in january 2005, lefteris soumpotits took over as the head coach of the italian club sicc cucine jesi, and he brought tomić, who was a free agent at the time, along with him, to help save the team from relegation. tomić played in 14 games for the italian league team, averaging 9.8 points per game, but the team finished in last place in the league standings. tomić made yet another effort to continue his playing career, and signed a contract with the greek club kolossos rodou, in january 2006. the irony was that his debut game with kolossos was against olympiacos. when he entered onto the court, olympiacos fans once again chanted his name. he only played in two games for kolossos, and then he decided to retire because he felt he had nothing more to offer as a player.