Mario Garba (born 13 February 1977 in

Sisak Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...

) is a

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n retired professional footballer who last played for Croatian club NK Lekenik.

Club career

Garba started with football in his native Sisak, with

HNK Segesta HNK Segesta is a Croatian football club located in the city of Sisak. It is named after the Illyrian settlement Segesta from which modern city of Sisak developed. Segesta is one of the oldest Croatian football clubs, although there are no writ ...

before moving to the then-upward bound lower-tier side TŠK from the nearby village of Topolovac. TŠK was eventually promoted to the

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for the 2001/2002 season, and, having participated in 16 matches with 3 goals, he was picked up by

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. After a 1.5 years in Velika, he played mostly for a series of

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teams, with short stints in

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and PAS Hamedan F.C. in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garba, Mario 1977 births Living people People from Sisak Association football midfielders Croatian footballers NK TŠK Topolovac players NK Kamen Ingrad players HNK Segesta players Cerezo Osaka players NK Croatia Sesvete players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players PAS Hamedan F.C. players NK Imotski players NK Međimurje players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players J1 League players Persian Gulf Pro League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran