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Marijo Tot

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Marijo Tot
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Tot managing Dinamo Zagreb in 2011
Personal information
Full name Marijo Tot
Date of birth (1972-06-02) 2 June 1972 (age 54)
Place of birth Županja, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position 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)
2025–2026 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marijo Tot (Croatian pronunciation: [tôːt];[1] born 2 June 1972) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a left back.

Playing career

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As a player, he has played for Inter Zaprešić and NK Celje as a left back, retiring at the young age of 26 and enrolling into the Croatian Football Federation coaching academy.

Managerial career

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Three seasons from 2000 to 2003 he was assistant manager of NK 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 of Croatia Women National Team from 2006 to 2008 season.

During the 2008–09 season, Tot became co-head coach of HNK Rijeka alongside Robert Rubčić.[4] Rijeka finished the season in third place in the Croatian First Football League, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[5]

Tot served as assistant coach to Vahid Halilhodžić at GNK Dinamo Zagreb during the 2010–11 season. Following Halilhodžić's departure from the club after a dispute with the club's management,[6] Tot took charge of the first team for the remainder of the season.[7] Under his leadership, Dinamo won both the Croatian First Football League and the Croatian Cup, completing the domestic double.[8] Following the end of the season, Tot continued his managerial career with fellow Croatian First Football League club NK Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Later, UEFA-certified coaching instructor Marijo Tot[9] moved to Malaysia in August 2012 to become head coach of Kedah FA.[10] He remained in charge until July 2013, when he chose not to renew his contract with the club.[11]

Tot spent two seasons in China, managing first Harbin Yiteng in 2014 and Changchun Yatai F.C. in 2015 season, which makes him the only Croatian manager ever to have managed two of China Super League teams.

At the end of 2016, Tot took over Croatian First League club Istra 1961. Following a series of wins and draws, the team finished the season in a stable league position, which was higher than its recent average in the 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 of China League One side Zhejiang 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 giant Al-Ittihad as assistant to the head coach Slaven Bilić, the most famous Croatian football manager.

In March 2021, at the invitation of his fellow Croatian coach Dragan Skočić, Tot joined the Iran national team. From an almost hopeless situation in the qualifiers, Iran became the first team from Asia[12] to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a series of victories that drew attention to the Croatian coaching duo.

In January 2024, Tot joined Romanian club FC Dinamo București as assistant coach. During the second half of the 2023–24 season, he was part of the coaching staff as Dinamo București retained its place in the Romanian top flight after the promotion/relegation play-offs.[13]

In August 2025, Tot joined HŠK Zrinjski Mostar as assistant coach. During the 2025–26 season, he was part of the coaching staff as Zrinjski won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Supercup.[14][15] The club also recorded its best European campaign in UEFA competition, reaching the knockout play-offs of the UEFA Conference League, where it faced Crystal Palace.[16][17]

Honours

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Manager

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Dinamo Zagreb

Assistant manager

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HNK Brotnjo

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup: 2025–26
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Supercup: 2025

References

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  1. ↑ "Tȏt". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Tȏt
  2. ↑ "Manager Moves Jul.2003". www.globalsoccertransfers.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Novi šef je u Maksimiru: 'Vodio sam Brotnjo iz Čitluka s 31. godinom! Ne treba mi Vahin savjet'". Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rubeša: Anas je na listi želja 10 klubova, ali..." Jutarnji list. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Rijeka savouring triumph after recent toils". UEFA. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Vaha: Mamić mi je spominjao majku, to ne opraštam". tportal.hr. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "GNK Dinamo Timeline". GNK Dinamo. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Dinamo complete double with Croatian Cup". UEFA. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "UEFA-CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR MARIO TOT HERE MID-APRIL Coaching seminar scheduled | CSL via SoccerNewsday.com". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Football Every Day » Kedah hire Croatian coach Tot for Malaysia Cup campaign". Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Kedah part company with coach - Soccer - New Straits Times". Archived from the original on 26 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Iran Qualifies for Third Straight World Cup". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Csíkszereda 0-0 Dinamo București". ESPN. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Dragan Čović i Darijana Filipović primili delegaciju HŠK Zrinjski Mostar". HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Karačić junak Plemića: Zrinjski osvojio novi Superkup BiH". HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Zrinjski". UEFA. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Zrinjski 1-1 Crystal Palace". UEFA. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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