Danijel Šarić

Serbia and Montenegro

In the late 1990s, Šarić chose to represent FR Yugoslavia (later known as Serbia and Montenegro) in international competitions, just like his fellow Bosnian Serbs, Mladen Bojinović and Nebojša Golić. He was later named in the preliminary squad for the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was omitted from the final selection.^[3] Later on, Šarić participated at the 2005 World Championship and 2006 European Championship. He announced his retirement from the national team in February 2006.^[4]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In October 2009, it was reported that Šarić accepted a call-up to represent his native Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[5] He was cleared to play for the team in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, making his debut in a 27–19 away loss at Hungary on 28 October 2010. His last cap came on 12 March 2011 in a 23–21 home loss to Estonia.

Qatar

In October 2014, it was announced that Šarić would be representing Qatar at the 2015 World Championship.^[6] He helped the team finish as the tournament's runners-up.^[7] This was the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.^[8] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Šarić was one of them.^[9][10] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.^[11] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."^[12] Furthermore, there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.^[13][14][15] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.^[16][17]

The following year, Šarić participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won three gold medals at three successive Asian Championships (2016, 2018 and 2020).^[18]