# Daniel Šarić

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. 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. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Estonia.

## Statistics
### Club

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

### International

Croatia national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 |

## 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