Tonio Teklić (; born 9 September 1999) is a

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who plays as an

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for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club

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on loan from

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Club career

Teklić was born in

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to a family originally from

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and living in the suburb

Solin Solin is a town and a suburb of Split, in Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro. Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the capital o ...

. He began his youth career at the local

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and quickly moved to the new-founded Adriatic Split where he spent 5 years at the youth levels winning various tournaments and individual awards. In the summer of 2015, Teklić, alongside many of his Adriatic teammates signed youth contracts with

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

. He established himself throughout the Hajduk B squad and got called-up for senior squad league match of Hajduk against

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, where he entered as a substitute in the 46th minute, replacing Savvas Gentsoglou. Teklić became a permanent part of the first-team squad at the beginning of 2019. On 21 July 2023, he signed a three-year contract with

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club

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Tonio Teklić
at Hajduk Split's website 1999 births Living people People from Solin Footballers from Split, Croatia Footballers from Split-Dalmatia County Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders HNK Hajduk Split II players HNK Hajduk Split players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Varaždin (2012) players Trabzonspor footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Erzurumspor F.K. footballers Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub