# Ante Šuto
**Ante Šuto** (born 2000 in Imotski, Croatia) is a Croatian-born Australian professional footballer who plays as a center-forward or winger for Hibernian in the [Scottish Premiership](https://www.edgepedia.org/scottish-premiership). He rose from the second tier of Croatian football to a first Socceroos call-up within two years, and scored a last-minute winner on his Scottish Premiership debut.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2000, Imotski, Croatia; height 1.85 m; left-footed[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511) |
| Citizenship | Australia and Croatia; listed by Transfermarkt as an Australia national player with 0 caps[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511) |
| Positions | Centre-forward (main), with right and left winger as other positions[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511) |
| Senior clubs | NK Croatia Zmijavci (May 2021–Jan 2024), Slaven Belupo (Jan 2024–Feb 2026), Hibernian (Feb 2026–)[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto) |
| Hibernian move | Joined 2 February 2026 for an undisclosed fee; contract to 30 June 2028 with an option for a further year[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvgxy9x5535o) • [1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511) |
| Debut | Stoppage-time headed winner in Hibernian 3–2 Dundee United, 4 February 2026[4](https://spfl.co.uk/match-day/2563080) |
| Australia call-up | First CommBank Socceroos squad, March 2026 FIFA Series matches against Cameroon and Curaçao[5](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey) |
## Early career in Croatia
Šuto grew up in Imotski, a town he has described as a village of about 2,000 people, and started playing football at the age of five[5](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey). His youth clubs were NK Croatia Zmijavci, RNK Split, and HNK Hajduk[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511). He spent 2020/21 in Croatia Zmijavci's junior team, making six appearances in the Prva liga juniora NSŽSD group B[6](https://semafor.hns.family/en/players/233555/ante-suto/).
His senior career began at Croatia Zmijavci, where he made 51 appearances and scored 10 goals between May 2021 and January 2024 in the Croatian second tier[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto). In January 2024 he moved to SuperSport HNL club Slaven Belupo. FotMob credits him with 56 appearances and 9 goals for the [Koprivnica](https://www.edgepedia.org/koprivnica) club across all competitions[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto); the Croatian Football Federation's record lists 50 league appearances with 9 goals and 7 assists in total[7](https://theanalyst.com/players/11791/ante-suto).
His final season in Croatia was his most productive. In 2025/26 he made 18 SuperSport HNL appearances, 14 of them starts, and scored 4 league goals, with a further 2 cup appearances[8](https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/208008/ante-suto/). Slaven Belupo's own farewell described him as leaving as the league's leading assist provider and the club's fourth top scorer of the season, with 4 goals and 6 assists across official matches, and noted the route he had shown from amateur and second-tier football to the professional top flight[9](https://www.nk-slaven-belupo.hr/novosti/seniori/ante-suto-nakon-dvije-uspjesne-godine-odlazi-iz-slaven-belupa-karijeru-nastavlja-graditi-u-skotskom-hibernianu).
## Move to Hibernian and debut
Hibernian signed Šuto from Slaven Belupo on the February 2026 transfer deadline day for an undisclosed fee, part of a deadline that also brought Felix Passlack from Bochum and the loan signing of Munashe Garananga from Copenhagen[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvgxy9x5535o). His contract runs to 30 June 2028 with an option for a further year[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511).
**Immediate impact.** Three days after signing he started Hibernian's Premiership match at home to Dundee United on 4 February 2026. Dundee United had turned a 1–0 half-time deficit into a 2–1 lead through Ross Graham and Max Watters before Elie Youan equalised in the 89th minute; Šuto then headed the 3–2 winner from the center of the box in the third minute of stoppage time, from a Nicky Cadden cross at a set piece[4](https://spfl.co.uk/match-day/2563080) • [10](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13502907/hibernian-3-2-dundee-united-ante-sutos-last-minute-winner-secures-dream-scottish-premiership-debut-for-hibs-new-signing). Hibernian manager David Gray called it a dream debut and "a fantastic header"[11](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/czjgr3zp274o). Ten days later he came off the bench at Dundee and equalised late in a 3–3 draw, killing a ball over the top with his first touch and finishing with his second[12](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy0dqwywrpxt?page=8).
