Tonio Teklić (; born 9 September 1999) is a

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Club career

Teklić was born in

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to a family originally from

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and living in the suburb

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. He began his youth career at the local

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and quickly moved to the new-founded Adriatic Split where he spent 5 years at the youth levels winning various tournaments and individual awards. In the summer of 2015, Teklić, alongside many of his Adriatic teammates signed youth contracts with Hajduk Split. He established himself throughout the Hajduk B squad and got called-up for senior squad league match of Hajduk against Lokomotiva Zagreb, where he entered as a substitute in the 46th minute, replacing Savvas Gentsoglou. Teklić became a permanent part of the first-team squad at the beginning of 2019. On July 21, 2023, he signed a three-year contract with

club

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Tonio Teklić
at Hajduk Split's website 1999 births Living people Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatian Football League players Croatian men's footballers First Football League (Croatia) players Footballers from Split, Croatia HNK Hajduk Split II players HNK Hajduk Split players Men's association football midfielders NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Varaždin (2012) players People from Solin Sportspeople from Split-Dalmatia County Trabzonspor footballers {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub