Darijo Srna

Darijo Srna
Srna in 2020
Personal information
Full name Darijo Srna[1]
Date of birth (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Metković, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Right wing-back
Team information
Current team

Shakhtar Donetsk (director of football)

Shakhtar Donetsk (interim) Coach
Youth career
GOŠK Gabela[4]
1997–1999 Neretva Metković
1999–2000 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Hajduk Split 64 (4)
2003–2018 Shakhtar Donetsk 339 (33)
2018–2019 Cagliari 26 (0)
Total 429 (37)
International career
1998 Croatia U15 1 (0)
1999–2000 Croatia U17 5 (4)
2000–2001 Croatia U19 7 (3)
2000–2001 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2001–2004 Croatia U21 10 (4)
2002–2016 Croatia 134 (22)
Managerial career
2023 Shakhtar Donetsk (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darijo Srna (Croatian pronunciation: [dâːrijo sř̩na];[5] born 1 May 1982) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current director of football of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.[6] During most of his career he played as a right wing-back.

He began his career at Hajduk Split, before moving to Shakhtar in 2003. He has won numerous trophies during his time at Shakhtar, including a UEFA Cup title in 2009, seven Ukrainian Premier League titles, five Ukrainian Cup titles and five Ukrainian Super Cup titles. He left Shakhtar in 2018 and signed one-year contract with Cagliari and then returned to Shakhtar to work as an assistant manager.

Srna made his international debut for Croatia in November 2002 and is the second most capped player in the history of the Croatia national team with 134 caps, having represented his country at the 2006 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as at UEFA Euro 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. In 2009, then manager Slaven Bilić made him the captain of the national team, a position he would hold until his retirement from international football in 2016; the captaincy then passed to Luka Modrić.

He is the most capped player in the history of Shakhtar with 536 appearances.[7] He was popularly dubbed the "Icon of Shakhtar".[8][9] Srna's consistent quality and playing style earned comparisons to Cafu.[10]

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  2. ^ "Darijo Srna - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Darijo Srna". worldfootball.net. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Dalmacija News - Neovisni hrvatski portal". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  5. ^ "sŕna". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Sr̀na
  6. ^ Lyttleton, Ben. "Euro 2012: Croatia". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ^ Кинзерский Эдуард. "Краткая энциклопедия побед "Шахтера"". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Игор Дуляй: Срна - икона клуба". 16 November 2014.
  9. ^ "MPORT.UA – ежедневный журнал для нового поколения мужчин!". MPort. January 2010.
  10. ^ "Darijo Srna - Biography". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.