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Davor Šuker

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Davor Šuker (Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋoːr ʃǔker] ; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former professional player who played as a striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. As Croatia's all-time top scorer with 45 goals, Šuker is generally regarded as one of the greatest Croatian players of all time. Šuker began his footballing career in his hometown for local first division team NK Osijek as a 16-year-old. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Davor Šuker is the 153rd most popular soccer player (up from 161st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Davor Šuker is most famous for being the top scorer in the 1998 World Cup. He scored six goals in the tournament, including two against Brazil and one against France.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Davor Šuker ranks 153 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Ivica Osim, Jiro Miyake, Usaburo Hidaka, and Leônidas. After him are Hiroaki Sato, Andy Cole, Alessandro Del Piero, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Hernán Crespo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Davor Šuker ranks 14. Before him are Daniel Craig, Scott Morrison, Cuba Gooding Jr., Didier Deschamps, Timothy McVeigh, and Hugh Jackman. After him are Lisa Marie Presley, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Tito Vilanova, Brendan Fraser, and Mika Häkkinen.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Davor Šuker ranks 27 out of 700. Before him are Crispus (305), Svetozar Boroević (1856), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Mario Andretti (1940), Alida Valli (1921), and Georg von Trapp (1880). After him are Miroslav Krleža (1893), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Sylva Koscina (1933), Stjepan Radić (1871), and Zoran Milanović (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Davor Šuker ranks 2. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985). After him are Stjepan Bobek (1923), Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Mario Mandžukić (1986), and Ivan Perišić (1989).

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