Davor Šuker

Davor Šuker (Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋoːr ʃǔker] ⓘ ;[1] born 1 January

1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former professional player who Davor Šuker
played as a striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football
Federation from 2012 to 2021.[2][3] As Croatia's all-time top scorer with 45
goals, Šuker is generally regarded as the greatest Croatian striker of all
time,[4] and as one of the greatest strikers of all time.[5]

Šuker began his footballing career in his hometown for local first division
team NK Osijek as a 16-year-old. During his final season with the club, he
became the league's top goal scorer. He made the move to sign for Dinamo
Zagreb in 1989. The Croatian War of Independence halted a promising season
for the 21-year-old, eventually resulting in Šuker's move to Spanish club
Sevilla in 1991. In La Liga, Šuker was highly regarded, showing consistent
form with Sevilla and being consecutively amongst the division's top goal
scorers. He signed with Real Madrid five years later, and was again amongst
the league's top scorers. While at the Santiago Bernabéu, he helped Madrid
claim the Liga and UEFA Champions League titles as well. A move to Arsenal
saw him distinguish himself throughout their run to the UEFA Cup final of
Šuker in 2008
2000. He then had a spell with West Ham United, then closed his career
playing for German side 1860 Munich. President of the Croatian Football
Federation
The crowning moment of Šuker's career was the 1998 FIFA World Cup in In office
France, where he won the Golden Boot by scoring six goals in seven matches. 5 July 2012 – 29 July 2021
He also won the Silver Ball as the second-best player of tournament, behind Preceded by Vlatko Marković
Ronaldo. His goal-scoring feats proved instrumental in the Croatians winning
Succeeded by Marijan Kustić
the bronze medal in their debut World Cup. Croatia did not lose a single match
in which Šuker scored prior to their semi-final loss to eventual champions Personal details

France. Eventually named as Croatia's Golden Player at the UEFA Jubilee Born 1 January 1968
Awards in 2003, Šuker finished third in the 1998 FIFA World Player of the Osijek, SR Croatia,
Year award and second in the 1998 Ballon d'Or. He is also the only Croatian Yugoslavia
on the FIFA 100 list created by Pelé. Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Parent Tomislav Šuker (father)
Under his highly controversial leadership as the president of Croatian Football
Federation,[6] Croatia reached runner-up at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Occupation Footballer
nation's highest achievement since their third-place finish. Football administrator

Association football career

Club career Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1984 Osijek
Early career
Senior career*
Šuker began playing football in his home town of Osijek with the club NK Years Team Apps (Gls)
Osijek in 1984. In 1989, he moved to Dinamo Zagreb, where during the 1984–1989 Osijek 91 (40)
following two seasons he scored 34 goals in 60 Yugoslav First League 1989–1991 Dinamo Zagreb 60 (34)
matches. Šuker made such an impression that he received his first call-up to 1991–1996 Sevilla 153 (76)
the Yugoslavia national team. His play also attracted several clubs, including 1996–1999 Real Madrid 86 (38)
Spanish club Sevilla, which he joined in 1991. 1999–2000 Arsenal 22 (8)
2000–2001 West Ham United 11 (2)
2001–2003 1860 Munich 25 (5)
Total 448 (203)
Sevilla International career
1987 Yugoslavia U20 6 (6)
Šuker made his Primera División debut for Sevilla on 17 November 1991,
1988–1990 Yugoslavia U21 10 (7)
coming off the substitutes' bench as a last-minute substitute in Sevilla's 1–1
1988 Yugoslavia U23 2 (0)
away draw at Espanyol. In the following match, at home against Real
1990–1991 Yugoslavia 2 (1)
Sociedad, he made his first start and went on to score two goals in a 2–2 draw.
1990–2002 Croatia 68[a] (45)
He finished his first season at the club with 6 goals in 22 appearances. During
Sevilla's first match of the next season away at Albacete, Šuker scored his first Medal record
Primera hat-trick, which led a 4–3 victory. He improved his tally from the Men's football
prior season with 13 goals in 33 matches. Representing Yugoslavia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
In the 1993–94 season, Šuker was the second-highest scorer in the league with
24 goals to Barcelona's Romário. He made a total of 34 Primera appearances Winner 1987
that season and also scored five braces and one hat-trick. Šuker played with UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Argentine legend Diego Maradona at the club within the 1992–93 season. Runner-up 1990
During this and the next season with Sevilla, he scored a total of 33 goals in Representing Croatia
64 appearances in the Spanish Primera.
FIFA World Cup
1998
Real Madrid *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Šuker went on to move to Real Madrid. This transfer came prior to the start of
the 1996–97 season. With Los Galacticos, his goalscoring potency continued as he scored 24 goals in 38 appearances. Šuker
ended up as the third-best scorer within the league, behind Barcelona's Ronaldo and Real Betis's Alfonso. During that season, he
scored three hat-tricks in the Primera seeing Madrid to lift the league title. Along with Raúl and Predrag Mijatović, he formed a
dangerous trio that struck fear in the opposing defenses to assure eventual acclaim for the club.[7]

Šuker was again successful with Real Madrid in the following season, which won the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. In the
Primera, Šuker scored 10 goals in 29 appearances. Within the 1998–99 season, his presence at Real Madrid was reduced despite
the fact he performed well at that summer's World Cup. This was seen as he made only 19 Primera appearances, scoring 4 goals
as a whole. By that season's end, he opted to leave the club.[7] His decision to leave also marked the close of his eight-season-
long spell in the Spanish Primera, where he scored 114 goals in 239 total appearances.[8]

Arsenal
Šuker joined FA Premier League club Arsenal for the 1999–2000 season. He made his league debut on 22 August 1999 in a 2–1
defeat to Manchester United at Highbury, coming on as a substitute for the final 15 minutes. He played another two matches as a
substitute before making his first start in Arsenal's 3–1 home victory over Aston Villa, where he scored a brace, his first two
goals in the Premier League. With Arsenal, he played in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final as an extra-time substitute, Šuker missed his
penalty as Arsenal lost to Turkish side Galatasaray on penalties.[9]

Šuker also scored once in the League Cup against Middlesbrough[10] and twice in the UEFA Champions League against AIK
(once at home[11] and once away).[12] He scored 8 league goals (including 3 braces) in 22 Premiership appearances with
Arsenal.[9]

West Ham United

At West Ham United, Šuker never managed to find his place in the first team for a long period and only made 11 Premiership
appearances for the club throughout the season, scoring twice against Manchester United[13] and Sunderland.[14] He also scored
once in the League Cup against Blackburn Rovers.[15] His career in England ended with the end of that season, where he joined
German side 1860 Munich for the 2001–02 season.

1860 Munich
At 1860 Munich, Šuker made his Bundesliga debut, playing all 90 minutes in the club's 1–0 home victory over Energie Cottbus
on 1 December 2001. His first goal for 1860 came in their first match after the winter break, a headed effort which completed a
3–0 home victory over 1. FC Köln. His highlight of the season came during the final league match in a 4–2 away victory over
Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he scored a brace. He finished his first season in the Bundesliga with 4 goals in 14
appearances.
In the 2002–03 season, Šuker scored in 1860 Munich's 3–1 home victory over Arminia Bielefeld on 2 November 2002. While
playing with 1860 in the Bundesliga, he scored 5 goals in 25 appearances.[16] He also made five appearances in the DFB-Pokal,
scoring three goals.

International career
Šuker's eye for goals was duly illustrated in his feats at youth level. He finished as the second highest scorer as he netted six
goals at the 1987 World Youth Championships in Chile. The Yugoslavians also set a Championship record with 22 goals scored
altogether. Yugoslavia went on to win the title with a generation of future talents. Some of these players went on to represent
Croatia such as Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Igor Štimac.[4]

Šuker again played for Yugoslavia in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic games. Those appearances came in group stage matches
against Brazil and Nigeria.[17] In two years time, he featured in the UEFA Under-21 Championship. He scored four goals in five
matches as Yugoslavia won their group stage. Šuker also struck the only goal in the second leg of his side's 3–0 quarter-final
victory on aggregate against Bulgaria. He scored once again against Italy. In the final against Soviet Union he scored one goal in
the first leg. In all he tallied a sum of seven goals throughout the Championships winning the Golden Boot. Yugoslavia went on
to finish as runners up with Šuker also being named as the Golden Player of the Tournament.

Senior team
In 1990, Šuker was named to the Yugoslavia national team's 22-man squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals in Italy.
However, he did not make an appearance at the tournament.[18]

On 22 December 1990, Šuker made his debut for the newly established Croatia national team in a friendly against Romania. In
1991, he won his only two caps for Yugoslavia at senior level: on 27 February 1991 against Turkey, and on 16 May 1991 against
the Faroe Islands. In the latter match, Šuker scored his first senior international goal. This feat was noted given Croatia was not
registered with FIFA nor UEFA at that point.

