[3][4] Softić had a successful time with Cork City's youth teams and that caught the eye of the senior manager who signed him as a full-time pro at the age of 17.
He made a handful of appearances for the first team during his time at Cork, which included three Champions League qualifier games against Apollon Limassol and Red Star Belgrade respectively.
He only made a sub appearance against Apollon in Cyprus, while he played full 90 minutes against Red Star in both legs of the qualifiers.
[citation needed] He then spent the next years in German lower league football, most prominently with fourth tier side TuS Koblenz.
[7] After hanging up his boots, Softić became an academy coach at his last club he served as a player, TuS Koblenz.