Goran Tomić

Tomić started his professional football career at his hometown club HNK Šibenik in the Croatian Prva HNL where he grew up no more than 50 meters away from the Šubićevac Stadium. He progressed through all the age groups within the club before finally breaking into the first team in 1994. In 1997 he moved to Vicenza which paid €700,000 for his services. He played just under 30 games in Serie A for both Reggina and Vicenza scoring three goals in the process. On 3 February 1998 Tomić was loaned to the Greek side AEK Athens for a fee of 80 million drachmas. His most successful spell was between 2001 and 2005 in the Austrian Bundesliga, playing over 60 times for FC Salzburg scoring 19 goals. He had a rather short and forgettable stint with Lierse S.K. in Belgium, before ending his career in 2006 due to a lingering foot injury, after a short spell with Chinese League One club Henan Construction.

Šibenik

Following his retirement as a player, Tomić was first appointed as head coach of the HNK Šibenik under-19 team in September 2009. One year later he moved into the role of first team assistant manager. On 1 September 2011, Vjekoslav Lokica departed the club and Tomić realized a boyhood dream, being appointed as the new manager of the club. Following Tomić's inaugural season with the club, 2011–12, Šibenik were relegated to second-tier Druga HNL due to serious financial problems. On 12 February 2013, Tomić resigned from the club after accepting a three-year contract to take up a position in China.

Beijing Baxy

Chinese League One side Beijing Baxy had just been relegated with 31 points, losing half of their fixtures and finishing 15th of 16 teams. However, due to the merge of Chinese Super League sides Dalian Shide and Dalian Aerbin, they were spared from relegation to the third tier in order to preserve the integrity and stability of the Chinese Leagues. On 26 February 2013, Tomić was officially announced as the new manager of Beijing Baxy.

During the 2013 season, Baxy were widely expected to struggle, the aim of the season was to steady the ship and avoid relegation. Although the core of the side relegated in 2012 remained, marquee signings came in the form of Ryan Griffiths and Lucian Goian, whilst fellow Croatian Antonio Cinotti was added to the backroom staff. Tomić managed to guide Baxy not only clear of relegation but to the highest place…

Manager

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Croatian First Football League Manager of the Year: 2021/22 Chinese League One Manager of the Year: 2014 Croatian First Football League Runner-Up: 2019/20 Croatian Football Cup Runner-Up (x2): 2019/20, 2021/22 2021–22 Croatian First League Manager of the Month (x3): August, September, October 2019–20 Croatian First League Manager of the Month (x2): June, July Beijing Baxy Honorary Credential: 2014