Šuker's second and the first official match for Croatia came in a friendly against Mexico in 1992 where he scored a brace in a 3–
0 victory. He then led Croatia to their first major international tournament, UEFA Euro 1996, with a then-record 12 goals in 10
matches during the qualifying stages. During the Euro 1996 final stages in England, he scored three goals in four matches,
including two in the 3–0 group stage win over defending champions Denmark. It was in this match he set up the final score with
an unforgettable looping shot over Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, still remembered as one of the greatest goals in UEFA
European Championship history.[19] Šuker's feats during the tournament saw him named to the Team of the Tournament.[20]

Šuker then went on to see Croatia qualify for their first FIFA World Cup after scoring five goals in nine matches during the
qualifying stages for the 1998 finals in France. In the tournament proper, he scored six goals in seven matches, scoring in every
match Croatia scored. These included goals in 1–0 victories over Japan in the group stage and Romania in the round of 16. In the
quarter-finals against Germany, Šuker was fouled by Christian Wörns who received a straight red card. Šuker scored the final
goal in a 3–0 victory. He also brought the team to the doorstep of the final by scoring the opener in the semi-final against France.
Lilian Thuram took the match back for the hosts with his only two international goals to give France a 2–1 victory and a place in
the final.

In the third-place play-off, Šuker scored the match-winner in a 2–1 victory against the Netherlands, leading Croatia to a
sensational third-place finish in their first World Cup appearance since becoming an independent nation. Šuker won the Golden
Boot as the tournament's top scorer, as well as the Silver Ball as the World Cup's second-best player, behind Ronaldo of
Brazil.[21][4]

After the 1998 World Cup, Šuker featured for Croatia in their unfruitful run to qualify for the Euro 2000. Šuker was though
noted in endeavouring to keep Croatia's hopes alive when he scored a 94th-minute winner against the Republic of Ireland at
Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb. The win ensured Croatia would have a strong chance of still qualifying for the tournament. The
Croatians would miss out on such in their final qualifier, a 2–2 draw at home to Yugoslavia. Šuker did score a late disallowed
goal which, if stood, would have assured Croatia's qualification. He finished with four goals in seven matches during the
campaign.
Šuker was also part of the Croatian team at the 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan. However, he only played 63
minutes in the tournament, in a 1–0 defeat to Mexico in Croatia's opening match. After Croatia's elimination, Šuker announced
his retirement from international football.

Šuker won a total of 70 international FIFA-recognised caps during his senior career, 2 for Yugoslavia and 68[a] for Croatia.[22]
The forward scored 46 international goals in total. With 45 goals, he is Croatia's all-time leading goal-scorer. His 12 goals during
the campaign for Euro 1996 was a record that stood for over 10 years—Northern Ireland's David Healy broke his record in 2007
after scoring 13 goals during Euro 2008 qualifying.[23]

Post-retirement
Šuker established his own school of football entitled the Davor Šuker Soccer Academy,
with training camps located in Zagreb and several other Croatian cities. The concept for
this academy originated near the end of his playing days.[9]

Controversies
In 1996, in the company of two well-known criminals, Šuker posed for a picture at the
grave of Croatian fascist dictator and genocide perpetrator, Poglavnik Ante
Pavelić.[24][25][26][27][28]

In 2011, Šuker was fined for stealing antique coins left over by another passenger on an
airplane. Instead of reporting his findings and handing the coins in, he decided to give
them to his girlfriend, who tried to sell them.[29][30][31]

In 2015, Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) accused Šuker of preventing freedom of

information and for physically blocking journalists from reporting and doing their
work.[32]
Šuker during a charity match
against poverty in March 2014
Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]

League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Club Season
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Yugoslav
1985–
First 10 3 — — — — 10 3
86
League

Yugoslav
1986–
First 26 9 — — — — 26 9
87
League
Osijek Yugoslav
1987–
First 29 10 — — — — 29 10
88
League

Yugoslav
1988–
First 26 18 — — — — 26 18
89
League

Total 91 40 — — — — 91 40
Yugoslav
1989–
First 28 12 3 4 — 2 1 — 33 17
90
League

Yugoslav
1990–
Dinamo First 32 22 — — 2 0 — 34 22
91
Zagreb League

Yugoslav
1991–
First — — — 1 0 — 1 0
92
League
Total 60 34 3 4 — 5 1 — 68 39

1991–
La Liga 22 6 4 3 — — — 26 9
92

1992–
La Liga 33 13 2 0 — — — 35 13
93
1993–
La Liga 34 24 7 3 — — — 41 27
Sevilla 94

