Stjepan Tomas

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Stjepan Tomas
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-03-06) 6 March 1976
Place of birth	Bugojno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994–1995	Istra Pula	24	(0)
1995–2000	Dinamo Zagreb	92	(2)
2000–2002	Vicenza	48	(0)
2002–2003	Como	26	(0)
2003–2004	Fenerbahçe	27	(0)
2004–2007	Galatasaray	98	(2)
2007–2010	Rubin Kazan	31	(0)
2010	Gaziantepspor	4	(0)
2010	Bucaspor	9	(0)
National team
1998–2006	Croatia	49	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a retired Croatian footballer. He last played for the Turkish side Bucaspor before being released in November 2010.

Tomas was part of the Croatia national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup where he played in all three games in the group stage before they were eliminated. He was also on the national squad at the 2004 Euro but did not play any games in the tournament. He also played for the national team in their third and last game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Tomas was born in Bugojno. His previous clubs include Dinamo Zagreb, Vicenza Calcio, Como, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Rubin Kazan

In August 2007, he signed a 2-year contract with Russian team FC Rubin Kazan, for a fee of €4.8m.^[1]

On 31 January 2010, he signed a contract with Turkish team Gaziantepspor until end of the season. Then he moved to Bucaspor which is new promoted Turkcell Super Lig team.

Defensively speaking, at his prime was one of the better players in the Turkish league, but highly unpredictable. His teamwork is undeniably the best thing about him. His consistency is good and he rarely has a run of bad games. His ball distribution is not the greatest and his down field passes are better. His positioning is good, but in Galatasaray he was never considered better than Rigobert Song, with whom he enjoyed a solid partnership in the center of defense. He is right footed and isn't all that threatening from set pieces

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Prva HNL: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
Croatian Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998

Fenerbahçe

Süper Lig: 2003–04

Galatasaray

Süper Lig: 2005–06
Turkish Cup: 2005

Rubin Kazan

Russian Premier League: 2008, 2009

References

↑ http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/08/11/spor/spo03.html

External links

Stjepan Tomas – FIFA competition record
Stjepan Tomas at National-Football-Teams.com
Stjepan Tomas international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
Interview-biography (Russian)

Croatia tournament squads

v t e Croatia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Pletikosa 2 Šerić 3 Šimunić 4 Tomas 5 Rapaić 6 Živković 7 Vugrinec 8 Prosinečki 9 Šuker (c) 10 N. Kovač 11 Bokšić 12 Butina 13 Stanić 14 Soldo 15 Šarić 16 Vranješ 17 Jarni 18 Olić 19 Vlaović 20 Šimić 21 R. Kovač 22 Balaban 23 Vasilj Coach: Jozić

v t e Croatia squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Vasilj 2 Tokić 3 Šimunić 4 Tomas 5 Tudor 6 Živković (c) 7 Rapaić 8 Srna 9 Pršo 10 N. Kovač 11 Šokota 12 Butina 13 Šimić 14 Neretljak 15 Leko 16 Babić 17 Klasnić 18 Olić 19 Mornar 20 Roso 21 R. Kovač 22 Bjelica 23 Didulica Coach: Barić

v t e Croatia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Pletikosa 2 Srna 3 Šimunić 4 R. Kovač 5 Tudor 6 Vranješ 7 Šimić 8 Babić 9 Pršo 10 N. Kovač (c) 11 Tokić 12 Didulica 13 Tomas 14 Modrić 15 I. Leko 16 J. Leko 17 Klasnić 18 Olić 19 N. Kranjčar 20 Šerić 21 Balaban 22 Bošnjak 23 Butina Coach: Z. Kranjčar

Persondata
Name	Tomas, Stjepan
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	6 March 1976
Place of birth	Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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