Daniel Šarić (born 4 August 1972 in
Rijeka) is a
Croatian retired
football
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er who played as a right
wingback. His name is sometimes spelled as Danijel Šarić.
Club career
Born in
Rijeka, Šarić started his professional career at local club
NK Rijeka back in 1989. He went on to move to
Spanish
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club
Sporting de Gijón
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in 1993 and subsequently returned to Croatia by signing with
Dinamo Zagreb
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in 1995. After five years with Dinamo, he went on to move abroad once again by signing with
Greek
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club
Panathinaikos
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for the 2000–01 season. He stayed at Panathinaikos until the summer of 2003 and then returned to his home town by signing a four-year contract with NK Rijeka. He retired in July 2007 after the contract expired.
International career
Šarić was also an almost regular member of the
Croatia national team between 1997 and 2002. He made his debut for
Croatia
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in an October 1997
World Cup qualification
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match away against
Slovenia
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and earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals. His only major tournament was the
2002 FIFA World Cup, where he appeared in all of the Croatian team's three group matches and was a starting player in two of them. His final international was a September 2002
European Championship qualification match against
Estonia
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.
Statistics
Club
International
Honours
;Rijeka
*
Croatian Cup (2):
2005,
2006
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;Dinamo Zagreb
*
Prva HNL (5):
1995–96,
1996–97,
1997–98,
1998–99,
1999–00
*
Croatian Cup (3):
1996,
1997,
1998
;Individual
*
NK Rijeka all time XI
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football fullbacks
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Croatia men's international footballers
2002 FIFA World Cup players
HNK Rijeka players
Sporting de Gijón players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
La Liga players
Super League Greece players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
HNK Rijeka non-playing staff
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