Tonči Žilić

Tonči Žilić
Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Orkan Dugi Rat
1992–1993	Primorac Stobreč
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993	Primorac Stobreč
1994–1996	Šibenik
1996–1997	Osijek
1997–1998	Castel di Sangro
1998–2000	Verona
1999–2000	→ Fermana (loan)
2000–2001	Siena
2002–2003	Šibenik
2003–2004	Zagreb
2004–2007	Hajduk Split
2008	Solin
2009–2010	Drava
2010–2011	Orkan Dugi Rat
2011	Omiš
International career
1996–1997	Croatia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tonči Žilić (born 26 February 1975) is a retired Croatian football player. He spent most of his career playing in the Croatian Prva HNL, but also a spell in Italy where he played three seasons in Serie B.

Career[edit]

Born in Split, Žilić began playing football for local side NK Orkan Dugi Rat, debuting early for the senior team before moving to Primorac Stobreč, at 17 and a half years of age.^[1] He joined HNK Šibenik and NK Osijek before leaving for Italy in December 1997.

Žilić joined Serie B side A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio. After one season, he left and would play in Serie B for Hellas Verona F.C. and A.C. Siena.^[2]

In 2002, Žilić returned to Croatia where he would spend the next six seasons playing in the Prva HNL with Šibenik, NK Zagreb and Hajduk Split. After spending the 2007–2008 season outside the Hajduk first team, training with the junior team, he went to the Druga HNL team NK Solin, where he stayed until January 2009, when he signed for the Slovenian team Drava Ptuj. After a year and a half there, he returned to his hometown club, the fourth-tier NK Orkan, serving both as a player and a youth team coach. In 2011, he joined the Treća HNL Jug side NK Omiš.

Žilić made four appearances for the Croatia national under-21 football team.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Glas Dalmacije (5 October 2008). "Nogomet: Tonči Žilić, Stoper Solina". Grad Solin.
^ Rota, Davide (29 April 1998). "Yugoslav Players and Coaches in Italy". RSSSF.
^ "Tonći Žilić". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

External links[edit]

[1] Glas Dalmacije (5 October 2008). "Nogomet: Tonči Žilić, Stoper Solina". Grad Solin.

[2] Rota, Davide (29 April 1998). "Yugoslav Players and Coaches in Italy". RSSSF.

[3] "Tonći Žilić". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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