Davor Šuker
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{{Infobox Football biography
| playername = Davor Šuker
| image = [[Image:Davor Šuker.jpg|center|250px]]
| fullname = Davor Šuker
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1968|1|1|df=y}}
| cityofbirth = [[Osijek]]
| countryofbirth = [[Croatia]]
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| nickname = Štenac (Puppy)
| position = [[Striker]]
| youthyears = 1984
| youthclubs = [[NK Osijek|Osijek]]
| years = 1984–1989<br />1989–1991<br />1991–1996<br />1996–1999<br />1999–2000<br />2000–2001<br />2001–2003
| clubs = [[NK Osijek|Osijek]]<br /> [[Dinamo Zagreb]]<br /> [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]<br /> [[Real Madrid]]<br /> [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]<br /> [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]<br /> [[TSV 1860 München|1860 Munich]]<br />'''Total'''
| caps(goals) = {{0}}91 {{0}}(40)<br />{{0}}60 {{0}}(34)<br />153 {{0}}(76)<br />{{0}}86 {{0}}(38)<br />{{0}}22 {{0}}(8)<br />{{0}}11 {{0}}(2)<br />{{0}}23 {{0}}(5)<br />'''446 (205)'''
| nationalyears = 1991<br />1990–2002
| nationalteam = [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]<br />[[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}{{0}}2 {{0}}{{0}}(1)<br />{{0}}69 {{0}}(45)
}}
'''Davor Šuker''', (born [[January 1]], [[1968]] in [[Osijek]], [[Croatia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]) is a retired [[Croats|Croatian]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]], most known for his years in the [[La Liga]] with [[Seville FC]] and [[Real Madrid]], along with his impressive success at national level. He is currently the Croatian national team's all time top goalscorer with 45 goals.
The crowning moment of his career was the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] in [[France]], where he became the top goalscorer and won the [[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] by scoring 6 goals in 7 matches, leading the [[Croatia national football team|Croatian national team]] to a third-place finish in their first World Cup appearance. Named as Croatia's [[UEFA Jubilee Awards|Golden Player]] for the [[UEFA]] 2003 Jubilee anniversary, he is also on the [[FIFA 100]] list of the top 125 greatest footballers and is the only Croatian to be added to the list.
==Club career==
===Early years===
Šuker began playing football in his home town of [[Osijek]] with the club [[NK Osijek]], where he played for the first team between 1984 and 1989. He then moved to [[Dinamo Zagreb]], where he played in the following two seasons and scored 34 goals in 60 [[Yugoslav First League]] matches, impressing so much that he earned his first call-up to the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslav national team]] as well as the attention of foreign clubs. In 1991, he moved to [[Spain|Spanish]] side [[Sevilla FC]].
===Career in Spain===
Šuker made his [[La Liga|Primera División]] debut for Sevilla on November 17, 1991, coming off the bench as a last-minute substitute in their 1-1 away draw at [[RCD Espanyol de Barcelona]]. In the following match, at home against [[Real Sociedad]], he made his first appearance from the beginning and went on to score a brace to secure his club a 2-2 draw. He finished his first Sevilla season with 6 goals in 22 appearances, but the following season he improved his record to 13 goals in 33 matches. Especially successful for him was Sevilla's first match of the season, away at [[Albacete Balompié]], where scored his first Primera [[hat-trick]] and helped his club to drive home a 4-3 victory.
In the 1993-94 season, he turned into one of the best players in the Spanish Primera and became the second-best goalscorer of the league with 24 goals, six less than [[FC Barcelona]]'s [[Romário]]. He made a total of 34 Primera appearances that season and also netted five braces and one hat-trick. After this, he played another two seasons for Sevilla, scoring 33 goals in 64 appearances in the Spanish Primera. Šuker also played with [[Maradona]] at Sevilla that time (1992-1993).
He went on to move to [[Real Madrid]] for the 1996-97 season, in which he repeated the success of scoring 24 goals, only he made 38 appearances that season and was third-best goalscorer of the league, behind FC Barcelona's [[Ronaldo]] and [[Real Betis]]'s [[Alfonso Pérez]]. During the same 1996-97 season, he managed to score three hat-tricks in the Primera and led Real Madrid to winning the league title. The realisation of his dream of capturing major trophies continued the following season, when he won the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] with Real Madrid, although he only played a couple of stoppage-time minutes in the Final against [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]. In the Primera, he scored 10 goals in 29 appearances that season. In the 1998-99 season, his role at Real Madrid nevertheless became largely diminished, despite the fact that he performed well at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] that preceded the season, and he only scored 4 goals in 19 Primera appearances. By the end of the season, he decided to leave the club after three seasons of playing for them.
His decision to leave Real Madrid also marked the end of his eight-season-long career in the Spanish Primera, which ended with a total of 114 goals in 239 appearances.
===Moving to England===
For the 1999-2000 season, Šuker decided to make a move to the [[FA Premier League|English Premiership]] and signed with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. He made his league debut on [[August 22]][[1999]] in Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]], coming on as a substitute for the final 15 minutes. He subsequently played another two matches as a substitute before finally making his first start in Arsenal's 3-1 home victory over [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], where he scored his first two goals in the Premiership. He scored 8 goals, including three braces, in 22 Premiership appearances for Arsenal before moving to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] for the 2000-01 season. With Arsenal, he also played in the 2000 [[UEFA Cup]] Final as an extra-time substitute. Arsenal lost the Final to [[Turkey|Turkish]] side [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray]] on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalties]], with Šuker missing his.
At West Ham, he never managed to find his place in the first team for a longer period and only made 11 Premiership appearances for the club throughout the season, scoring twice. His career in [[England]] ended with the end of that season as he decided to make a move to [[Germany|German]] side [[TSV 1860 München|1860 Munich]] for the 2001-02 season.
===Last two seasons in Germany===
At 1860 Munich, Šuker did not manage to make his [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] debut until the 15th matchday of the season on December 1, 2001, when he played all 90 minutes in the club's 1-0 home victory over [[Energie Cottbus]]. His first goal for the club came in their first match after winter break, a 3-0 home victory over [[1. FC Köln]], where he scored the third goal with a header. His highlight of the season came on the final matchday in a 4-2 away victory over [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], where he netted his only brace in the Bundesliga. He finished his first Bundesliga season with a modest record of 4 goals in 14 appearances.
In his last season in 2002-03, he once again only occasionally played for the club and only scored once in 11 Bundesliga appearances throughout the season. He scored his last goal on November 2, 2002 in 1860 Munich's 3-1 home victory over [[Arminia Bielefeld]] and the last match of his professional career was on March 16, 2003 in his club's 1-0 home defeat to [[VfB Stuttgart]]. In two seasons of playing Bundesliga football, he only scored five goals in 23 appearances<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9371 www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. In this two seasons with 1860 Munich, he also made a total of five [[German Cup]] appearances in which he managed to score three goals.
