Tomislav Colić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Цолић; born October 13, 1987) is a Serbian

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formerly with

Los Angeles Blues Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier ...

in the

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and

Anaheim Bolts The Anaheim Bolts were an American professional indoor soccer team founded in 2009. Since March 2011, the team had been a member of the Professional Arena Soccer League. Citing poor attendance and increasing costs, the team suspended operations ...

in the

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Career

Youth and amateur

Colić played for the youth team of

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 ...

club

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 ...

, and came to the United States in 2007 after being offered a

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scholarship at

Vanguard University of Southern California Vanguard University (officially Vanguard University of Southern California) is a private Protestant university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. Vanguard's required core curriculum includes courses o ...

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. He was an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in 2008, NAIA Second-Team All-American in 2009 and garnered All-GSAC recognition in each of his first three years at Vanguard. During his college years Colić also played in the

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for the

Southern California Seahorses Southern California Eagles are an American soccer team based in La Mirada, California. Founded in 2001 as the Southern California Seahorses, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They also field a team ...

and

Vermont Voltage Vermont Voltage was an American soccer team based in St. Albans, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Division of ...

. In 2009, Colić was named to the

All-Western Conference Team.

Professional

Colić turned professional when he signed with the expansion

of the new

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in February 2011. He made his professional debut on April 15, 2011 in a 3-0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico, and scored his first two professional goals on April 20, in a 4-2 win over Puerto Rico United. At the completion of his rookie season in the USL, Colić signed with the

in November 2011. He scored 16 goals in 13 appearances for the Bolts, earning a spot in the PASL Top 20 Scoring Leaders for the 2011-12 season.

References

External links

Vanguard bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colic, Tomislav 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Inđija Footballers from Srem District Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers Southern California Seahorses players Vermont Voltage players Orange County SC players USL League Two players USL Championship players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Serbian sportsmen