Dario à  imià(; born 12 November 1975) is a Croatian former footballer. à  imiàwas a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back; a physical and hard-tackling defender, he was known in particular for his strength and ability in the air. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010, where he retired from the game during the same year.
à  imiàplayed for Croatia national football team between 1996 and 2008. He retired from international football shortly after becoming the first Croatian player to win 100 international caps. He is currently the team's eighth most capped player. He was a member of Croatia's squad for each of the six major tournaments for which the team qualified 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).
Under coach Marcello Lippi, à  imiàmade his Serie A debut for Inter Milan in a 2âÂÂ0 victory against Venezia at San Siro on 10 January 1999. By the end of his first season in Italy, à  imiàearned a total of 17 appearances and scored 2 goals for Internazionale. In the following couple of seasons, à  imiÃÂ's services were regularly used until the 2001âÂÂ02 season, when he had only 12 league and 8 European appearances. and in June 2002 Internazionale and their cross-city rivals AC Milan agreed a player swap with ÃÂmit Davala going in the opposite direction, which à  imiàwas valued â¬16.5 million, despite it was purely accounting purpose. In his 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 1999âÂÂ2000 season, even though this was the time when some of football's biggest stars played there with à  imiÃÂ, such as Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo, Ivan Zamorano, Diego Simeone and Christian Vieri.
In August 2008, Ã Â imiÃÂ moved to Monaco.
On 27 April 2010, à  imiàreturned to Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer, after having spent eleven years playing abroad. However, à  imiàwent on to announce his retirement from active football only three months later on 10 August 2010. During the short spell à  imiàappeared in 3 competitive matches for the Blues, including the 2010 Croatian Supercup, and two European away matches against Koper and Sheriff Tiraspol, without ever appearing in the 2010âÂÂ11 Prva HNL. In his announcement, à  imiàsaid that he enrolled at the coaching academy and confirmed that his future plans involved staying in football, possibly as a manager.
On 16 September 2008, Ã Â imiÃÂ announced his retirement from international football after being a Croatian international footballer for years.
à  imiàis a devout Catholic and organizes pilgrimages. He is the owner of Aquaviva company. He married Jelena Mediàin 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 à  imiàand a distant relative of Herzegovinian hajduk Andrijica à  imiÃÂ.
Dinamo Zagreb
Milan
Croatia