Croatian Footballer of the Year
Multiple winners
Table:
Wins

Player

Winning years

Clubs

7

Luka Modrić

2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018

Dinamo Zagreb, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid

6

Davor Šuker

1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Sevilla, Real Madrid

3

Dado Pršo

2003, 2004, 2005

AS Monaco, Rangers

2

Velimir Zajec

1979*, 1984*

Dinamo Zagreb, Panathinaikos

2

Dragan Stojković

1988*, 1989*

Red Star

2

Robert Prosinečki

1990*, 1997

Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb

2

Zvonimir Boban

1991, 1999

Milan

2

Ivica Olić

2009, 2010

Bayern Munich

2

Mario Mandžukić

2012, 2013

Bayern Munich

Considering the given table as well as the supplementary paragraphs provided at the end.

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Luka Modrić ( Croatian pronunciation : [ lûːka mǒːdritɕ ] ; born 9 September 1985 ) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Croatia national team . He plays mainly as a central midfielder , but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder , usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker . He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation , [ nb 1 ] and the greatest Croatian footballer of all-time . [ nb 2 ] Born in Zadar , Modrić 's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family . In 2002 , he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb at age 16 , after showing promise with his hometown club NK Zadar 's youth team . He continued his development in Zagreb , before spells on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić . He made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and won three consecutive league titles and domestic cups , being named the Prva HNL Player of the Year in 2007 . In 2008 , he moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record transfer fee of £16.5 million , where he led Spurs to their first UEFA Champions League appearance in almost 50 years , reaching the quarter-finals of the 2010-11 tournament . In the summer of 2012 , Modrić joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee . There he became a key contributor and helped the team win La Décima and was selected for the 2013-14 Champions League squad of the season . After Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid , Modrić was critical to three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015-16 to 2017-18 , each time being voted into the squad of the season . He won the La Liga Award for Best Midfielder in 2016 for the second time , and the UEFA Club Football Award for Best Midfielder in 2017 and 2018 .
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb , commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb ( pronounced [ dinamo ˈzâːɡreb ] ) , is a professional Croatian football club based in Zagreb . The club is the successor of 1 . HŠK Građanski or fully Prvi hrvatski građanski športski klub ( English : First Croatian Citizens ' Sports Club ) , club founded in 1911 , banned in 1945 and replaced by newly established Dinamo Zagreb . They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir . They are the most successful club in Croatian football , having won 20 Croatian Football League titles , 15 Croatian Football Cups and six Croatian Football Super Cups . The club has spent its entire existence in top flight , having been members of the Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1991 , and then the Croatian First League since its foundation in 1992 . After the Second World War , the new communist government considered clubs like HŠK Građanski as fascist and nationalistic . As such , they were banned , and , in 1945 , NK Dinamo was founded as a club to act as an unofficial successor to HŠK Građanski , getting around the ruling party 's disapproval . They entered the Yugoslav First League in its inaugural 1946-47 season , finishing as runners-up . In their second season in Yugoslav top flight in 1947-48 they finished as Yugoslav champions , which was their first major trophy . The club won three more league titles and seven Yugoslav Cups . Amid the breakup of Yugoslavia and formation of the Croatian football league system , Dinamo left the Yugoslav league in 1991 .
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Tottenham ( /ˈtɒtənəm/ ) or Spurs , is an English professional football club in Tottenham , London , that competes in the Premier League . Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been the club 's home ground since April 2019 , replacing their former home of White Hart Lane , which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site . Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield . The club is owned by ENIC Group . Tottenham have played in a first ( home ) strip of white shirts and navy blue shorts since the 1898-99 season . The club 's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football , with a Latin motto Audere est Facere ( To Dare Is to Do ) . Founded in 1882 , Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901 , the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888 . Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double , winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season . After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962 , in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition - the European Cup Winners ' Cup . They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 , becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies . They have collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s - an achievement only matched by Manchester United . In total , Spurs have won two league titles , eight FA Cups , four League Cups , seven FA Community Shields , one European Cup Winners ' Cup and two UEFA Cups .
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ( Spanish pronunciation : [ reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol ] ( listen ) , meaning Royal Madrid Football Club ) , commonly referred to as Real Madrid , is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid . Founded on 6 March 1902 as Madrid Football Club , the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception . The word real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem . The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947 . Unlike most European sporting entities , Real Madrid 's members ( socios ) have owned and operated the club throughout its history . The club was estimated to be worth €3.8 billion ( $ 4.2 billion ) in 2019 , and it was the second highest-earning football club in the world , with an annual revenue of €757,3 million in 2019 . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Real Madrid is one of three founding members of La Liga that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1929 , along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona . The club holds many long-standing rivalries , most notably El Clásico with Barcelona and El Derbi with Atlético Madrid . Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s , winning five consecutive European Cups and reaching the final seven times . This success was replicated in the league , which the club won five times in the space of seven years . This team , which consisted of players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Francisco Gento , and Raymond Kopa , is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time .
Davor Šuker ( Croatian pronunciation : [ dâʋor ʃǔːker ] ( listen ) ; born 1 January 1968 ) is a Croatian former professional footballer and the current president of the Croatian Football Federation , a position he has held since July 2012 . During his playing career , Šuker featured as a striker . Šuker began his footballing career in his hometown for local first division team NK Osijek as a 16-year-old . During his final season with the club , he became the league 's top goal scorer . He made the move to sign for Dinamo Zagreb in 1989 . The Croatian War of Independence halted a promising season for the 21-year-old , eventually resulting in Šuker 's move to Spanish club Sevilla in 1991 . In La Liga , Šuker was highly regarded , showing consistent form with Sevilla and being consecutively amongst the division 's top goal scorers . He signed with Real Madrid five years later , and was again amongst the league 's top scorers . While at the Santiago Bernabéu , he helped Madrid claim the Liga and UEFA Champions League titles as well . A move to Arsenal saw him distinguish himself throughout their run to the UEFA Cup final of 2000 . He then had a spell with West Ham United , then closed his career playing for German side 1860 Munich . The crowning moment of Šuker 's career was the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France , where he won the Golden Boot by scoring six goals in seven matches .
Sevilla Fútbol Club ( Spanish pronunciation : [ seˈβiʎa ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ ] ) , commonly referred to as Sevilla , is a professional football club based in Seville , the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia , Spain . It plays in Spanish football 's top flight , La Liga . It is Spain 's oldest sporting club solely devoted to football . The club was formed on 25 January 1890 , with the Scottish born Edward Farquharson Johnston as their first president . On 14 October 1905 , the club 's articles of association were registered in the Civil Government of Seville under the presidency of the Jerez-born José Luis Gallegos Arnosa . Sevilla FC is also the most successful club in Andalusia , winning a national league title in 1945-46 , five Spanish Cups ( 1935 , 1939 , 1948 , 2007 and 2010 ) , one Spanish Super Cup ( 2007 ) , a record five UEFA Cups/UEFA Europa Leagues ( 2006 , 2007 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 ) and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup . They were also designated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the World 's best club in 2006 and 2007 , thus being the first club to achieve this distinction in two consecutive years . Its youth team Sevilla Atlético , founded in 1958 , currently play in Segunda División B . The club are affiliated to a side in Puerto Rico of the same name . Other clubs related to Sevilla FC include their women 's team , futsal team and former Superleague Formula team . The Club 's home ground is the 43,883-seat Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium . It is located in the neighborhood of Nervión , Seville and owes its name to Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan , who was Sevilla FC 's President for 17 years .
Miladin Dado Pršo ( Croatian pronunciation : [ milǎdin dǎːdo pr̩̂ʃo ] ; born 5 November 1974 ) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward . Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional . He was part of the Monaco team that reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2004 , and part of the Rangers team that won the League and cup double in 2005 . Pršo received 32 caps for Croatia and was part of the squad at Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 . He retired in June 2009 from the Scottish Premier League club Rangers . Dado also holds French nationality , thus he was not considered a foreigner during his stay in Ligue 1 . He was a coach for a youth team in Villefranche-sur-Mer .
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA , commonly referred to as AS Monaco ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ɑ.ɛs mɔnako ] ) or Monaco , is a Monégasque professional football club that competes in Ligue 1 , the top tier of French football . Founded in 1924 , the team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille . Though based in Monaco , the club plays in the French football league system . Monaco is one of the most successful clubs in French football , having won eight league titles and five Coupe de France trophies . The club has also competed in European football , and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004 . The club 's traditional colours are red and white , and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs ( The Red and Whites ) . Monaco is a member of the European Club Association . In December 2011 , two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev . With Rybolovlev 's financial backing , the club quickly returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 , their first league title in 17 years .
Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow . It has played in the Scottish Premiership , the first tier of the Scottish Professional Football League , since winning the 2015-16 Scottish Championship . Their home ground , Ibrox Stadium , in the southwest of the city , is the third largest football stadium in the country . Although not the club 's official name , it is occasionally referred to as Glasgow Rangers . Rangers have played in royal blue shirts since the inception of the club . Rangers are the second most successful club in world football in terms of trophies won , behind only Egyptian club Al Ahly . The club has won more league titles and domestic trebles than any other team in the world , winning the league title 54 times , the Scottish Cup 33 times and the Scottish League Cup 27 times , and achieving the treble of all three in the same season seven times . Rangers won the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1972 after being losing finalists twice , in 1961 ( the first British club to reach a UEFA tournament final ) and 1967 . A third runners-up finish in Europe came in the UEFA Cup in 2008 . Rangers have a long-standing rivalry with Celtic , the two Glasgow clubs being collectively known as the Old Firm , which is considered one of the world 's biggest football derbies . Founded in March 1872 , Rangers is the fourth-oldest football club in Scotland and was one of the 11 original members of the Scottish Football League and it remained in the top division continuously until a financial crisis during the 2011-12 season saw an administration event occur and the original company liquidated with the assets moved to a new company structure . The club was accepted as an associate member of the Scottish Football League and placed in the fourth tier of Scottish football league system in time for the start of the following season .
Velimir Zajec ( born 12 February 1956 ) is a Croatian former footballer and manager .
Panathinaikos Football Club ( Greek : ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο . [ panaθinaiˈkos ] ( listen ) ) , known as Panathinaikos , or by its full name , and the name of its parent sports club , Panathinaikos A.O . or PAO ( Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος ; Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos , All-Athenian Athletic Club ) , is a Greek professional football club based in the capital-city of Athens , Greece . The name Panathinaikos was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates , Panathenaicus , where the orator praises the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority , used for the benefit of all Greeks . Today a part of Panathinaikos A.O. , they are the oldest active football club in Greece , initially founded only to practice this sport . Created in 1908 as Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon ( Football Club of Athens ) by Georgios Kalafatis , they play in the Super League Greece , being one of the most successful clubs in Greek football and one of three clubs which have never been relegated from the top division . Amongst their major titles are 20 Greek Championships , 18 Greek Cups , achieving eight times the Double , and 3 Greek Super Cups . They are also one of the two clubs that won a championship undefeated , going without a loss in a top-flight campaign in the 1963-64 season . Panathinaikos is also the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in the European competitions . It is the only Greek team that has reached the European Cup ( later renamed UEFA Champions League ) final in 1971 ( which they lost to Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 ) , and also the semi-finals twice , in 1985 and 1996 . It is also the only Greek team that has played for the Intercontinental Cup ( 1971 ) . Furthermore , they have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on another two occasions ( in 1992 and 2002 ) , as well as the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup twice ( 1988 and 2003 ) .
Dragan Stojković ( Serbian Cyrillic : Драган Стојковић , pronounced [ drǎgan stǒːjkoʋitɕ ] ; born 3 March 1965 ) , also known under the nickname Piksi ( Пикси ) , is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder . Stojković was long time captain of the Yugoslavia national football team and Red Star Belgrade , and is considered one of the best players in the history of Yugoslavian and Serbian football . He starred for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup ( where he was named in the World Cup All-Star Team ) and 1998 FIFA World Cup where he captained the team . He is one of the five players to be awarded the title Star of the Red Star . He is widely considered to have never shown his true potential in Europe as injury prevented him from establishing himself at Marseille over the long term . Despite this , there is consensus among critics that he displayed an extraordinary ability throughout his career in spite of his chronic injuries , being most renowned in Japan .
