5th Memorial Tournament in memory of Darko Tokić took place in Litija on Saturday: this year he would have celebrated his 42nd birthday
Darko Tokić, who passed away in 2017, was a former goalkeeper for the Slovenian futsal national team. Every year, his friends and family gather at this tournament to remember him. In the Slovenian national team jersey, Tokić earned 45 caps. He debuted on October 22, 2003, in a match between Slovenia and Hungary in Gorišnica, which ended 5-3. He last played for Slovenia on April 15, 2008, in Lisbon, where Portugal won 3-0.
He ended his playing career in 2014, having won seven national championships with the club from Litija and one with KMN Gorica. In his later years, he was active as a referee and coach, successfully leading the U-15 and U-19 teams at FC Litija.
The main organizer of the tournament, Dejan Simić, also remembered other futsal friends who passed away too soon, including Jože Pavšek, Elvir Macanović, and Zoran Tesk.
Many well-known names from Slovenian futsal participated in the tournament, including Tomislav Horvat, the head coach of the Slovenian futsal national team, Igor Osredkar, the national team captain, Gašper Vrhovec, a former player and national team member, Denis Ibrišimović, a former player and now a renowned chef at Podfarovž, and Andrej Vrhovec, former sporting director of the most successful Slovenian futsal club, FC Litija. They were joined by numerous retired Slovenian futsal players, including Senudin Đafić, Slaviša Goranović, Mito Kos, Boban Simić, Dejan Gavrić, Vojko Majcen, Bojan Žunko, Dragan Perendija, and many others.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
Author: editorial Football Planet
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