==Career statistics==
{{Football player statistics 1|YY}}
{{Football player statistics 2|Yugoslavia|YY}}
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1985-86|1985-86]]||rowspan="4"|[[NK Osijek|Osijek]]||rowspan="4"|[[Yugoslav First League|First League]]||10||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1986-87|1986-87]]||26||9||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1987-88|1987-88]]||29||10||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1988-89|1988-89]]||26||18||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1989-90|1989-90]]||rowspan="2"|[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]||rowspan="2"|[[Yugoslav First League|First League]]||28||12||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Yugoslav First League 1990-91|1990-91]]||32||22||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 2|ESP|YY}}
|-
|[[La Liga 1991-92|1991-92]]||rowspan="5"|[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]||rowspan="5"|[[La Liga]]||22||6||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1992-93|1992-93]]||33||13||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1993-94|1993-94]]||34||23||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1994-95|1994-95]]||32||17||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1995-96|1995-96]]||32||16||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1996-97|1996-97]]||rowspan="3"|[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]||rowspan="3"|[[La Liga]]||38||24||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1997-98|1997-98]]||29||10||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[La Liga 1998-99|1998-99]]||19||4||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 2|ENG|YY}}
|-
|[[FA Premier League 1999-2000|1999-00]]||[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]||[[Premier League]]||22||8||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[FA Premier League 2000-01|2000-01]]||[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]||[[Premier League]]||11||2||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 2|GER|YY}}
|-
|[[Fußball-Bundesliga 2001-02|2001-02]]||rowspan="2"|[[TSV 1860 München|1860 München]]||rowspan="2"|[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]||14||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Fußball-Bundesliga 2002-03|2002-03]]||11||1||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 3|4|yugoslavia}}151||74||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 4|ESP}}239||113||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 4|ENG}}33||10||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 4|GER}}25||2||||||||||||||||
{{Football player statistics 5}}448||199||||||||||||||||
|}
==International career==
Already in his youth, Šuker made 25 international appearances and scored 15 goals for various Yugoslav youth national teams.He was the second best scorer (scored six goals) on World Youth Championship in Chile 1987 and Yugoslavia won the title.Yugoslavia also set a new FIFA World Youth Championship scoring record (which still stands today): they banged in an average of 2.44 goals per game, finishing with 22 goals for and 9 against and the best attack was Yugoslavian which scored 17 goals on tournament with Suker domination (6 goals,second scorer). In 1990, he was named to the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslav national team]]'s 22-man squad for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] finals in [[Italy]], but did not receive any playing time during the tournament.
On [[December 22]][[1990]], he made his debut for then newly founded [[Croatia national football team|Croatian national team]] in their friendly match against [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. In 1991, he nevertheless also won his only two caps for Yugoslavia, since Croatia was registered with neither [[FIFA]] nor [[UEFA]] at the time, and scored his first international goal with the team.
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In his second match for Croatia, a friendly against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in 1992, he scored a brace in Croatia's 3-0 victory. He then led Croatia to their first major international tournament, the [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996 European Championship]], with a then record of 12 goals in 10 matches during the qualifying tournament.
At the final tournament in [[England]], he scored three goals in four matches, including two in the 3-0 group-stage win over defending champions [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], where he set the final score with an unforgettable looping shot over Denmark's keeper [[Peter Schmeichel]].<nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=miNhm0YOVYU watch video]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
Such is still remembered as one of the greatest goals in EURO history, which also earned him a place in the EURO 96 Team of the Tournament.
He then went on to help Croatia to qualify for their first [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] as he scored five goals in nine appearances during the qualifying for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 finals]] in [[France]]. He went on to claim the [[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] at the tournament, scoring six goals in seven matches and leading the Croatian team to their sensational third-place finish in the country's very first World Cup appearance since becoming independent. He netted one goal in every match where Croatia have scored, also scoring the winning goals in 1-0 victories over [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in the group stage and [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in the round of 16 as well as in the 2-1 success against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in the third-place play-off. He also brought the team on the doorstep of the Final, when scoring the opening goal of the semifinal against [[France national football team|France]] before [[Lilian Thuram]] switched the lead with his only two international goals and gave France a 2-1 victory for a place in the Final.
After the 1998 World Cup, Šuker continued to play for Croatia in their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the [[2000 European Football Championship|2000 European Championship]] as Croatia just missed out on qualification. Davor was however remembered as he kept Croatia's hopes of qualification alive when he scored a 94th minute winner against [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]] at the [[Maksimir Stadium]] in [[Zagreb]]. The win ensured Croatia would have a strong chance of qualifying, but would unfortunately miss out due to their final qualifying game, a 2-2 draw at home to his previous teammates of Yugoslavia. He did manage to score a late goal which was later disallowed, and would have sent Croatia through had it been counted. He finished his qualifying campaign that year with four goals in seven matches. He was also part of the Croatian team at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] finals in [[South Korea]], but only played 63 minutes in their unsuccessful opening match against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], which ended in a 1-0 defeat for Croatia. In the qualifying for the tournament, he only scored once in six matches. After the 2002 World Cup, he retired from international football and went on to be an icon for many children around the world, but mostly in Croatia where he is still seen as a national hero.
