Sandro Tomić (born 29 October 1972 in

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) is a Croatian

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goalkeeper and currently the goalkeeping coach. Tomić previously played for Hajduk Split and

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in the

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. He was a member of the 1995 Hajduk team which became Croatian champions, as well as becoming Hungarian champion with Debrecen in 2005 and 2006 and winning two Supercups, while with Honved he won Hungarian Cup. On 21 August 2007 Tomić signed a contract with newly formed

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ian side

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He was supposed to play for Croatia in World Cup 1998. He was already on the list of

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, but Tomić injured his shoulder before the championship. Sandro Tomić never made it to play in Hajduk's first team like basic goalkeeper, but he played around 14 official games for Hajduk, since he was playing at the same time when Tonći Gabrić and

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were Hajduk's goalkeepers. His son Fabjan Tomić is also goalkeeper of Hajduk Split.

Managerial career

In March 2019, the

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named Tomiç as the goalkeeper coach of the

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. The contract is signed for 1 year. Croatian specialist Sandro Tomic will help

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in the national team of Turkmenistan. Croatian coaches are set to develop the overall

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, not just the national team. In March 2020, due to the expiration of the contract and the postponement of the matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asia, he left Turkmenistan alongside head coach

. The national team of Turkmenistan, playing in the qualifying tournament of the World Cup 2022, has occupied first place in the group at the time of his departure.Сборная Туркменистана по футболу завершила год на первом месте отборочной кампании ЧМ-2022
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* 1972 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football goalkeepers Croatian men's footballers NK Primorac 1929 players HNK Hajduk Split players NK Istra players NK Zagreb players Debreceni VSC players Budapest Honvéd FC players PAS Tehran F.C. players NK Imotski players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Croatian Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Cypriot First Division players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Association football goalkeeping coaches HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkmenistan {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub