 Tot managingDinamo Zagreb in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marijo Tot | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-06-02)2 June 1972 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Županja,SR Croatia,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Inker Zaprešić | 20 | (1) |
| Publikum Celje | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Brotnjo (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Brotnjo | ||
| 2004–2005 | Drinovci | ||
| 2006–2008 | Croatia Women | ||
| 2008–2009 | Rijeka (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo Zagreb (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2011 | Lokomotiva | ||
| 2012–2013 | Kedah | ||
| 2014–2015 | Zhejiang Yiteng | ||
| 2015 | Changchun Yatai | ||
| 2016–2017 | Istra 1961 | ||
| 2017 | Zhejiang Yiteng | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Ittihad (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Iran (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Dinamo București (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marijo Tot (Croatian pronunciation:[tôːt];[1] born 2 June 1972) is a Croatianfootballmanager and former player who played as aleft back.
As a player, he has played forInter Zaprešić andNK Celje as a left back, retiring at the young age of 26 and enrolling into theCroatian Football Federation coaching academy.
Three seasons from 2000 to 2003 he was assistant manager ofNK Brotnjo, being part of three most successful seasons in the history of this club, playing European qualifying matches each year. In 2003, as 31 year old coach, he became the youngest manager in all Bosnian clubs ever when he took a managerial role of Bosnian Super League club NK Brotnjo[2][3]
He became a manager ofCroatia Women National Team from 2006 to 2008 season.
In the season 2008–2009, he became assistant manager ofHNK Rijeka.[4]
He has been assistant manager toVahid Halilhodžić atDinamo Zagreb during 2010–2011 season. When Halilhodžić was dismissed in early May 2011, Tot takes over Dinamo for the remaining matches[5] and wins the Championship title for the 2010/2011 season. He also won the2010–11 Croatian Cup with Dinamo, defeatingNK Varaždin 8–2 on aggregate in the final.[6]
He then accepted the job as manager ofNK Lokomotiva Zagreb.[7]
Later on this UEFA-certified coach instructor and instructor[8] moved to Malaysia in August 2012 to joinKedah FA, one of the biggest teams in Malaysian history, replacingWan Jamak Wan Hassan.[9] He coached the team until the end of July 2013, choosing not to renew his contract with Kedah.[10]
Tot spent two seasons in China, managing firstHarbin Yiteng in 2014 andChangchun Yatai F.C. in 2015 season, which makes him the only Croatian manager ever to have managed two ofChina Super League teams.
At the end of 2016 Tot took over Croatian First League clubIstra 1961 and through series of good showings secured one of the most calm season finishes that Istrian club has seen in recent years in Croatian First League.
Immediately after finishing his successful role as manager of Istra 1961 in June 2017 Marijo Tot accepted an offer to become manager ofChina League One sideZhejiang Yiteng F.C. He parted ways with the club on 31 December after securing their stay in the league.
In October 2018 he joined the Saudi Premier League football giantAl-Ittihad as assistant to the head coachSlaven Bilić, the most famous Croatian football manager.
In March 2021, at the invitation of his fellow Croatian coachDragan Skočić, Tot joined theIran national team. From an almost hopeless situation in the qualifiers, Iran became the first team from Asia[11] to qualify for the2022 World Cup in Qatar with a series of victories that drew attention to the Croatian coaching duo.
Dinamo Zagreb
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