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He was born on January 1, 1968 in Osijek, Croatia. He began his playing career at his local team Osijek in 1984, whence he moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 1989.

After impressing in the Yugoslav First League, he made his debut for Croatia in 1990 against Romania. In 1991, just before the Yugoslav wars broke out, he played in two matches for the Yugoslav national teamThe Yugoslavia national football team existed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For the team under the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia see Serbia and Montenegro national football team. The first one was in th, where he scored his first international goal.

Also in 1991, he moved to Spanish club SevillaSevilla Football Club is, historically, the best football team in Seville. It was established in 1905. It has won one Liga and three Copa del Generalisimos. The team wears white for home games and red for away games. Fans of the team are nicknamed sevilli; in 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi, after Croatia became independent, he joined the Croatian national team. After featuring highly in the PichichiIn Spanish football, the Pichichi is the trophy awarded to the top-scorer for each season. It is named in honour of the nickname of a famous Athletic Bilbao player, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi who scored many goals in the years before the Spanish national leag charts, Šuker went on to score 3 goals for Croatia in the Euro 96 championship.

He then moved to Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Futbol ( 1902) is Spain's and the world's most successful football club, according to FIFA's club ranking of the 20th century, just ahead of Manchester United. Formed on March 6 1902, it competes in the Spanish first division or Primer in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, which saw him realise his dream of capturing major trophies, collecting the Spanish League title in 1997 and the Champions League in 1998. At the end of this successful season, he went on to claim the Golden Boot in the 1998 World Cup with 6 goals.

Šuker moved to Arsenal in 1999 and subsequently moved to West Ham United and 1860 Munich.

Šuker finished his career with 46 international goals, 45 of them for Croatia; he is the Croatian national team's all-time goal scoring leader. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

He currently runs a private business Davor Šuker Football Academy in Zagreb, Croatia.