Mario Bazina

Mario Bazina
Mario Bazina (2009)
Personnel
birthday	September 8, 1975
place of birth	Široki Brijeg ,  SFR Yugoslavia
size	177 cm
position	Attacking midfield Sturm
Juniors
Years	station
until 1989	NK Široki Brijeg
1989-1992	Velez Mostar
1992-1995	HNK Hajduk Split
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-1999	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	89 (25)
1999-2001	Dinamo Zagreb	30 0(3)
2001-2005	Graz AK	131 (33)
2005-2008	SK Rapid Vienna	91 (28)
2008-2009	FK Austria Vienna	33 0(9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1995	Croatia U-20	1 (0)
1997	Croatia U-21	6 (1)
2002	Croatia	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Mario Bazina (born September 8, 1975 in Široki Brijeg , SFR Yugoslavia , today Bosnia-Herzegovina ) is a former Croatian football player . After eight years in Austria , Bazina returned to his homeland in 2009 and signed a contract with NK Široki Brijeg .

Career

Bazina began his football career in the youth teams of Velez Mostar , Hajduk Split and Hrvatski Dragovoljac , where he was later allowed to play with the professionals. Later the transfer to Dinamo Zagreb followed . In the summer of 2001 he moved with Mario Tokić to the Austrian Bundesliga for the Grazer AK , where he made his competitive debut on July 25, 2001 - in a 3-0 home win against Admira Wacker . Bazina became one of the most important players in the Grazer AK and won the championship title with the club in 2004 and the ÖFB Cup in 2002 and 2004 . At the GAK he scored 33 goals in 131 national games, in European competitions he scored ten goals in 30 games. In autumn 2005 he was elected Footballer of the Year 2005 in Austria.

In January 2006 the attacking midfielder switched to the Austrian record champions SK Rapid Wien , where he played until summer 2008 and was able to win the title in green and white in his last season. For the 08/09 season, Bazina signed a one-year contract with FK Austria Vienna , where he won the cup in Austria. Although he had offers from Kapfenberger SV and Grazer AK , Bazina returned to his native country after only one year with Austria Vienna and signed for the 2009/10 season as sports director with NK Široki Brijeg , where he made his first contact with football as a child would have.

He played an international match for Croatia on August 21, 2002 in a 1-1 draw against Wales .

The trained electrical engineer is married and has two sons.

Bazina's strengths lie in his ball handling and technique. This is how he got his nickname "Magic Mouse".

successes

• 1 × Croatian champion: 1999
• 1 × Croatian Cup winner: 2000
• 1 × Best Player of the Season (Croatia): 1999
• 1 × Supercup winner : 2002
• 2 × Austrian champion : 2004, 2008
• 3 × Austrian Cup winners : 2002, 2004, 2009
• Austria's footballer of the year 2005

Web links

• Mario Bazina in the database of weltfussball.de
• Bazina in rapidarchiv.at
• Overview of international matches on hns-cff.hr