Mario Barić (born 15 April 1985) is a

Bosnian Croat The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats (), are native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and constitute the third most populous ethnic group, after Bosniaks and Serbs. They are also one of ...

retired

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

er.

Club career

Born in

Travnik Travnik ( cyrl, Травник) is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative center of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

,Mario Barić
at FK Sarajevo official website, Retrieved 25 August 2016

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, back then part of Yugoslavia, Barić initially played with

Croatia Sesvete NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb. Previous club names: NK Sljeme (1957–1988), NK Sesvete (1988–1996), NK Badel Sesvete (1996–1997), NK Sesvete (1997–1998). The club was ...

MARIO BARIĆ PRVO POJAČANJE
at FK Vojvodina official website, 21 June 2013, Retrieved 25 August 2016 and

NK Žminj NK Žminj is a Croatian football club based in a village of Žminj in the central part of Istria. Honours Treća HNL The Croatian Second Football League (), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL, is the third tier of the Croatian football league s ...

from where he moved to

NK Karlovac NK Karlovac 1919 is a Croatian football club based in the town of Karlovac. Karlovac plays their home matches at Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek. History Traditionally lower-level minnows, the club's most successful period in the Yugoslav foo ...

in 2007, who at the time were playing in the Croatian Second League. He managed promotion with Karlovac to the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

in 2008 and played two more seasons with them in Croatian top level.Mario Barić Prva HNL stats
at hrnogomet.com, Retrieved 25 August 2016 During the winter-break of the 2010–11 season, he moved to Belgium where he joined

K.A.A. Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (; English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Gent or by their nickname ' (), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football tea ...

and played two years with them in

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

.Mario Baric profile
at Soccerway At the winter-break of the 2012–13 season, he left Gent and returned to Croatia where he played the second half of the season with

Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

in the Croatian First League. The following summer, he, along with his compatriot

Matej Delač Matej Delač (; born 20 August 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish 1st Division club Horsens. Club career Inter Zaprešić A product of Inter Zaprešić youth academy, Delač started to impress very ...

, joined

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

side

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

. However, while Delač became the main goalkeeper, Barić played few games, none of which were in the league. He was released by Vojvodina during the following winter-break despite having initially signed a two-year contract. During the winter-break of 2013–14 season, both Barić and Delač left Vojvodina and joined

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

, Barić's first club in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

. He stayed with Sarajevo two years, where he made a total of 35 appearances in official games and scored one goal. In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, Barić moved to another Bosnian Premier League club,

NK Vitez NK Vitez is football club based in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Center. The club's crest has the sword in front of a football ball. It also features the year when ...

, where he played until the end of the season. In summer 2016 he signed with

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (), colloquially referred to as Zrinjski Mostar or simply Zrinjski, is a Herzegovinian professional Association football, football club, based in Mostar. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and wit ...

. He was released by Zrinjski in October 2017. In 2018, Baric joined

NK Dubrava NK Dubrava, known as Dubrava Tim Kabel for sponsorship reasons, or simply Dubrava, is a Croatian football club based in the Dubrava neighborhood in eastern Zagreb. Formed in 1945, the club spent its entire history in lower leagues. Its biggest s ...

where he played until February 2019, when he then joined

NK Zelina Nogometni Klub Zelina is a Croatian football club based in the town of Sveti Ivan Zelina Sveti Ivan Zelina () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. Geography Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb, connected: * by A4 highway (Zagreb - S ...

. He finished his career at Austrian lower league side SV Wolfau.Austrian career stats
- ÖFB

Career statistics

Honours

;FK Sarajevo *

Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

: 2013–14 *

: 2014–15 ;Zrinjski *

: 2016–17, 2017–18

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baric, Mario 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Travnik Footballers from Central Bosnia Canton Men's association football fullbacks Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Croatian men's footballers NK Žminj players NK Karlovac 1919 players K.A.A. Gent players NK Slaven Belupo players FK Vojvodina players FK Sarajevo players NK Vitez players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players NK Dubrava players NK Zelina players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Belgian Pro League players Serbian SuperLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria