Mario Tokić (born 23 July 1975) is a former

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who is the current assistant coach of

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. He retired following the end of the 2010–11 season.

Playing career

Club

Mario Tokić started his professional career in NK Rijeka in 1992. After six years, in 1998 he moved to

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. In 2001, he was transferred to the Austrian side

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, where he played until 2005, while at Grazer AK he scored what was called his best goal against

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in a champions league qualifier, despite winning 1-0 Grazer AK still lost the tie 2-1.when he moved to Austria Wien. At the end of the 2006-07 season Tokić announced he would be joining Austria's arch rivals Rapid for the new season. In August 2009, after two seasons with Rapid, the club announced that the contract with Tokić was cancelled.

International

Tokić made his debut for

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in a September 1998 European Championship qualification match away against the

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, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for

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, and earned a total of 28 caps, scoring no goals. Tokić was part of the Croatian squad at

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and the 2006 World Cup, but did not play any games at either tournament. His final international was a June 2006

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against

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Managerial career

On 6 July 2016, following the sacking of Valentin Barišić, Tokić was named manager of

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. In December 2016 Tokić returning the manager of

, only to be dismissed in December 2017.Mario Tokić više nije trener Lokomotive!
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Career statistics

Club statistics

International appearances

Honours

;Dinamo Zagreb * Prva HNL: 1998-99, 1999-00 * Croatian Cup: 2001 ;Grazer AK * Austrian Bundesliga: 2003-04 * ÖFB Cup: 2002, 2004 * Austrian Super Cup: 2002 ;Austria Wien * Austrian Bundesliga: 2005-06 * ÖFB Cup: 2006, 2007 ;Rapid Wien * Austrian Bundesliga: 2007-08 * Austrian Super Cup:

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* UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007

References

External links

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Mario Tokić profile, Player Details and PictureGuardian football
1975 births Living people People from Derventa Sportspeople from Doboj Region Footballers from Rijeka Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Croatia Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2004 players 2006 FIFA World Cup players HNK Rijeka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Zagreb players Grazer AK players FK Austria Wien players SK Rapid Wien players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Croatian football managers NK Lokomotiva Zagreb managers Croatian Football League managers {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub