Tonči Gabrić

Tonči Gabrić
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-11-11)11 November 1961
Place of birth Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 28 October 2024(2024-10-28) (aged 62)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 RNK Split
1981–1982 Solin 8 (0)
1982–1985 RNK Split 31 (0)
1985–1987 Čelik Zenica 24 (0)
1987–1988 Hajduk Split 2 (0)
1988–1991 Rijeka 92 (0)
1991–1993 PAOK 43 (0)
1993–1994 Pazinka 12 (0)
1994–1999 Hajduk Split 102 (0)
Total 306 (0)
International career
1990–1997 Croatia 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tonči Gabrić (11 November 1961 – 28 October 2024) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Gabrić started his career in RNK Split. He played for Čelik Zenica before moving to HNK Rijeka where he was the team captain. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, he played in Greece with PAOK, before returning to Croatia where he played for Pazinka for a season, before ending his career at Hajduk Split.

International career

Gabrić made his debut for Croatia in an October 1990 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Dražen Ladić. As Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, the game is deemed unofficial. He earned a total of nine caps (two of them unofficial). He was the regular reserve goalkeeper of the national team between 1990 and 1997 and was part of the Euro 1996 squad. His final international was the September 1997 World Cup qualification match away against Denmark.

Personal life and death

His son Drago is also a footballer, as is his twin sister Paškvalina who has earned 10 caps for the national team.

Gabrić died in Split on 28 October 2024, at the age of 62.[1]

Honours

Player

RNK Split

Hajduk Split

Orders

References

  1. ^ "Preminuo Tonči Gabrić, nekadašnji golman hrvatske reprezentacije". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.


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