Daniel Šarić (born 4 August 1972 in Rijeka) is a Croatian former 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 Spanish club Sporting de Gijón in 1993 and subsequently returned to Croatia by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in 1995. After five years with Dinamo, he went on to move abroad once again by signing with Greek 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 Croatia in an October 1997 World Cup qualification match away against Slovenia 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.Daniel Šarić Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 22 January 2010. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Estonia.
Statistics Club Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsYugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup League Cup Europe Total1989–90NK RijekaYugoslav First League1000––101990–913010––40Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total1992HNK RijekaPrva HNL18240––2221992–9327642––3181993–944010––50Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa Europe Total1993–94Sporting de GijónLa Liga22210––––2321994–9511140––––151Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total1995–96Croatia ZagrebPrva HNL4030–00701996–9721241–422951997–9823550–1013861998–9926110–603311999–0028160–70411Greece League Greek Cup Super Cup Europe Total2000–01PanathinaikosAlpha Ethniki190––602502001–02131––1002312002–03110––20130Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total2003–04HNK RijekaPrva HNL24060––3002004–0521130–202612005–062807010203802006–07230501010300 Total Rijeka1498312205018710 Sporting de Gijón 333500000383 Croatia Zagreb10291910027314813 Panathinaikos4310000180611 Career total327225532050343128
International Daniel Šarić Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 7 October 2017. Croatia national teamYearAppsGoals199730199820199980200050200160200260Total300
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, 1997, 1998
Individual NK Rijeka all time XI
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