## Australia and the Socceroos
Šuto holds both Australian and Croatian citizenship[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511). In March 2026 he received his first call-up to the CommBank Socceroos for the [FIFA Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifa-series) 2026 fixtures against Cameroon at Accor Stadium and Curaçao at AAMI Park[5](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey). At the camp he said that assistant coach [Mile Jedinak](https://www.edgepedia.org/mile-jedinak) had watched him play for Hibernian in Scotland, and that two years earlier he had been playing in the Croatian second division[5](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey). FotMob's career record lists him as an Australia international from March 2026[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto), while Transfermarkt shows 0 senior caps as of its last profile update[1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511). He had not yet set foot in Australia before the March 2026 trip[13](https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-25-from-imotski-to-the-socceroos-ante-sutos-aussie-homecoming-15db389f).
## First full season in Scotland
In the 2026/27 [Premiership](https://www.edgepedia.org/premiership) season Šuto has been used largely as a substitute, taking part in all eight of Hibernian's opening Premiership matches and playing 272 minutes, starting three of them, without scoring in the league[7](https://theanalyst.com/players/11791/ante-suto). He did score in Europe, netting in a 3–0 win away at Ross County in September 2026[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto), and he started Hibernian's 1–0 league defeat at Dundee United on 10 October 2026[14](https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/9533/United-see-out-deserved-home-victory-over-Hibernian.html).
## Style of play
Šuto describes his own best quality as effort: giving 100 percent on every ball, with scoring goals as his job[5](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey). Opta-based trait percentiles against attacking midfielders and wingers show his strengths as aerial duels won (98th percentile), defensive contributions (93rd), and goals (86th), with touches in the 9th percentile, a profile of a low-touch, high-output forward[2](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto).
## References
1. [Ante Suto, player profile, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ante-suto/profil/spieler/697511)
2. [Ante Šuto, stats, career and market value, FotMob](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1607998/assist-ante-suto)
3. [Hibs buy Felix Passlack and Ante Suto as Munashe Garananga joins on loan, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvgxy9x5535o)
4. [Match Day Live: Hibernian 3–2 Dundee United, 4 February 2026, SPFL](https://spfl.co.uk/match-day/2563080)
5. [Ante Suto: Honoured to be here and still get goosebumps thinking about my journey, Socceroos](https://socceroos.com.au/news/ante-suto-honoured-be-here-and-still-get-goosebumps-thinking-about-my-journey)
6. [Ante Šuto (junior record), Croatian Football Federation](https://semafor.hns.family/en/players/233555/ante-suto/)
7. [Ante Suto, The Analyst (Opta)](https://theanalyst.com/players/11791/ante-suto)
8. [Ante Šuto (senior record), Hrvatski nogometni savez](https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/208008/ante-suto/)
9. [Ante Šuto nakon dvije uspješne godine odlazi iz Slaven Belupa, NK Slaven Belupo](https://www.nk-slaven-belupo.hr/novosti/seniori/ante-suto-nakon-dvije-uspjesne-godine-odlazi-iz-slaven-belupa-karijeru-nastavlja-graditi-u-skotskom-hibernianu)
10. [Hibernian 3-2 Dundee United: Ante Suto's last-minute winner, Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13502907/hibernian-3-2-dundee-united-ante-sutos-last-minute-winner-secures-dream-scottish-premiership-debut-for-hibs-new-signing)
11. [Hibernian 3-2 Dundee United: What David Gray said, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/czjgr3zp274o)
12. [Dundee vs Hibernian: Scottish Premiership updates & match report, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy0dqwywrpxt?page=8)
13. [Ante Suto: Croatian-born striker heads to Australia for first time, The Daily Perspective](https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-25-from-imotski-to-the-socceroos-ante-sutos-aussie-homecoming-15db389f)
14. [United see out deserved home victory over Hibernian, Dundee United FC](https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/9533/United-see-out-deserved-home-victory-over-Hibernian.html)
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