Dario Šimić
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| Date of birth | 12 November 1975 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1992–1998 | Croatia Zagreb | 140 | (14) | ||||||
| 1999–2002 | Internazionale | 66 | (3) | ||||||
| 2002–2008 | Milan | 82 | (1) | ||||||
| 2008–2010 | Monaco | 27 | (0) | ||||||
| 2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| Total | 315 | (18) | |||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 1993 | Croatia U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 1995 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 1994–1996 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||
| 1996–2008 | Croatia | 100 | (3) | ||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dario Šimić (pronounced [dâːrjo ʃǐːmit͡ɕ]; born 12 November 1975) is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back; a physical and hard-tackling defender, he was known in particular for his strength and ability in the air. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and A.C. Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010, where he retired from the game during the same year.
Šimić also played for Croatia national football team and is the team's fourth most capped player, having won a total of 100 international caps between 1996 and 2008. He was member of Croatia's squad in all six major tournaments they qualified for during the 1990s and 2000s, which includes three FIFA World Cups (11 appearances in 1998, 2002 and 2006) and three UEFA European Championships (5 appearances in 1996, 2004 and 2008).
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