Career
Šokota was a powerful striker but his promising career was overshadowed by frequent injuries, especially in second half of the 2000s. Šokota gave his best performances during his first spell with (1997–2001) and at Portuguese side (2001–2005). He was also a Croatia international and was capped eight times during the team"s Euro 2004 campaign.
Šokota joined from rivals, where he played between 2001 and 2005.
He previously played four seasons for Croatian First League side, who signed him to his first professional contract from his youth club in 1997. While playing for, he became the top goalscorer of the Croatian First League in both 1999–2000 and 2000-2001 seasons, scoring 21 and 20 goals respectively.
He also made several appearances in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League with the club during their participations in the 1998 and 1999 group stages of the competition. Following his very successful 2000-2001 season he was signed by Primeira Liga side.
During his time with the Lisbon side he played up front alongside Norwegian striker Azar Karadas for two seasons.
By the end of 2004, and after refusing all "s contract renewal proposals, Šokota was relegated to B, the club"s reserve squad, where he eventually played for the rest of the 2004-2005 season. In June 2005, after his contract with finally expired, he joined rivals Football Club on a free transfer. He has been plagued by injuries in his time in Portugal, having undergone four major surgeries.
While at Football Club, his first injury was at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season, and he only returned to an official match on the last day of the Portuguese league.
Soon, in the 2006-2007 pre-season, he had another injury and as a result he played his first Superliga match against Estrela Amadora on 3 February 2007. Šokota returned to his hometown club in March 2007 in which he played until July 2009.
In July 2009 Šokota moved to the Belgian League, signing a contract with Lokeren. Following a year with the Belgian side he moved to Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana for the 2010-2011 season.
Šokota debuted for the Croatian national team in their second-leg Euro 2004 qualifying play-off match versus Slovenia in November 2003 and also played all three matches at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal before the Croatian team exited the competition in the group stage.
His international goals came in friendlies against Turkey and Denmark. International goals Club B Individual.