{{short description|Croatian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2009}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mario Garba | image = | fullname = Mario Garba | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|02|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Sisak, SFR Yugoslavia
| currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1987–1995 | youthclubs1 = Segesta Sisak | years1 = 1995–2001 | years2 = 2002–2003 | years3 = 2003–2004 | years4 = 2004 | years5 = 2005 | years6 = 2005 | years7 = 2006 | years8 = 2006–2007 | years9 = 2007–2008 | years10 = 2008 | years11 = 2008–2010 | years12 = 2010–2012 | years13 = 2012–2013 | years14 = 2013 | years15 = 2014 | years16 = 2014–2015 | years17 = 2015–2016 | years18 = 2016 | years19 = 2017–2019 | years20 = 2019–2021 | clubs1 = TŠK Topolovac | clubs2 = Kamen Ingrad | clubs3 = Segesta Sisak | clubs4 = Cerezo Osaka | clubs5 = Naftaš Ivanić | clubs6 = Segesta Sisak | clubs7 = Croatia Sesvete | clubs8 = Hrvatski Dragovoljac | clubs9 = Segesta Sisak | clubs10 = PAS Hamedan | clubs11 = Imotski | clubs12 = Međimurje | clubs13 = Segesta Sisak | clubs14 = Konavljanin | clubs15 = Savski Marof | clubs16 = Lekenik | clubs17 = Metalac Sisak | clubs18 = Lekenik | clubs19 = Segesta Sisak | clubs20 = Lekenik | caps1 = | caps2 = 21 | caps3 = 27 | caps4 = 4 | caps5 = 14 | caps6 = 17 | caps7 = 7 | caps8 = 27 | caps9 = 24 | caps10 = 5 | caps11 = 30 | caps12 = 39 | caps13 = 24 | caps14 = 14 | caps17 = 24 | goals1 = | goals2 = 1 | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 4 | goals6 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 2 | goals9 = 2 | goals10 = 0 | goals11 = 3 | goals12 = 14 | goals13 = 5 | goals14 = 3 | goals17 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 12 October 2015 (UTC) | ntupdate = }} '''Mario Garba''' (born 13 February 1977 in Sisak) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who last played for Croatian club NK Lekenik.
==Club career== Garba started with football in his native Sisak, with HNK Segesta before moving to the then-upward bound lower-tier side TŠK from the nearby village of Topolovac. TŠK was eventually promoted to the Prva HNL for the 2001/2002 season, and, having participated in 16 matches with 3 goals, he was picked up by NK Kamen Ingrad. After a 1.5 years in Velika, he played mostly for a series of Druga HNL teams, with short stints in Japan's Cerezo Osaka<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hrvatska nogometna liga|title=Statistika: Mario Garba|url=http://www.1hnl.net/igrac.php?id=314|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723015929/http://www.1hnl.net/igrac.php?id=314|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2012|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 November 2009}}</ref> and PAS Hamedan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garba, Mario}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Sisak Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Croatian men's footballers Category:NK TŠK Topolovac players Category:NK Kamen Ingrad players Category:HNK Segesta players Category:Cerezo Osaka players Category:NK Croatia Sesvete players Category:NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Category:PAS Hamedan F.C. players Category:NK Imotski players Category:NK Međimurje players Category:First Football League (Croatia) players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:J1 League players Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran