List of Croatia international footballers born outside Croatia

This is a list of the Croatian soccer players who played for the Croatia senior national football team, born outside Croatia. Most of them are born in the former Yugoslavia countries, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina, or outside Yugoslavia they're born in Germany.[1] In this list are included naturalized players and born abroad.

Players in bold are currently playing for the Croatia national football team or active, in brackets there are their caps. The list is updated as 17 November 2020.

Australia

Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

Born after Bosnia's Independence from Yugoslavia

Brazil

Germany

West Germany

Born after German reunification

Kosovo

SFR Yugoslavia

Montenegro

SFR Yugoslavia

Serbia

Austria-Hungary

Slovenia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

Switzerland

United States of America

Records

This section is only about players born outside Croatia. Players in bold are currently active.

Most capped players

# Player Period Caps Goals Birthplace
1 Ivan Rakitić 2007–2019 106 15   Switzerland
2 Josip Šimunić 2001–2013 105 3  Australia
3 Vedran Ćorluka 2006–2018 103 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
4 Robert Kovač 1999–2009 84 0  Germany
(then  West Germany)
5 Niko Kovač 1996–2008 83 14  Germany
(then  West Germany)
6 Eduardo Da Silva 2004–2014 64 29  Brazil
7 Mateo Kovačić 2013– 63 3  Austria
8 Dejan Lovren 2009– 62 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
9 Robert Prosinečki 1994–2002 49 10  Germany
(then  West Germany)
Mario Stanić 1995–2003 49 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
Stjepan Tomas 1998–2006 49 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)

Top goalscorers

# Player Goals Birthplace
1 Eduardo Da Silva 29  Brazil
2 Ivan Rakitić 15   Switzerland
3 Niko Kovač 14  Germany
(then  West Germany)
4 Mladen Petrić 13  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
5 Ivan Klasnić 12  Germany
(then  West Germany)
6 Robert Prosinečki 10  Germany
(then  West Germany)
7 Mario Stanić 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
8 Nikica Jelavić 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
9 Vedran Ćorluka 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
Mateo Kovačić  Austria
Dejan Lovren  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(then part of SFR Yugoslavia)

Stats by country of birth

Country Total
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33
 Germany 12
 Australia 3
 Slovenia 3
 Brazil 2
 Kosovo 2
 Austria 1
 Montenegro 1
 Serbia 1
  Switzerland 1
 United States 1

References

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  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Joey Didulica". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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  6. "Miroslav Brozović - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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  8. Sulejman Rebac on https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=1076
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  10. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mario Bazina". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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  13. "Nino Bule - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  14. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Vedran Ćorluka". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  15. He switched to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996
  16. "Sead Halilović - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  17. He switched to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2016
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  20. Krunoslav Jurčić on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9933
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  23. Mato Neretljak on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14905
  24. He also played for the Switzerland under-17 and under-21 national team
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  26. Mario Stanić on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19934
  27. Stjepan Tomas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21155
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  29. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Nikola Katić". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  30. He also played for Bosnia and Herzegovina under-17, under-18 and under-19 national team
  31. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mirko Marić". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  32. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ivan Šunj". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  33. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Eduardo da Silva". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  34. He also played for Brazil under-17 and under-18 national football team
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  36. "Sammir é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-18". www.furacao.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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  39. Niko Kovač on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11165
  40. Robert Kovač on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11167
  41. Ivan Klasnić on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10699
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  43. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Tomislav Marić". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  44. Robert Prosinečki on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17077
  45. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Filip Tapalović". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  46. Vladimir Vasilj on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21976
  47. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mario Pašalić". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  48. He also played 2 unhofficial matches for Kosovo. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/15736/Ardian_Kozniku.html
  49. "Ardian Kozniku - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  50. "Kujtim Shala - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  51. "Dževad Turković - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  52. Born in Manđelos, in 1917, last year Vojvodina was still under Austro-Hungarian administration, he was an ethnic Serb who was unlucky to find himself playing in Građanski Zagreb at time of the start of the war. Under Ustashe regime, Serbs became the target of a genocidal policy which meant to exterminate one third, expel another third, and convert the remaining one. He had already become one of main players of the club, which was the most successful Croatian club and symbol of national pride, and has made three appearances for the Yugoslav national team in its last games before the war started and Yugoslavia was dismembered and divided among Nazi Germany and its allies, one of them being Independent State of Croatia (NDH). He had already made three appearances as well for the team of the Banovina of Coratia, but when he received the call from NDH to play against Germany in Vienna in June 1941, it was a match of extreme symbolical importance as it was to be the debut of Croatia as independent state. And so it was, Croatia got defeated 1:5 and Džanić played. With the country in full-scale war, and living in Zagreb with very limited chances of escape, turning down the call was not even an option. However, despite his efforts in hiding dissatisfaction with the Nazi policies, Croatian authorities found out that he was secretly a member of the KPJ and executed him on June 18, 1941. This makes this inclusion in this list very special and controversial. He played in what was the most important game of Croatia until then, just to be brutally executed three days after.
  53. "Anton Lokošek - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  54. "Srebrenko Posavec - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  55. He switched to Slovenia in 1992
  56. "Gregor Židan - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  57. He also played for the Switzerland under-21 national team
  58. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ivan Rakitić". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  59. "Zvonko Jazbec - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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