Mario Tokić

{{Short description|Croatian footballer and manager}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mario Tokić

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|7|23}}

| birth_place = Derventa, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| currentclub = China (assistant)

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992–1998

| years2 = 1998–2001

| years3 = 2001–2005

| years4 = 2005–2007

| years5 = 2007–2009

| years6 = 2009–2011

| clubs1 = Rijeka

| clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb

| clubs3 = Grazer AK

| clubs4 = Austria Wien

| clubs5 = Rapid Wien

| clubs6 = NK Zagreb

| caps1 = 134

| caps2 = 64

| caps3 = 133

| caps4 = 60

| caps5 = 43

| caps6 = 36

| goals1 = 5

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 471

| totalgoals = 13

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2006

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 28

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2016 | managerclubs1 = Lokomotiva Zagreb

| manageryears2 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs2 = Lokomotiva Zagreb

}}

Mario Tokić (born 23 July 1975) is a Croatian football manager and former player. he is the currently assistant coach of China.

He retired following the end of the 2010–11 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/419343/nogomet-1-hnl/zagreb-na-pripreme-s-pelaicem-bez-drpica|title=Zagreb na pripreme s Pelaićem, bez Drpića|last=Rupnik|first=Borna|date=15 June 2011|publisher=Sportnet.hr|language=Croatian|accessdate=16 June 2011}}

Playing career

=Club=

Mario Tokić started his professional career in NK Rijeka in 1992. After six years, in 1998 he moved to Dinamo Zagreb. In 2001, he was transferred to the Austrian side Grazer AK, where he played until 2005, while at Grazer AK he scored what was called his best goal against Liverpool in a champions league qualifier, despite winning 1-0 Grazer AK still lost the tie 2–1.when he moved to Austria Wien. At the end of the 2006–07 season Tokić announced he would be joining Austria's arch rivals Rapid for the new season. In August 2009, after two seasons with Rapid,[https://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/tokic_mario.html Profile] - Rapid Archiv the club announced that the contract with Tokić was cancelled.

=International=

Tokić made his debut for Croatia in a September 1998 European Championship qualification match away against the Republic of Ireland, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Zvonimir Soldo, and earned a total of 28 caps, scoring no goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kroa-recintlp.html|title=Appearances for Croatia National Team|accessdate=31 December 2022|website=RSSSF}} Tokić was part of the Croatian squad at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, but did not play any games at either tournament. His final international was a June 2006 friendly match against Spain.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21131|title=Player Database|accessdate=31 December 2022|website=EU-football}}

Managerial career

On 6 July 2016, following the sacking of Valentin Barišić, Tokić was named manager of NK Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In December 2016 Tokić returning the manager of NK Lokomotiva Zagreb, only to be dismissed in December 2017.[https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/mario-tokic-vise-nije-trener-lokomotive-1212072 Mario Tokić više nije trener Lokomotive!] - Vecernji {{in lang|hr}}

Career statistics

=Club statistics=

{{cite news|url=http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/mario-toki%C4%87.html|title=Mario Tokić Dinamo statistics

|publisher=povijest.gnkdinamo.hr|accessdate= 12 October 2017}}

{{cite news|url=http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/igrac.php?id=465&stranica=1|title=Mario Tokić hnl|publisher=hrnogomet.com|accessdate= 12 October 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 | Club performance

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | League Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental

! colspan=2 | Total

Season

! Club

! League

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals
colspan=3 | Croatia

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Croatian Cup

! colspan=2 | Super Cup

! colspan=2 | Europe

! colspan=2 | Total

1992-93rowspan="6"|HNK Rijekarowspan="6"|Prva HNL6000–|
|60
1993-9416040–|
|200
1994-9526140–|
|301
1995-9634151–|
|392
1996-9727320–|
|293
1997-9825010–|
|260
1998-99rowspan="3"|Dinamo Zagrebrowspan="3"|Prva HNL3001080390
1999-002518060391
2000-01904010140
colspan=3 | Austria

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | ÖFB Cup

! colspan=2 | Super Cup

! colspan=2 | Europe

! colspan=2 | Total

2001-02rowspan="4"|Grazer AKrowspan="4"|Austrian Bundesliga3004031371
2002-03340401071421
2003-0435440|
|40424
2004-053403010101481
2005-06rowspan="2"|Austria Wienrowspan="2"|Austrian Bundesliga29210|
|40342
2006-0731040|
|60410
2007-08rowspan="2"|Rapid Wienrowspan="2"|Austrian Bundesliga22100|
|50271
2008-09210201020260
colspan=3 | Croatia

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Croatian Cup

! colspan=2 | Super Cup

! colspan=2 | Europe

! colspan=2 | Total

2009-10rowspan="2"|NK Zagrebrowspan="2"|Prva HNL12000–|
|120
2010-1125030–|
|280
rowspan=2| Countrycolspan=2| Croatia

!235||3||19||1||0||0||15||0||270||3

colspan=2| Austria

!246||7||22||0||3||0||41||3||312||12

colspan=3|Total

!481||10||41||1||2||0||56||3||581||14

=International appearances=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Croatia national team

YearAppsGoals
199820
199920
200000
200120
200230
200310
200470
200550
200670
Total||28||0

{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/en/players/111197/mario-tokic/|title= Mario Tokić|publisher=hns-cff.hr|accessdate= 12 October 2017}}

Honours

References

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