Ivan Tomečak
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 December 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
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Position(s) | Right back / winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2013 | Dinamo Zagreb | 74 | (12) |
2007–2009 | → Lokomotiva (loan) | 47 | (4) |
2013–2015 | Rijeka | 65 | (6) |
2015– | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Croatia U19 | 7 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) |
2014– | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2014 |
Ivan Tomečak (pronounced [ˈiʋan ˈtɔmɛtʃaːk]; born 7 December 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He is usually deployed as a right full-back, but is often used as a right winger or left full-back.
Tomečak started his senior football career at Lokomotiva, making 47 league appearances throughout his 18-months loan spell at Dinamo Zagreb feeder team. In January 2009 he returned from the loan to Dinamo Zagreb. After spending 4 seasons with the club, in 2013 Tomečak was transferred to Rijeka.
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Club career
Early days
On 14 August 2007 Tomečak joined Croatian third tier club Lokomotiva on an 18-months loan spell. He played in almost every match of 2007-08 season and helped Lokomotiva win the promotion to Druga HNL. In 2008-09 season he featured in all 15 of Lokomotiva's league matches before his loan finished.[2]
Dinamo Zagreb
He returned from loan on 1 January 2009 and has played an important part in Dinamo's 2008–09 championship title. His debut came on 1 March 2009 in a home match against Slaven Belupo, which Dinamo won 1–0. On 5 April 2009, he scored his first ever goal for Dinamo Zagreb, entering the match in 74th minute against Cibalia and scoring two crucial goals in Dinamo's 4–3 away win. He also played in both legs of 2009 Croatian Cup finals which Dinamo won third time consecutively, defeating Hajduk Split 4–3 after penalty shootout. With Dinamo Zagreb, Tomečak has won two consecutive domestic league titles, making a total of 30 league appearances for the club during the two seasons following his return. He also made his debut in the European competitions on 21 July 2009 in a 2009–10 UEFA Champions League match against Pyunik Yerevan which Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0.
At the start of the 2010–11 season, Tomečak won his fourth honour with Dinamo Zagreb, as the club won the 2010 Croatian Supercup.[3]
On 22 November 2011, Tomečak scored Dinamo's second goal in the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League, netting a header in Dinamo's 6-2 away loss to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Rijeka
On 7 June 2013, Tomečak signed a three-year contract with HNK Rijeka.[4] He scored on his official debut for the club on 12 July 2013, opening the score in the 16th minute of a league match against NK Istra 1961.[5] He immediately established himself as a regular starter both in Prva HNL and Europe. On 7 May 2014, Tomečak scored the winning goal in Rijeka's away win at GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the first leg of the 2014 Croatian Football Cup Final.[6]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
On 31 August 2015, Tomečak signed a two-year contract with Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, for a fee of €1 million.[7]
National team
Tomečak started his international career for Croatia with the friendly match for the under-18 team in a match against Poland under-18. He made three more friendly match appearances for the under-18 team before he debuted for the under-19 team on 18 September 2007 in a friendly match against Slovenia under-19. He made a total of seven appearances for the under-19 selection before debuting for the under-20 and under-21 teams. He made two appearances in friendly matches for the under-20 team throughout the 2009 and 2010. On 7 June 2009, Tomečak debuted for the under-21 team in a qualifying match against Cyprus under-21.[8]
He made his senior debut on 12 November 2014 in a friendly match against Argentina in London, coming as a 71st-minute substitute for Hrvoje Milić.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 11 December 2015[10]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
2007–08 | Lokomotiva (loan) | Croatian Third League | 32 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 2 |
2008–09 | Croatian Second League | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | |
Dinamo Zagreb | Croatian First League | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | |
2009–10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 6 | ||
2011–12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||
2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
Dinamo total | 74 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | ||
2013–14 | Rijeka | Croatian First League | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 3 |
2014–15 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
2015–16 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
Rijeka total | 65 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 8 | ||
Ukraine | League | Ukrainian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
2015–16 | Dnipro | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 |
Career total | 194 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 28 |
Honours
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Croatian First League : 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Croatian Cup : 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Croatian Super Cup : 2010
- Rijeka
References
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External links
- Ivan Tomečak at Soccerway
- Ivan Tomečak at Croatian Football Statistics (Croatian)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Croatian footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Croatia youth international footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- NK Lokomotiva players
- HNK Rijeka players
- FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk players
- Croatian Third Football League players
- Croatian Second Football League players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Croatian expatriates in Ukraine
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine