Tomislav Colić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Цолић; born October 13, 1987) is a Serbian

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formerly with

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in the

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and

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in the

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Career

Youth and amateur

Colić played for the youth team of Serbian SuperLiga club

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

, and came to the United States in 2007 after being offered a

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scholarship at

Vanguard University of Southern California Vanguard University of Southern California is a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. The university offers over 39 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different depart ...

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. He was an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in 2008, NAIA Second-Team All-American in 2009 and garnered All-GSAC recognition in each of his first three years at Vanguard. During his college years Colić also played in the

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for the

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and Vermont Voltage. In 2009, Colić was named to the

All-Western Conference Team.

Professional

Colić turned professional when he signed with the expansion

of the new

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in February 2011. He made his professional debut on April 15, 2011 in a 3-0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico, and scored his first two professional goals on April 20, in a 4-2 win over

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. At the completion of his rookie season in the USL, Colić signed with the

in November 2011. He scored 16 goals in 13 appearances for the Bolts, earning a spot in the PASL Top 20 Scoring Leaders for the 2011-12 season.

References

External links

Vanguard bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colic, Tomislav 1987 births Living people People from Inđija Footballers from Srem District Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers Southern California Seahorses players Vermont Voltage players Orange County SC players USL League Two players USL Championship players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States