Toni Golem (; born 14 January 1982) is a Croatian retired professional

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who played as centre or right back on defence. He currently is manager of club

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Managerial career

After retiring in 2012, Golem began his coaching career at his former club,

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. He signed a contract until June 2014. He worked in the staff until just before the summer 2017. He then joined the staff of manager

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, functioning as an assistant coach. On 13 November 2018,

was appointed as the new manager of

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, where Golem followed with him, remaining as his assistant. In the end of November 2017, Golem finished his

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. Golem left Hajduk in the summer 2018. On 3 January 2019, Golem became the manager of

Balmazújvárosi FC Balmazújvárosi FC, also known by the sponsor name Balmaz Kamilla Gyógyfürdő or the company name Balmazújváros Sport, is a Hungarian football club located in Balmazújváros, Hungary. It currently plays in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team's c ...

in the

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. During his spell as assistant coach in Hajduk Toni was in charge of the first team as Head coach when the manager was sacked. He led the Hajduk Split team in three games. When Toni worked as an assistant coach his second time in Hajduk Split he was the right hand of Paolo Tramezzani who in the past was the manager of Livorno in Serie A, and APOEL in Cyprus as well as Switzerland first division teams like Sion and Lugano. In addition he has also worked for Boro Primorac who was the assistant coach of Arsene Wenger for over 20 years in Arsenal. In February 2022, he was appointed manager of Croatian second tier-side

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.NK SOLIN: Toni Golem novi kormilar modrih s Jadra vjeruje u ostanak
- Solin

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* * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football defenders Croatian footballers NK Mosor players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Górnik Łęczna players Ruch Chorzów players NK Inter Zaprešić players NK Karlovac players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Croatian football managers NK Lučko managers NK Solin managers Expatriate football managers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub