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unusual facts about Croatia national football team



Bangu, Rio de Janeiro

Croatian international footballer and current Shakhtar Donetsk star Eduardo da Silva is originally from Bangu and lived there before moving to Croatia as a 16-year-old.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

In the second match against Croatia, he was shown a straight red card for reacting to a challenge from Jerko Leko as Germany succumbed to a 2–1 shock defeat.

Coat of arms of Croatia

This is partly due to the geometric design of the shield which makes it appropriate for use in many graphic contexts (e.g. the insignia of Croatia Airlines or the design of the shirt for the Croatia national football team), and partly because the Pan-Slavic colors are present in many European flags.

Croatia national under-20 football team

That was second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998.

Gary Naysmith

He then became first choice left-back for Scotland's games against Croatia, 0–0 at home and 1–1 in Zagreb.

Gornji Hrašćan

Dražen Ladić, former goalkeeper of the Croatian national football team and winner of the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, grew up in the village.

Josip Radošević

In August 2012, Radošević was called up to the national team by manager Igor Štimac for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Macedonia and Belgium as an alternative for the defensive midfielder Ognjen Vukojević.

Mate Bilić

However, he was also eligible to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina before making his full international debut for Croatia, as his parents hailed from Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ramesh Ramdhan

Ramesh Ramdhan (born July 25, 1960) is a football (soccer) referee from Trinidad and Tobago, best known for supervising one match (Japan-Croatia) during the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France.

Stadion Kranjčevićeva

Following Croatia's independence in 1991, the Croatia national football team played at Kranjčevićeva only once, in a 1996 friendly against South Korea which Croatia won 3–0 through a hat-trick from Goran Vlaović.

Vedran Ćorluka

He started to play for the Croatian under-21 team and eventually progressed to his country's senior national team, for which he soon made his debut in the friendly match against world champions Italy on 16 August 2006 in Livorno, Italy.


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