22	7000100000000000000♠1	[61]
7001600000000000000♠60=	Dubravko Pavličić	DF	1992–1997	7001220000000000000♠22	5000000000000000000♠0	[62]
7001600000000000000♠60=	Vedran Runje	GK	2006–2011	7001220000000000000♠22	5000000000000000000♠0	[63]
7001630000000000000♠63	Krunoslav Jurčić	MF	1997–2000	7001210000000000000♠21	5000000000000000000♠0	[64]

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 12 October 2018 and the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A group stage match against England.

See also

• List of footballers with 100 or more caps

Notes

References

External links

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