Davor Šuker 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 the greatest Croatian striker of all time, and as one of the greatest strikers of all time.
Nogometni klub Zadar, commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almost twenty years.
The Croatia national under-21 football team represents Croatia in international football matches for players 21 or under. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours reference two national symbols: the Croatian checkerboard and the country's tricolour. They are colloquially referred to as the Mladi vatreni. So far, the Mladi vatreni qualified for five UEFA European Under-21 Championships, namely in 2000, 2004, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Croatia was unable to pass the group stage until the 2021 Euro when it was eliminated in the quarter-finals, its greatest accomplishment in the European competition so far.
Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik, better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, is a Croatian professional football club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Prva NL, the second tier of the Croatian football pyramid, and plays their home matches at the Stadion Šubićevac, which has a capacity of 3,412.
Goran Vlaović is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Franjo Glaser was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, with three clubs BSK Belgrade, Građanski Zagreb and FK Partizan.
Ardian Kozniku is a Kosovan-Croatian professional football coach and former player who most recently was the assistant manager of Al Faisaly.
Igor Cvitanović is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of Dinamo Zagreb II in the Druga HNL.
Miljenko Mumlek is a Croatian former footballer who played as a midfielder until being sentenced to prison for match fixing. He later returned as a football team manager for one season.
Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos, commonly known as Sammir, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, Sammir became a naturalized Croatian citizen and has been capped seven times for the Croatia national football team. He was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Nikica Jelavić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Domagoj Vida is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club AEK Athens and the Croatia national team. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre-back.
Stjepan "Stipe" Andrijašević is a Croatian former professional footballer played as a midfielder.
Gustav Lechner was a footballer who represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides.
Nenad Gračan is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the coach of the Croatia women's national football team.
Igor Cukrov is a Croatian singer-songwriter, musician and television personality. He came to media attention as one of sixteen contestants of talents show Operacija trijumf, Balkan version of Endemol's Star Academy. Cukrov represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, alongside Andrea Šušnjara, with the song "Lijepa Tena", written by Tonči Huljić. The song qualified to the final from the second semi-final as the jury's selected qualifier. It eventually finished in the 18th place with 45 points.
Arijan Ademi is a professional footballer who plays for Croatian Football League club Dinamo Zagreb and the North Macedonia national team.
Nikica is a masculine given name. Nikica is a hypocoristic of the name Nikola. It may refer to:
The Dalmatian derby is the name given to matches between Hajduk Split and Šibenik. It is a regional derby between football clubs from central Dalmatia’s two largest cities, Split and Šibenik. The teams are supported by their fanbases called Split's Torcida and Šibenik's Funcuti.
