Mauricio Toni (born 9 March 1998) is a retired Argentine-Croatian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

CAI, River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield were youth teams of Toni. The latter became Toni's first senior club in 2017. He made his professional bow in the

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during 2016–17, appearing in the second half of a 0–3 defeat of Tigre on 3 June 2017. Toni completed a season-long loan move to Talleres in August 2018. Just two appearances followed. July 2019 saw Toni loaned to

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with Alvarado. However, the defender ended his stay there in the succeeding January after not appearing competitively. A further loan move to

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was soon completed. Toni participated in eight

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matches for Armenio, prior to returning to his parent club midway through 2020. On 21 February 2021, Toni got his contract with Vélez Sarsfield terminated by mutual agreement. In August 2021 it was confirmed, that 23-year old Toni had decided to retire from football.El comodorense Mauricio Toni se retiró del fútbol y comienza una nueva vida espiritual
pastadecampeon.com, 27 August 2021

International career

Toni previously received a call-up to Croatia's U21s.

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* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Comodoro Rivadavia Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Primera B Metropolitana players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Club Atlético Alvarado players Deportivo Armenio footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1990s-stub