1994–
La Liga 32 17 2 3 — — — 34 20
95

1995–
La Liga 32 16 3 1 — 6 4 — 41 21
96
Total 153 76 18 10 — 6 4 — 177 90

1996–
La Liga 38 24 5 5 — — — 43 29
97
1997–
Real La Liga 29 10 1 1 — 7 4 2 0 39 15
98
Madrid
1998–
La Liga 19 4 2 0 — 6 1 — 27 5
99

Total 86 38 8 6 — 13 5 2 0 109 49
1999– Premier
Arsenal 22 8 3 0 1 1 13 2 — 39 11
2000 League

West
2000– Premier
Ham 11 2 0 0 2 1 — — 13 3
01 League
United

1860 2001–
Bundesliga 14 4 3 2 — — — 17 6
Munich 02
 2002–
Bundesliga 11 1 2 1 — — — 13 2
03
Total 25 5 5 3 — — — 30 8

Career total 448 203 37 23 3 2 37 12 2 0 527 240

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[33]

Competitive Friendly Total
National team Year
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Yugoslavia 1991 1[b] 1 1 0 2 1

1992 — 1 2 1 2
1993 — 1 1 1 1

1994 3[b] 4 2 1 5 5

1995 7[b] 8 — 7 8

1996 6[c] 4 4 2 10 6

1997 7[d] 4 0 0 7 4
Croatia
1998 9[e] 8 4 4 13 12

1999 5[b] 2 4 2 9 4

2000 1[d] 0 3 0 4 0

2001 5[d] 1 3 1 8 2

2002 1[f] 0 2 1 3 1

Total 44 31 24 14 68 45

Career total 45 32 25 14 [a] 46

70

a. Does not include the match for Croatia against Romania B on 22 December 1990 as it was not a full 'A'
international therefore is not recognised as official by FIFA. He did not score in the match.
b. Appearance(s) in UEFA European Championship qualification
c. Four appearances and 3 goals in UEFA European Championship, two appearances and one goal in FIFA World
Cup qualification
d. Appearance(s) in FIFA World Cup qualification
e. Seven appearances and six goals in FIFA World Cup, two appearances and two goals in UEFA European
Championship qualification
f. Appearance in FIFA World Cup

Honours
Real Madrid[34]

La Liga: 1996–97
Supercopa de España: 1997
UEFA Champions League: 1997–98
Intercontinental Cup: 1998
Arsenal

UEFA Cup runner-up: 1999–2000

Yugoslavia

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1987[35]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1990
Croatia

FIFA World Cup third place: 1998[36]

Individual

1998 FIFA World Cup: Golden Boot[37]

1998 FIFA World Cup: Silver Ball[37]
1998 FIFA World Cup: All-Star Team[37]
Onze de Bronze: 1998
Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1998
FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 1998
1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Silver Shoe
Yugoslav First League Top Goal Scorer: 1988-89[38]
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1990: Golden Player[37]
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1990: Golden Boot[37]
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1996[37]
ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1996, 1998[39]
ESM Team of the Year: 1996–97
Croatian Footballer of the Year: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998[40]
Croatian Team of the Year: 1999, 2000[41]
Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998[42]
Croatian Sportsman of the year: 1998
World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century: 1999
UEFA Jubilee Awards Croatia's Golden Player: 2004
FIFA 100: 2004[9]
Honoree of Osijek: 2008[43]
Vecernji list Croatian Player of the Century[44]
All-time top scorer of the Croatia national team
Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar: 1995[45]

Order of the Croatian Trefoil: 1998[46]
Order of Duke Trpimir with Ribbon and Star: 2018[47]

See also
List of top international men's football goalscorers by country

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Further reading
González, Alejandro (14 July 2013). "What happened to… Davor Suker?" (https://www.realmadridnews.com/what
-happened-to-davor-suker-2919). realmadridnews.com.

External links
Davor Šuker (https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/104137/) at Soccerway.com
Davor Šuker (https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/davor-suker/) at WorldFootball.net
Davor Šuker (https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9371) at Soccerbase.com
Davor Šuker (https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13706.html) at National-Football-Teams.com
Davor Šuker (https://www.11v11.com/players/0-6/) at 11v11.com
Davor Šuker (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/davor-suker) at Olympics.com
Davor Šuker (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27992) at Olympedia

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