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Daniel Šarić
Personal information
Date of birth	4 August 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right wingback
Youth career
	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1993	Rijeka
1993–1995	Sporting Gijón
1995–2000	Dinamo Zagreb
2000–2003	Panathinaikos
2003–2007	Rijeka
Total
International career
1993	Croatia U21
1999	Croatia B
1997–2002	Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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.^[1] 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.^[2] His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Estonia.^[3]

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1989–90	NK Rijeka	Yugoslav First League	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
1990–91	NK Rijeka	Yugoslav First League	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1992	HNK Rijeka	Prva HNL	18	2	4	0	–		–		22	2
1992–93			27	6	4	2	–		–		31	8
1993–94			4	0	1	0	–		–		5	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Supercopa		Europe		Total
1993–94	Sporting de Gijón	La Liga	22	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	23	2
1994–95	Sporting de Gijón	La Liga	11	1	4	0	–	–	–	–	15	1
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
1995–96	Croatia Zagreb	Prva HNL	4	0	3	0	–		0	0	7	0
1996–97			21	2	4	1	–		4	2	29	5
1997–98			23	5	5	0	–		10	1	38	6
1998–99			26	1	1	0	–		6	0	33	1
1999–00			28	1	6	0	–		7	0	41	1
Greece			League		Greek Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2000–01	Panathinaikos	Alpha Ethniki	19	0	–		–		6	0	25	0
2001–02			13	1	–		–		10	0	23	1
2002–03			11	0	–		–		2	0	13	0
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Super Cup		Europe		Total
2003–04	HNK Rijeka	Prva HNL	24	0	6	0	–		–		30	0
2004–05			21	1	3	0	–		2	0	26	1
2005–06			28	0	7	0	1	0	2	0	38	0
2006–07			23	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	30	0
Total	Rijeka		149	8	31	2	2	0	5	0	187	10
	Sporting de Gijón		33	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	38	3
	Croatia Zagreb		102	9	19	1	0	0	27	3	148	13
	Panathinaikos		43	1	0	0	0	0	18	0	61	1
Career total			327	22	55	3	2	0	50	3	431	28