| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Žilina, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Fullback | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MŠK Žilina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2007 | MŠK Žilina | 38 | (2) |
| 2006 | → FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2008– | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | 64 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Slovakia | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:46, 27 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tomáš Hubočan (pronounced Tomash Hubochun) (born 17 September 1985 in Žilina) is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
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Hubočan began in MŠK Žilina since his youth years, beyond the time when he was on loan in Zlaté Moravce since January 2006 until June 2006. After the end of loan he came back to MŠK Žilina and he worked up for one of the best defenders in Slovak Superliga. In the season 2006/2007, he won Slovak Superliga.
Hubočan signed for Zenit on 11 February 2008 on three year contract for €3,8 million, the highest ever paid to a Slovak club.[1] Hubočan is hoped to fill the vacancy in the center of Zenit's defense created by fellow Slovak defender Martin Škrtel being sold to Liverpool.
As Zenit's star center-backs Ivica Križanac and Nicolas Lombaerts were still on the injured list, and defenders Kim Dong-Jin and Roman Shirokov were not quite ready to make their comebacks, Hubočan received his first taste of Champions League football against Real Madrid (at the Petrovsky stadium) on 30 September 2008. Only having played a total of 11 games for Zenit, it was a rude awakening as he conceded a disastrous own-goal in the 4th minute.
Having only played in 22 league games over two seasons, Hubočan wasn't quite trusted by former head coaches Dick Advocaat and Anatoly Davydov. He finally broke through to the starting eleven in 2010 under Italian Luciano Spalletti, winning the competition for the unfamiliar left back spot over the likes of Michael Lumb and Radek Šírl. Spalletti rated Hubočan as a hot prospect for the future.
On 30 September 2010, he scored his first goal for Zenit in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens F.C. [2]
He played first international match for Slovakia against United Arab Emirates on 11 December 2006.
Zenit St. Petersburg
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