Career
As a player, he has played for Inter Zapresic and NK Celje as a left back, retiring at the young age of 26. After retiring, he enrolled into the Croatian Football Federation coaching academy. At 31 years old, he become one of the youngest ever manager in all the former Yugoslav republic clubs when he took over the job at Bosnian Super League club NK Brotnjo in 2003.
Later he becomes assistant manager to Robert Rupčić at HNK Rijeka.
That season the club played Europa League qualifications in Luxemburg and Ukraine. He has been assistant manager to Vahid Halilhodžić at Dinamo Zagreb during 2010-2011 season.
When Halilhodžić was dismissed in early May 2011, Tot takes charge of Dinamo for the remaining matches. He then accepted the job as manager of NK Lokomotiva for the 2011-2012 season, however he was dismissed from the job after 4 months due to poor results of the team
Even then, according to media, Lokomotiva Football Club played good offensive football.
Tot, a Union of European Football Associations-certified coach instructor, moved to Malaysia in August 2012 to join Kedah FA, replacing Wan Jamak Wan Hassan. He coached the team until the end of July 2013, choosing not to renew his contract with Kedah. At the end of 2013 Tot joined Harbin Yiteng of China Super League as an assistant manager.
After the clubs"s poor mid-season showings he took over as head coach in July 2014.
In April 2015 he joined Changchun Yatai F.C. of China Super League as technical director He started his new job by winning three consecutive matches.
Changchun Yatai Football Club finally finished season successfully.
