Mario Brkljača

{{short description|Croatian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mario Brkljača

| fullname =

| image =

| height = 1.83 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = –2004

| youthclubs1 = Zagreb

| years1 = 2004–2008 | clubs1 = Zagreb | caps1 = 128 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = Hajduk Split | caps2 = 35 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = → Cagliari (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Sibir Novosibirsk | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = SV Mattersburg | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2015 | clubs6 = CSKA Sofia | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = Krka | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalyears2 = 2001

| nationalyears3 = 2001–2002

| nationalyears4 = 2004

| nationalyears5 = 2000–2008

| nationalteam1 = Croatia U15

| nationalteam2 = Croatia U16

| nationalteam3 = Croatia U17

| nationalteam4 = Croatia U20

| nationalteam5 = Croatia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalcaps3 = 6

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalcaps5 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalgoals4 = 1

| nationalgoals5 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2018–

| managerclubs1 = Hajduk Split (scout)

| pcupdate = 31 May 2015

}}

Mario Brkljača (born 7 February 1985) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Brkljača began his senior career with hometown side Zagreb.

During the winter transfer window of 2008–09, Brkljača joined Hajduk Split. After a successful short spell at Hajduk, he signed for Italian club side Cagliari Calcio on 8 August 2009 on loan.{{cite news|url=http://www.hajduk.hr/?otvori=vijest&vijest=136|title=Gabrić u Trabzonsporu|date=2009-08-07|accessdate=2009-08-07|publisher=Hajduk Split|language=Croatian}} After an unsuccessful loan spell at the Italian club, he returned to Hajduk.

On 16 January 2015, Brkljača signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria.{{cite news|url=http://www.cska.bg/news/BARKLIaChA-PODPISA-S-CSKA/1005.html|title=Бъркляча подписа с ЦСКА|date=16 January 2015|publisher=cska.bg|language=Bulgarian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118004012/http://www.cska.bg/news/BARKLIaChA-PODPISA-S-CSKA/1005.html|archivedate=18 January 2015}} He left the team after the conclusion of the second half of the 2014/2015 season.

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