Ivan Tomečak

Ivan Tomečak

Tomečak with Dinamo Zagreb in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Right back / winger
Club information
Current team
 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)
National team‡
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)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ 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.

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
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Europe Other Total
2007–08Lokomotiva (loan)Croatian Third League322––––––322
2008–09Croatian Second League152––––––152
Dinamo ZagrebCroatian First League13430––––164
2009–101715081––302
2010–112246240––326
2011–121436061––264
2012–13801010––100
Dinamo total 74122121910011415
2013–14RijekaCroatian First League27241100––413
2014–153343111010485
2015–1650––10––60
Rijeka total 6567222010958
Ukraine League Ukrainian Cup Europe Other Total
2015–16DniproUkrainian Premier League80––40––120
Career total 194222844521026828

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Rijeka

References

  1. ↑ "Ivan Tomečak". Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Tomečak Ivan". Nogometni magazin. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Bišćan presudio Hajduku" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  4. ↑ HNK Rijeka
  5. ↑ HRnogomet.com
  6. ↑ HRnogomet.com
  7. ↑ "Tomečak u Dnjipru". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Statistike - Nastupi: Ivan Tomečak" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  9. ↑ "Argentina 2-1 Croatia". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ivan Tomecak > Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

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