Tonči Gabrić (born 11 November 1961) is a Croatian retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Gabrić played before 1991 in Yugoslav clubs Čelik Zenica and

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. After Yugoslav dissolution, he played for two years in Greece with PAOK (1991–1993), and in Croatia with Pazinka (1993–1994), and Hajduk Split (1994–1999).

International career

He made his debut for

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in an October 1990

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against the

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, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for

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. As Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, the game is deemed unofficial. He has earned a total of 9 caps (two of them not official), scoring no goals. He was the regular reserve goalkeeper of the national team between 1990 and 1997 and was part of the

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squad. His final international was a September 1997

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match away against

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Personal life

His son Drago is also playing football in midfielder role with HNK Rijeka. Drago's twin Paškvalina has been one of the best female footballers in Croatia for a number of years playing for Viktoria Slavonski Brod and ŽNK Zagreb as well as being on trial with Charlton Athletic FC of England.

Honours

Player

RNK Split * Croatian Republic League - South: 1983–84 Hajduk Split *

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: 1994–95 * Croatian Cup: 1994–95 *

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: 1994

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995

References

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* * * 1961 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football goalkeepers Yugoslav footballers Croatian footballers Croatia international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players RNK Split players NK Solin players NK Čelik Zenica players HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Rijeka players PAOK FC players NK Pazinka players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Super League Greece players Croatian Football League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub