Edmond Tomić (born 10 November 1956 in Prizren,

SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former football player. Starting his career with Liria Prizren, where he played for three seasons, he moved to

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

where he stayed for six seasons. He was Rijeka's top scorer during the 1981-82 season of

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. During his time with Rijeka, he was at the centre of controversy when Rijeka defeated

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

2–1 during the

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season. Dinamo claimed that Edmond Tomić, who joined Rijeka that season from Liria, didn't serve a one-match suspension following two yellow cards received while playing for his former club. They appealed and after two months it has been decided to award the match 3–0 to Dinamo. After several appeals from both sides, in spring 1979 Football Association of Yugoslavia ruled in favour of Rijeka. The case was brought to Employment Appeal Tribunal, which four years later ruled Dinamo as champions but HNK Hajduk Split remained registered as champions for the 1978-79 season. In 1984, he moved to

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, where he played for various clubs, including

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and FC Salzburg until he retired.

Club statistics

: *Incomplete

Honours

;NK Rijeka *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

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* Balkans Cup: 1978 ;FC Salzburg *

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: 1989-90 ;Individual *

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top scorer: 1989

References

1956 births Living people Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football forwards KF Liria Prizren players HNK Rijeka players SV Spittal/Drau players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub