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. Luka Modrić made the most appearances for the national team with 146, making him one of the nine 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 14 November 2021 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Russia.

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

Current Croatia captain, Luka Modrić (146 caps, 20 goals) is the most-capped player.

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 second 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	Luka Modrić§	MF	2006–	146	20	[1]
2	Darijo Srna	DF	2002–2016	134	22	[2]
3	Stipe Pletikosa	GK	1999–2014	114	0	[3]
4	Ivan Perišić§	FW	2011–	111	32	[4]
5	Ivan Rakitić *	MF	2007–2019	106	15	[5]
6	Josip Šimunić	DF	2001–2013	105	3	[6]
7	Ivica Olić	FW	2002–2015	104	20	[7]
8	Vedran Ćorluka	DF	2006–2018	103	4	[8]
9	Dario Šimić	DF	1996–2008	100	3	[9]
10	Domagoj Vida§	DF	2010–	95	4	[10]
11	Mario Mandžukić	FW	2007–2018	89	33	[11]
12	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	Mateo Kovačić§	MF	2013–	75	3	[16]
17	Marcelo Brozović§	MF	2014–	70	7	[17]
	Dejan Lovren§	DF	2009–	70	4	[18]
19	Davor Šuker	FW	1990–2002	69	45	[19]
20	Andrej Kramarić§	FW	2014–	65	16	[20]
21	Eduardo da Silva	FW	2004–2014	64	29	[21]
22	Aljoša Asanović	MF	1990–2000	62	3	[22]
23	Zvonimir Soldo	DF	1994–2002	61	3	[23]
24	Jerko Leko	MF	2002–2009	59	2	[24]
	Dražen Ladić	GK	1990–2000	59	0	[25]
26	Danijel Pranjić	MF	2004–2015	58	1	[26]
27	Ognjen Vukojević	MF	2007–2014	55	4	[27]
	Igor Tudor	DF	1997–2006	55	3	[28]
	Milan Badelj§	MF	2010–	55	2	[29]
30	Igor Štimac	DF	1990–2002	53	2	[30]
31	Goran Vlaović	FW	1992–2002	51	15	[31]
	Zvonimir Boban	MF	1990–1999	51	12	[32]
	Šime Vrsaljko§	DF	2011–	51	0	[33]
34	Robert Prosinečki	MF	1994–2002	49	10	[34]
	Mario Stanić	MF	1995–2003	49	7	[35]
	Milan Rapaić	MF	1994–2007	49	6	[36]
	Marko Babić	MF	2002–2008	49	3	[37]
	Stjepan Tomas	DF	1998–2006	49	1	[38]
	Ivan Strinić	DF	2010–2018	49	0	[39]
40	Mladen Petrić	FW	2001–2013	45	13	[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]
	Ante Rebić§	FW	2013–	42	3	[44]
45	Ivan Klasnić	FW	2004–2011	41	12	[45]
46	Alen Bokšić	FW	1993–2002	40	10	[46]
47	Boris Živković	DF	1999–2007	39	2	[47]
48	Nikica Jelavić	FW	2009–2014	36	6	[48]
49	Boško Balaban	FW	2000–2007	35	10	[49]
50	Mario Pašalić§	MF	2014–	34	6	[50]
51	Nikola Vlašić§	MF	2017–	33	7	[51]
52	Dado Pršo	FW	2003–2006	32	9	[52]
53	Nikola Jerkan	DF	1992–1997	31	1	[53]
54	Josip Brekalo§	MF	2018–	30	4	[54]
	Daniel Šarić	DF	1997–2002	30	0	[55]
56	Gordon Schildenfeld *	DF	2009–2016	29	1	[56]
57	Davor Vugrinec	FW	1996–2006	28	7	[57]
	Tomislav Butina	GK	2001–2006	28	0	[58]
	Dominik Livaković§	GK	2017–	28	0	[59]
	Mario Tokić	DF	1998–2006	28	0	[60]
601	Igor Cvitanović	FW	1992–1999	27	4	[61]
62	Tin Jedvaj *	DF	2014–2020	26	2	[62]
	Josip Pivarić *	DF	2013–2018	26	0	[63]
	Jurica Vranješ	MF	1999–2007	26	0	[64]
65	Marko Pjaca *	MF	2014–2018	24	1	[65]
66	Borna Barišić§	DF	2017–	23	1	[66]
67	Ivica Mornar	FW	1994–2004	22	1	[67]
	Dubravko Pavličić	DF	1992–1997	22	0	[68]
	Vedran Runje	GK	2006–2011	22	0	[69]
70	Bruno Petković§	FW	2019–	21	6	[70]
	Krunoslav Jurčić	MF	1997–2000	21	0	[71]
	Marko Rog§	MF	2014–	21	0	[72]
73	Duje Ćaleta-Car§	DF	2018–	20	1	[73]

Captains[]

Captaincies are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European 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 14 November 2021 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Russia.

See also[]

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