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 174, making him one of the ten 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.
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 26 March 2024 and the 2024 ACUD Cup match against Egypt.
§ | Still active for the national team |
* | Still playing active football |
GK | Goalkeeper |
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DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
# | Name | Position | National team career | Caps | Goals | FIFA World Cup | UEFA Euro | UEFA Nations League | Ref |
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1 | Luka Modrić§ | MF | 2006– | 174 | 24 | 2006, 2014, 2018 , 2022 | 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 | 2023 | |
2 | Darijo Srna | DF | 2002–2016 | 134 | 22 | 2006, 2014 | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | – | |
3 | Ivan Perišić§ | FW | 2011– | 129 | 33 | 2014, 2018 , 2022 | 2012, 2016, 2020 | 2023 | |
4 | Stipe Pletikosa | GK | 1999–2014 | 114 | 0 | 2002, 2006, 2014 | 2008, 2012 | – | |
5 | Ivan Rakitić * | MF | 2007–2019 | 106 | 15 | 2014, 2018 | 2008, 2012, 2016 | – | |
6 | Josip Šimunić | DF | 2001–2013 | 105 | 3 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008, (2012) | – | |
7 | Ivica Olić | FW | 2002–2015 | 104 | 20 | 2002, 2006, 2014 | 2004, 2008 | – | |
Domagoj Vida§ | DF | 2010– | 104 | 4 | (2014), 2018 , (2022) | 2012, 2016, 2020 | 2023 | ||
9 | Vedran Ćorluka | DF | 2006–2018 | 103 | 4 | 2014, 2018 | 2008, 2012, 2016 | – | |
10 | Dario Šimić | DF | 1996–2008 | 100 | 3 | 1998 , 2002, 2006 | 1996, 2004, 2008 | – | |
11 | Mateo Kovačić§ | MF | 2013– | 99 | 5 | 2014, 2018 , 2022 | 2016, 2020 | 2023 | |
12 | Marcelo Brozović§ | MF | 2014– | 95 | 7 | 2014, 2018 , 2022 | 2016, 2020 | 2023 | |
13 | Andrej Kramarić§ | FW | 2014– | 91 | 28 | 2018 , 2022 | 2016, 2020 | 2023 | |
14 | Mario Mandžukić | FW | 2007–2018 | 89 | 33 | 2014, 2018 | 2012, 2016 | – | |
15 | Robert Kovač | DF | 1999–2009 | 84 | 0 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008 | – | |
16 | Niko Kovač | MF | 1996–2008 | 83 | 14 | 2002, 2006 | 2004, 2008 | – | |
17 | Niko Kranjčar | MF | 2004–2013 | 81 | 16 | 2006 | 2008, 2012 | – | |
Robert Jarni | MF | 1990–2002 | 81 | 1 | 1998 , 2002 | 1996 | – | ||
19 | Dejan Lovren * | DF | 2009–2022 | 78 | 5 | 2014, 2018 , 2022 | 2020 | – | |
20 | Davor Šuker | FW | 1990–2002 | 69 | 45 | 1998 , 2002 | 1996 | – | |
21 | Eduardo da Silva | FW | 2004–2014 | 64 | 29 | 2014 | 2012 | – | |
22 | Mario Pašalić§ | MF | 2014– | 62 | 10 | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | |
Aljoša Asanović | MF | 1990–2000 | 62 | 3 | 1998 | 1996 | – | ||
24 | Zvonimir Soldo | DF | 1994–2002 | 61 | 3 | 1998 , 2002 | 1996 | – | |
25 | Jerko Leko | MF | 2002–2009 | 59 | 2 | 2006 | 2004, 2008 | – | |
Dražen Ladić | GK | 1990–2000 | 59 | 0 | 1998 | 1996 | – | ||
27 | Danijel Pranjić | MF | 2004–2015 | 58 | 1 | 2014 | 2008, 2012 | – | |
28 | Nikola Vlašić§ | MF | 2017– | 55 | 8 | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | |
Ognjen Vukojević | MF | 2007–2014 | 55 | 4 | (2014) | 2008, 2012 | – | ||
Igor Tudor | DF | 1997–2006 | 55 | 3 | 1998 , 2006 | 2004 | – | ||
Milan Badelj * | MF | 2010–2021 | 55 | 2 | (2014), 2018 | (2012), 2016, (2020) | – | ||
32 | Igor Štimac | DF | 1990–2002 | 53 | 2 | 1998 | 1996 | – | |
