Mario Tomić (born 20 June 1988) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for

RK Nexe Našice Rukometni klub Nexe Našice (), commonly referred to as RK Nexe Našice or simply Nexe, is a professional handball club from Našice, Croatia. Currently, RK Nexe competes in the Premijer liga and Croatian Handball Cup as well in the SEHA Leagu ...

at the position of pivot. He started his career as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

in Medveščak. In 2011 he came to Siscia, where he moved to the position of pivot. Although he played in qualifications for the EHF Cup, due to a financial crisis in the club he went to

. There, he played for 5 years in

Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it i ...

.Sportnet
Branimir Korač. ''Mario Tomić za Sportnet: "U Katru je sve podređeno reprezentaciji, a u Riju su očekivali medalju"'', published 8 September 2015, access date 27 October 2017 In 2017, he returned to Croatia and three months later, in September, signed a contract with

. He is still playing for the Qatar national team.

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at the RK Nexe Našice's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomic, Mario 1988 births Living people Handball players from Zagreb Croatian male handball players RK Medveščak Zagreb players 21st-century Croatian people Qatari male handball players RK Nexe Našice players Naturalized citizens of Qatar Naturalised handball players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen 21st-century Qatari sportsmen