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( Serbian Cyrillic : Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда , IPA : [ fûdbalskiː klûːb tsř̩ʋenaː zʋěːzda ] ; English : Red Star Football Club ) , which translates into English as simply Red Star ( Serbian : Црвена звезда / Crvena zvezda ) , is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade commonly known elsewhere as Red Star Belgrade ( Serbian : Црвена звезда Београд / Crvena zvezda Beograd ) , the major part of the Red Star multi-sport club . They are the only Serbian and Yugoslav club to have won the European Cup , having done so in 1991 , and the only team to have won the Intercontinental Cup , also in 1991 . With 30 national championships , 24 national cups , 2 national supercups and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions , Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table , and is the most successful club in Serbia . Since the 1991-92 season , Red Star 's best results are in the UEFA Champions League group stage and UEFA Europa League knockout phase . According to 2008 polls , Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia , with 48.2% of the population supporting them . They have many supporters in other former Yugoslav republics and in the Serbian diaspora . Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side Partizan . The championship matches between these two clubs are known as The Eternal derby . According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century , Red Star is the highest-ranked Serbian and ex-Yugoslavian club , sharing the 27th position on the list with Dutch club Feyenoord .
Robert Prosinečki ( Croatian pronunciation : [ rǒbert prosinětʃkiː ] ; born 12 January 1969 ) is a Croatian professional football manager and former football midfielder who is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Kayserispor . He is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona . After retiring from active football he worked as assistant manager of the Croatia national team between 2006 and 2010 , before being appointed manager of Red Star Belgrade in December 2010 . In August 2012 , Prosinečki left Red Star and took over Turkish club Kayserispor two months after . He was appointed as manager of the Azerbaijan national football team in December 2014 . After three years spent in Azerbaijan , it was announced that he would not extend his contract for two more years with the Azerbaijan football federation . On 4 January 2018 , he was named manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team . He was supposed to leave the national team almost two years later , in September 2019 , after almost certainly failing to qualify Bosnia and Herzegovina to the 2020 UEFA European Championship , but decided to stay as the head coach after consults with the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina board of directors . On 27 November 2019 , Prosinečki and the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina reached mutual agreement and he left his role in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team .
Zvonimir Boban ( Croatian pronunciation : [ zʋônimiːr bǒban ] ( listen ) ; born 8 October 1968 ) is a Croatian former footballer who was Deputy Secretary General of FIFA . He is currently the Chief Football Officer of AC Milan . Boban played as a midfielder and was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder . He played most of his professional career for Italian club Milan with whom he won four Serie A titles and one UEFA Champions League title . He also captained the Croatia national team which won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup . Before 1990 and the international recognition of Croatia 's national team , Boban had played for the Yugoslavia under-20 team which won the 1987 World Youth Championship . Boban scored three times in this tournament , as well as scoring in the final ( drawn 1-1 with West Germany ) and then converting the decisive penalty in the shootout . Having made his debut for the full Yugoslavia team in 1988 , Boban switched to playing for Croatia after the national team 's inception , debuting against Romania in December 1990 . Having appeared seven times for Yugoslavia , scoring once , Boban was capped 51 times for Croatia , scoring 12 goals , between 1990 and 1999 . Since retiring from playing in 2002 , Boban gained a history degree from the University of Zagreb . He has also become a football pundit on Croatian and Italian television , working most notably for Sky Italia and RTL Televizija . He has a reputation as an outspoken analyst .
Associazione Calcio Milan ( Italian pronunciation : [ assotʃatˈtsjoːne ˈkaltʃo ˈmiːlan ] ) , commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional football club in Milan , Italy , founded in 1899 . The club has spent its entire history , with the exception of the 1980-81 and 1982-83 seasons , in the top flight of Italian football , known as Serie A since 1929-30 . A.C. Milan 's 18 FIFA and UEFA trophies is the fourth highest out of any club ( joint with Boca Juniors ) , and the most out of any Italian club . Milan has won a joint record three Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup , seven European Cup/Champions League titles ( Italian record ) , the UEFA Super Cup a joint record five times and the Cup Winners ' Cup twice . With 18 league titles , Milan is also the joint-second most successful club in Serie A , along with local rivals Internazionale and behind Juventus ( 35 league titles ) . They have also won the Coppa Italia five times , and the Supercoppa Italiana seven . Milan 's home games are played at San Siro , also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza . The stadium , which is shared with city rivals Internazionale , is the largest in Italian football , with a total capacity of 80,018 . Inter are considered their biggest rivals , and matches between the two teams are called Derby della Madonnina , which is one of the most followed derbies in football . The club is one of the wealthiest in Italian and world football . It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe 's leading football clubs as well as its replacement , the European Club Association .
Ivica Olić ( pronounced [ îʋitsa ǒːlitɕ ] ; born 14 September 1979 ) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who is currently working as an assistant manager of the Croatia national team . During his career , he played for German Bundesliga clubs such as Hamburger SV , VfL Wolfsburg , and Bayern Munich and also for the Croatia national team . Olić primarily played as a striker but could also operate as a winger . He has been described as a relentless pursuer of the ball and possessing power and a decent bit of pace with him . Former Croatia manager Slaven Bilić described him as a typical match-winner and king of important matches due to his ability to score in important matches against big opponents . Named the Croatian Footballer of the Year in 2009 and 2010 , Olić appeared with Bayern Munich in two UEFA Champions League finals in 2010 and 2012 . He represented his country in three FIFA World Cups - in 2002 , 2006 and 2014 - and two UEFA European Championships - in 2004 and 2008 - earning his 100th cap on 16 November 2014 , before retiring from international football in 2015 .
Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. , commonly known as FC Bayern München ( German pronunciation : [ ʔɛf tseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩ ] ) , FCB , Bayern Munich , or FC Bayern , is a German sports club based in Munich , Bavaria . It is best known for its professional football team , which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system , and is the most successful club in German football history , having won a record 29 national titles and 19 national cups . FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by 11 football players , led by Franz John . Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 , the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963 . The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the 1970s when , under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer , it won the European Cup three consecutive times ( 1974-1976 ) . Overall , Bayern has reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals , most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble . Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup , one European Cup Winners ' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups , making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally and the only German club to have won both international titles . Since the formation of the Bundesliga , Bayern has been the dominant club in German football , winning 29 titles , including seven consecutively since 2013 . They have traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1 . FC Nürnberg , as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-1990s . Since the beginning of the 2005-06 season , Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena . Previously the team had played at Munich 's Olympiastadion for 33 years .
Mario Mandžukić ( Croatian pronunciation : [ mâːrio mǎndʒukitɕ ] ; born 21 May 1986 ) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail . Besides being a prolific goalscorer , he is known for his defensive contribution and aerial power . He started his career in his hometown club Marsonia from where he moved to two Croatian capital city football clubs , first joining NK Zagreb and then signing with Dinamo Zagreb in 2007 , where he was Prva HNL top goalscorer in the 2008-09 season . His prolific scoring earned him a transfer to VfL Wolfsburg in 2010 . After some impressive performances at UEFA Euro 2012 , where he was the joint top scorer with three goals , he was signed by Bayern Munich . In his first season with the club he won three trophies ; the Bundesliga , DFB-Pokal , and the Champions League , while also becoming the first Croat to score in a Champions League final . After winning a domestic double the following season , he left Bayern for Atlético Madrid in 2014 , and a season later was signed by Juventus for €19 million , where he won the domestic double in his first three seasons , followed by another league title the following year . In the 2017 Champions League final match against Real Madrid , he scored his second goal in a Champions League final , an overhead kick arcing past the keeper that earned him UEFA Goal of the Season award . At international level , Mandžukić was given his debut for Croatia in November 2007 under manager Slaven Bilić . He participated in four major tournaments with his national side , Euro 2012 , the 2014 World Cup , Euro 2016 , and the 2018 World Cup , reaching the final of the latter tournament , after which he retired from international football . In total , he made 89 international appearances , and with 33 goals , he is the Croatia national team 's second-most prolific scorer of all time , behind Davor Šuker . He was named Croatian Footballer of the Year in 2012 and 2013 .