Hrvoje Tokić (born 17 June 1990) is a Croatian football

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who plays for

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in the 1. deild karla in Iceland. Besides Croatia, he has played in Austria, Cyprus, and Iceland.

Club career

A product of the

Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's c ...

academy, Tokić was the top scorer of the autumn part of the 2008–09 season of the Croatian U19 football league, before being pulled to the first team, where he didn't get many chances. Still, his games for the junior team earned him a transfer to the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

giant

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

in the summer of 2009. Tokić spent his first season playing for the reserve team, and was subsequently loaned to

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sides

NK Mosor NK Mosor, also known as HBDNK "Mosor – Sveti Jure", is a Croatian football club from Žrnovnica, settlement which is part of the city of Split on the Croatian coast. The club was founded in 1928. It existed until World War II when most of its ...

and MV Croatia. While unimpressive on his first loan, he excelled at the latter of the two, scoring a stunning sixteen goals in fourteen matches, becoming the Druga HNL top scorer for the 2010–11 season with a total of 19 goals and helping immensely with saving MV Croatia, who ended up on the bottom of the table after the autumn part of the season, from relegation. Faced with a strong competition in the attack at his main club, Tokić went on loan again to another Druga HNL side, Vinogradar at the beginning of the 2011–12 season. Impressing again with ten goals in eleven matches, Tokić was given in 2012 a chance to play in

, on loan at

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as a replacement for

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. He scored his first goal in Prva HNL in a 2–1 win against Inter Zaprešić on 10 March 2012. In September 2014, Tokić signed a contract with

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. In January 2017, Tokic signed for Icelandic club Breiðablik, after spending two years at Víkingur Ólafsvík. In July 2018, Tokic dropped down to 1. deild karla and signed for Selfoss despite his 7 goals in 10 games Selfoss got relegated to 2. deild karla Tokic was in great form during the 2019 season and scored amazing 22 goals in 20 games but still Selfoss missed out on promotion on the last day of the season by a point. Despite missing 7 games in an injury hit 2020 season Tokic again proved his worth and scored 15 goals in 15 games including a double in the last game of the season which clinched a promotion back to 1. deild karla for Selfoss. In October 2022, Selfoss announced that Tokic would not return for the 2023 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tokic, Hrvoje 1990 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Mosor players NK Vinogradar players NK Zadar players DSV Leoben players HNK Cibalia players Aris Limassol FC players NK Dugopolje players Ungmennafélagið Víkingur players Breiðablik men's football players Selfoss men's football players Croatian Football League players Cypriot Second Division players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players 1. deild karla players 2. deild karla players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland