Daniel Šarić (born 4 August 1972 in Rijeka) is a Croatian retired footballer 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

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club

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in 1993 and subsequently returned to Croatia by signing with

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in 1995. After five years with Dinamo, he went on to move abroad once again by signing with

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club Panathinaikos 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

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in an October 1997 World Cup qualification match away against

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and earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals. His only major tournament was the

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, 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

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Statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Rijeka * Croatian Cup (2): 2005, 2006 ;Dinamo Zagreb * Prva HNL (5): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00 * Croatian Cup (3): 1996,

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;Individual * NK Rijeka all time XI

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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 {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub