Editing Igor Tudor (section)

==International career==
Tudor played for the [[Croatia national football team|Croatia national team]] between 1997 and 2006. He also won several international caps for the Croatian under-17, under-19 and [[Croatia national under-21 football team|under-21]] national teams between 1993 and 2000.

Tudor made his debut in Croatia's final match of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying]], a 1–1 draw at [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] on 15 November 1997, coming on as a substitute for [[Aljoša Asanović]] in the 89th minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21417|title=Player Database|accessdate=7 January 2023|website=EU-football}}</ref> He was subsequently part of the Croatian squad that finished third at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in France. At the tournament, he made three appearances as a substitute in the closing stages of Croatia's games against [[Japan national football team|Japan]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]].

After the 1998 World Cup, he made four appearances in the Croatian national team's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for [[UEFA Euro 2000]], being in the starting line-up on all four occasions. He also appeared in six matches during Croatia's qualifying campaign for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], but missed the final tournament in South Korea and Japan due to an injury.

He returned to the national team during the qualifying stages for [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]], appearing in seven qualifying matches. At the finals in Portugal, he appeared in two of Croatia's three group matches. In his first appearance at the tournament, a 2–2 draw against [[France national football team|France]], he scored an [[own goal]] to put the French side 1–0 up midway through the first half. His second appearance at the tournament came in Croatia's final group match against [[England national football team|England]], where he scored Croatia's second goal to keep their hopes alive after they found themselves 3–1 down in the second half. [[Frank Lampard]], however, soon netted England's fourth goal and Croatia were knocked out of the tournament in the group stage.

Tudor was also included in Croatia's 23-man squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] finals in Germany, having appeared in eight qualifying matches for the tournament, scoring two goals. He recorded his first goal of the qualifying when he scored Croatia's final goal in their 3–0 win at home to [[Malta national football team|Malta]] on 30 March 2005. His second goal of the competition came in Croatia's 3–1 win at [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] on 4 June 2005, when he put Croatia 2–0 up just over half an hour from time. At the 2006 World Cup finals, he started all of Croatia's three group matches and played the full 90 minutes in two of them. Croatia, however, were eliminated from the tournament after a 2–2 draw against [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] in their final group match, with Tudor receiving his second yellow card of the tournament for complaining about the penalty kick from which Australia scored a 1–1 equaliser. He made no further appearances for the national team following the tournament.

He earned a total of 55 caps, scoring 3 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kroa-recintlp.html|title=Appearances for Croatia National Team|accessdate=7 January 2023|website=RSSSF}}</ref>