Šuker won a total of 71 international caps during his professional career, 2 for Yugoslavia and 69 for Croatia, and scored a total of 46 international goals. With 69 international caps, he is currently the sixth most-capped player in the Croatian national team, but his goalscoring record of 45 goals for the team will probably remain unbeaten for decades as it has been since his retirement, since no other player has scored even 20 goals for Croatia (as of June 2008).
His 12 goals during the qualifying campaign for [[UEFA Euro 96|Euro 96]] was a record until beaten in 2007 by Northern Ireland's [[David Healy (footballer)|David Healy]] during qualifying for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 European Championships]] as the Northern Irish star managed 13 goals.
===International goals===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
!#
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
!Competition
|-
|01.
|[[22 October]], [[1992]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Mexico}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>3 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|02.
|[[22 October]], [[1992]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Mexico}}
|<center>'''3''' – 0
|<center>3 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|03.
|[[25 June]], [[1993]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|UKR}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>3 – 1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|04.
|[[23 March]], [[1994]]
|[[Estadio Mestalla|Estadio Luís Casanova]], [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], [[Spain]]
|{{fb|Sweden}}
|<center>0 – '''2'''
|<center>0 – 2
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|05.
|[[4 September]], [[1994]]
|[[Kadrioru Staadion]], [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>0 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|06.
|[[4 September]], [[1994]]
|[[Kadrioru Staadion]], [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
|<center>0 – '''2'''
|<center>0 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|07.
|[[16 November]], [[1994]]
|[[Stadio Renzo Barbera|Stadio La Favorita]], [[Palermo]], [[Italy]]
|{{fb|Italy}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>1 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|08.
|[[16 November]], [[1994]]
|[[Stadio Renzo Barbera|Stadio La Favorita]], [[Palermo]], [[Italy]]
|{{fb|Italy}}
|<center>0 – '''2'''
|<center>1 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|09.
|[[25 March]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|UKR}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>4 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|10.
|[[25 March]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|UKR}}
|<center>'''4''' – 0
|<center>4 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|11.
|[[26 April]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Slovenia}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>2 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|12.
|[[3 September]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
|<center>'''2''' – 1
|<center>7 – 1
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|13.
|[[3 September]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
|<center>'''5''' – 1
|<center>7 – 1
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|14.
|[[3 September]], [[1995]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
|<center>'''7''' – 1
|<center>7 – 1
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|15.
|[[8 October]], [[1995]]
|[[Gradski stadion u Poljudu|Poljud]], [[Split]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Italy}}
|<center>'''1''' – 1
|<center>1 – 1
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|16.
|[[15 November]], [[1995]]
|[[Stadion Bežigrad]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]
|{{fb|Slovenia}}
|<center>1 – '''1'''
|<center>1 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996 Qualifying]]
|-
|17.
|[[10 April]], [[1996]]
|[[Gradski vrt]], [[Osijek]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Hungary}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>4 – 1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|18.
|[[2 June]], [[1996]]
|[[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
|{{fb|IRL}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>2 – 2
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|19.
|[[16 June]], [[1996]]
|[[Hillsborough Stadium]], [[Sheffield]], [[England]]
|{{fb|Denmark}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>3 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]]
|-
|20.
|[[16 June]], [[1996]]
|[[Hillsborough Stadium]], [[Sheffield]], [[England]]
|{{fb|Denmark}}
|<center>'''3''' – 0
|<center>3 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]]
|-
|21.
|[[23 June]], [[1996]]
|[[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]], [[England]]
|{{fb|Germany}}
|<center>'''1''' – 1
|<center>1 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]]
|-
|22.
|[[10 November]], [[1996]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Greece}}
|<center>'''1''' – 1
|<center>1 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 1998 Qualifying]]
|-
|23.
|[[29 March]], [[1997]]
|[[Gradski stadion u Poljudu|Poljud]], [[Split]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Denmark}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>1 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 1998 Qualifying]]
|-
|24.
|[[30 April]], [[1997]]
|[[Kaftanzoglio Stadium]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]
|{{fb|Greece}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>0 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 1998 Qualifying]]
|-
|25.
|[[10 September]], [[1997]]
|[[Parken Stadium]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
|{{fb|Denmark}}
|<center>3 – '''1'''
|<center>3 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 1998 Qualifying]]
|-
|26.
|[[11 October]], [[1997]]
|[[Stadion Bežigrad]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]
|{{fb|Slovenia}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>1 – 3
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 1998 Qualifying]]
|-
|27.
|[[3 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Kantrida Stadium|Kantrida]], [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Iran}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>2 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|28.
|[[6 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Australia}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|29.
|[[6 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Australia}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|30.
|[[6 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Australia}}
|<center>'''5''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|31.
|[[14 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Stade Félix Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[France]]
|{{fb|Jamaica}}
|<center>1 – '''3'''
|<center>1 – 3
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|32.
|[[20 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]], [[France]]
|{{fb|Japan}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>0 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|33.
|[[30 June]], [[1998]]
|[[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]], [[France]]
|{{fb|Romania}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>0 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|34.
|[[4 July]], [[1998]]
|[[Stade Gerland]], [[Lyon]], [[France]]
|{{fb|Germany}}
|<center>0 – '''3'''
|<center>0 – 3
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|35.
|[[8 July]], [[1998]]
|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis]], [[France]]
|{{fb|France}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>2 – 1
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|36.
|[[11 July]], [[1998]]
|[[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{fb|NED}}
|<center>1 – '''2'''
|<center>1 – 2
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 1998]]
|-
|37.
|[[10 October]], [[1998]]
|[[Ta' Qali Stadium]], [[Ta' Qali]], [[Malta]]
|{{fb|Malta}}
|<center>1 – '''4'''
|<center>1 – 4
|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|Euro 2000 Qualifying]]
|-
|38.
|[[14 October]], [[1998]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|FYR Macedonia}}
|<center>'''1''' – 1
|<center>3 – 2
|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|Euro 2000 Qualifying]]
|-
|39.
|[[10 March]], [[1999]]
|[[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Spiros Louis Stadium]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|{{fb|Greece}}
|<center>2 – '''2'''
|<center>3 – 2
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|40.
|[[5 May]], [[1999]]
|[[Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla|Estadio Olímpico]], [[Seville]], [[Spain]]
|{{fb|Spain}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>3 – 1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|41.
|[[5 June]], [[1999]]
|[[Skopje City Stadium]], [[Skopje]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]
|{{fb|FYR Macedonia}}
|<center>0 – '''1'''
|<center>1 – 1
|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|Euro 2000 Qualifying]]
|-
|42.
|[[4 September]], [[1999]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|IRL}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>1 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|Euro 2000 Qualifying]]
|-
|43.
|[[2 June]], [[2001]]
|[[Stadion Varteks]], [[Varaždin]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|San Marino}}
|<center>'''3''' – 0
|<center>4 – 0
|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup 2002 Qualifying]]
|-
|44.
|[[15 August]], [[2001]]
|[[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
|{{fb|IRL}}
|<center>2 – '''2'''
|<center>2 – 2
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|45.
|[[17 April]], [[2002]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium|Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|BIH}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>2 – 0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
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==Post-career honours and activities==
Towards the end of his playing career, Šuker opened his own football school, the Davor Šuker Soccer Academy, with training camps in the Croatian capital city of [[Zagreb]] as well as a couple of other cities. To date, he still puts all his time and effort into the youth academy which trains many young athletes with career aspirations.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sukeracademy.com/ Official site for Šuker's soccer academy]
* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=56370/newsId=143564.html UEFA.com - Golden Player of Croatia]
* {{YouTube|nGb885UExus|Davor Suker - Golden Boot Winner 1998 France All goals}}
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