Tomislav Colić

Tomislav Colić (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Цолић) is a Serbian footballer formerly with Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division and Anaheim Bolts in the Professional Arena Soccer League.

Tomislav Colić
Colić in Los Angeles Blues kit, 2011
Personal information
Full name Tomislav Colić
Date of birth (1987-10-13) October 13, 1987
Place of birth Inđija, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2007 FK Vojvodina
2007–2010 Vanguard Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Southern California Seahorses 27 (4)
2010 Vermont Voltage 11 (5)
2011 Los Angeles Blues 15 (2)
2011–12 Anaheim Bolts 13 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 15, 2012

Career

Youth and amateur

Colić played for the youth team of Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina, and came to the United States in 2007 after being offered a college soccer scholarship at Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa, California. He was an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in 2008,[1] NAIA Second-Team All-American in 2009[2] and garnered All-GSAC recognition in each of his first three years at Vanguard.[3]

During his college years Colić also played in the USL Premier Development League for the Southern California Seahorses[4] and Vermont Voltage.[5] In 2009, Colić was named to the USL Premier Development League All-Western Conference Team.

Professional

Colić turned professional when he signed with the expansion Los Angeles Blues of the new USL Professional League in February 2011. He made his professional debut on April 15, 2011 in a 3-0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico,[6] and scored his first two professional goals on April 20, in a 4-2 win over Puerto Rico United.[7] At the completion of his rookie season in the USL, Colić signed with the Anaheim Bolts in November 2011.[8] 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.[9]

References
  1. "2008 Brine-NAIA Men's Soccer All-America Teams Announced". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. "2009 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America Teams Announced". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. http://gsacsports.org/awards_search.php
  4. http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22384.html#STATS Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/22396.html#STATS
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-06-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://pasl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamroster.html?teamid=347863&seasonid=8142
  9. http://pasl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=1289&seasonid=8142
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