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).