Dario Šimić

Under coach Marcello Lippi, Šimić made his Serie A debut for Inter Milan in a 2–0 victory against Venezia at San Siro on 10 January 1999. By the end of his first season in Italy, Šimić earned a total of 17 appearances and scored 2 goals for Internazionale. In the following couple of seasons, Šimić's services were regularly used until the 2001–02 season, when he had only 12 league and 8 European appearances. In June 2002 Internazionale and their cross-city rivals AC Milan agreed a player swap with Ümit Davala going in the opposite direction, which Šimić was valued €16.5 million, despite it was purely accounting purpose. In his 3+1⁄2 years with Internazionale, he earned a total of 66 league appearances and scored three goals. The club failed to win any silverware in this period, and their highest finish was fourth place in the 1999–2000 season, even though this was the time when some of football's biggest stars played there with Šimić, such as Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo, Ivan Zamorano, Diego Simeone and Christian Vieri. In August 2008, Šimić moved to Monaco for two years. On 27 April 2010, Šimić returned to Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer, after having spent eleven years playing abroad. However, Šimić went on to announce his retirement from active football only three months later on 10 August 2010. During the short spell Šimić appeared in 3 competitive matches for the Blues, including the 2010 Croatian Supercup, and two European away matches against Koper and Sheriff Tiraspol,…

Šimić played for Croatia national football team between 1996 and 2008. On 16 September 2008, Šimić announced his retirement from international football after being a Croatian international footballer for 12+1⁄2 years.

Club

1 Played in Croatian Cup and Croatian Super Cup with Dinamo Zagreb. 2 Played in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Cup with Croatia Zagreb, Internazionale Milano and Milan.

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International goals

Šimić is a devout Catholic and organizes pilgrimages. He is the owner of Aquaviva company, a bottled water company. Šimić was detained by Croatian anti-corruption agency USKOK in 2026 for illegally obtaining a permit for a campsite business in Tisno. He married Jelena Medić in 2000 with whom he has sons Roko, Viktor, Nikolas and David, the latter of whom has Down syndrome. He is the older brother of Josip Šimić and a distant relative of Herzegovinian hajduk Andrijica Šimić.