33 | Dominik Livaković§ | GK | 2017– | 52 | 0 | (2018) , 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | |
Šime Vrsaljko | DF | 2011–2022 | 52 | 0 | 2014, 2018 | (2012), 2016, 2020 | – | ||
35 | Goran Vlaović | FW | 1992–2002 | 51 | 15 | 1998 , (2002) | 1996 | – | |
Zvonimir Boban | MF | 1990–1999 | 51 | 12 | 1998 | 1996 | – | ||
37 | Robert Prosinečki | MF | 1994–2002 | 49 | 10 | 1998 , 2002 | 1996 | – | |
Mario Stanić | MF | 1995–2003 | 49 | 7 | 1998 , 2002 | 1996 | – | ||
Milan Rapaić | MF | 1994–2007 | 49 | 6 | 2002 | 2004 | – | ||
Marko Babić | MF | 2002–2008 | 49 | 3 | 2006 | (2004) | – | ||
Stjepan Tomas | DF | 1998–2006 | 49 | 1 | 2002, 2006 | (2004) | – | ||
Ivan Strinić | DF | 2010–2018 | 49 | 0 | 2018 | 2012, 2016 | – | ||
43 | Mladen Petrić | FW | 2001–2013 | 45 | 13 | – | 2008 | – | |
44 | Slaven Bilić | DF | 1992–1999 | 44 | 3 | 1998 | 1996 | – | |
Danijel Subašić | GK | 2009–2018 | 44 | 0 | (2014), 2018 | (2012), 2016 | – | ||
46 | Nikola Kalinić * | FW | 2008–2018 | 42 | 15 | (2018) | 2008, (2012), 2016 | – | |
Ante Rebić * | FW | 2013–2021 | 42 | 3 | 2014, 2018 | 2020 | – | ||
48 | Ivan Klasnić | FW | 2004–2011 | 41 | 12 | 2006 | (2004), 2008 | – | |
49 | Alen Bokšić | FW | 1993–2002 | 40 | 10 | 2002 | 1996 | – | |
50 | Boris Živković | DF | 1999–2007 | 39 | 2 | 2002 | 2004 | – | |
51 | Bruno Petković§ | FW | 2019– | 36 | 11 | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | |
Nikica Jelavić | FW | 2009–2014 | 36 | 6 | 2014 | 2012 | – | ||
Josip Juranović§ | DF | 2017– | 36 | 0 | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | ||
54 | Boško Balaban | FW | 2000–2007 | 35 | 10 | (2002), (2006) | – | – | |
Josip Brekalo§ | MF | 2018– | 35 | 4 | – | 2020 | – | ||
Borna Barišić§ | DF | 2017– | 35 | 1 | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 | ||
57 | Dado Pršo | FW | 2003–2006 | 32 | 9 | 2006 | 2004 | – | |
58 | Nikola Jerkan | DF | 1992–1997 | 31 | 1 | – | 1996 | – | |
59 | Daniel Šarić | DF | 1997–2002 | 30 | 0 | 2002 | – | – | |
60 | Lovro Majer§ | MF | 2017– | 29 | 6 | 2022 | – | 2023 | |
Joško Gvardiol§ | DF | 2021– | 29 | 2 | 2022 | 2020 | – | ||
Gordon Schildenfeld | DF | 2009–2016 | 29 | 1 | (2014) | 2012, 2016 | – | ||
63 | Davor Vugrinec | FW | 1996–2006 | 28 | 7 | 2002 | – | – | |
Tomislav Butina | GK | 2001–2006 | 28 | 0 | (2002), (2006) | 2004 | – | ||
Mario Tokić | DF | 1998–2006 | 28 | 0 | (2006) | (2004) | – | ||
66 | Igor Cvitanović | FW | 1992–1999 | 27 | 4 | – | (1996) | – | |
Mislav Oršić§ | FW | 2019– | 27 | 2 | 2022 | 2020 | – | ||
68 | Tin Jedvaj * | DF | 2014–2020 | 26 | 2 | 2018 | 2016 | – | |
Josip Pivarić * | DF | 2013–2018 | 26 | 0 | 2018 | – | – | ||
Jurica Vranješ | MF | 1999–2007 | 26 | 0 | 2002, (2006) | – | – | ||
71 | Marko Pjaca§ | MF | 2014– | 25 | 1 | 2018 | 2016 | – | |
72 | Duje Ćaleta-Car§ | DF | 2018– | 24 | 1 | 2018 | 2020 | – | |
73 | Ivica Mornar | FW | 1994–2004 | 22 | 1 | – | 2004 | – | |
Dubravko Pavličić | DF | 1992–1997 | 22 | 0 | – | 1996 | – | ||
Vedran Runje | GK | 2006–2011 | 22 | 0 | – | 2008 | – | ||
76 | Marko Livaja * | FW | 2018–2023 | 21 | 4 | 2022 | – | – | |
Krunoslav Jurčić | MF | 1997–2000 | 21 | 0 | 1998 | – | – | ||
Marko Rog * | MF | 2014–2020 | 21 | 0 | – | 2016 | – |
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 26 March 2024 and the 2024 ACUD Cup match against Egypt.
# | Name | National team career | Caps as captain | Total caps | First captaincy |
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1 | Luka Modrić | 2006– | 74 | 174 | 3 September 2015 |
2 | Darijo Srna | 2002–2016 | 68 | 134 | 11 February 2009 |
3 | Zvonimir Boban | 1990–1999 | 48 | 51 | 22 October 1992 |
4 | Niko Kovač | 1996–2008 | 43 | 83 | 18 August 2004 |
5 | Boris Živković | 1999–2007 | 18 | 39 | 20 November 2002 |
6 | Davor Šuker | 1990–2002 | 17 | 69 | 23 March 1994 |
Robert Jarni | 1990–2002 | 17 | 81 | 18 May 1994 | |
8 | Dario Šimić | 1996–2008 | 8 | 100 | 7 September 2002 |
Domagoj Vida | 2010– | 8 | 104 | 15 October 2018 | |
10 | Robert Kovač | 1999–2009 | 6 | 84 | 3 June 2006 |
11 | Vedran Ćorluka | 2006–2018 | 5 | 103 | 25 May 2012 |
Ivan Perišić | 2011– | 5 | 129 | 28 March 2017 | |
13 | Dražen Ladić | 1990–2000 | 3 | 59 | 5 July 1992 |
Igor Cvitanović | 1992–1999 | 3 | 27 | 16 June 1999 | |
Josip Šimunić | 2001–2013 | 3 | 105 | 15 October 2008 | |
Mario Mandžukić | 2007–2018 | 3 | 89 | 7 June 2015 | |
17 | Zlatko Kranjčar | 1990 | 2 | 2 | 17 October 1990 |
Nikola Jerkan | 1992–1997 | 2 | 31 | 11 December 1996 | |
Aljoša Asanović | 1990–2000 | 2 | 62 | 8 June 1997 | |
Mario Tokić | 1998–2006 | 2 | 28 | 29 January 2006 | |
Ivan Rakitić | 2007–2019 | 2 | 106 | 26 May 2010 | |
Josip Pivarić | 2013–2018 | 2 | 25 | 11 January 2017 | |
23 | Srećko Bogdan | 1990–1991 | 1 | 2 | 19 June 1991 |
Dubravko Pavličić | 1992–1997 | 1 | 22 | 12 July 1992 | |
Igor Štimac | 1990–2002 | 1 | 53 | 29 March 1996 | |
Robert Prosinečki | 1994–2002 | 1 | 49 | 12 June 1997 | |
Zvonimir Soldo | 1994–2002 | 1 | 61 | 10 November 2001 | |
Goran Vlaović | 1992–2002 | 1 | 51 | 21 August 2002 | |
Stipe Pletikosa | 1999–2014 | 1 | 114 | 9 February 2003 | |
Igor Tudor | 1997–2006 | 1 | 55 | 12 October 2005 | |
Šime Vrsaljko | 2011–2022 | 1 | 52 | 12 November 2014 | |
Duje Čop | 2014–2018 | 1 | 14 | 27 May 2017 | |
Mateo Kovačić | 2013– | 1 | 99 | 3 June 2022 | |
Marcelo Brozović | 2014– | 1 | 95 | 10 June 2022 | |
Dejan Lovren | 2009–2022 | 1 | 78 | 16 November 2022 |
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