Mario Bazina (born 8 September 1975) is a Croatian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Bazina played for Austrian club,

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for five years and one year with

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and for Croatian sides Hrvatski Dragovoljac and

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. He was the

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's player of the year for the 1998–99 season and the Austrian footballer of the year for 2005. He last played as an

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for

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in the

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having signed with the club until 2009.

International career

Bazina made his debut for the Croatia national team in an August 2002

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against

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, coming on as a second half substitute for

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. It remained his sole international appearance.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb *

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: 2000–01 Grazer AK *

: 2003–04 *

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: 2000–01, 2003–04 *

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: 2002 Rapid Wien *Austrian Bundesliga: 2007–08 *

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Austria Wien *Austrian Cup: 2008–09 Individual * SN Yellow Shirt: 1998 *

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: 2005

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazina, Mario 1975 births Living people Footballers from Široki Brijeg Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Grazer AK players SK Rapid Wien players FK Austria Wien players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Croatian sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina