Tomislav Božić

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Tomislav Božić
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-01) 1 November 1987
Place of birthPožega, Yugoslavia
Height1.84 m (6 ft  12 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubDukla Prague
Number22
Youth career
-2005Kamen Ingrad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007Kamen Ingrad36(0)
2007–2009Široki Brijeg
2009–2010Suhopolje22(4)
2010–2011Cibalia22(0)
2011HNK Gorica10(0)
2012–Dukla Prague33(1)
National team
2006Croatia U192(0)
2006–2007Croatia U204(0)
2007Croatia U211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:28, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Tomislav Božić (born 1 November 1987 in Požega) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender, currently for Dukla Prague in the Gambrinus liga. He has represented his country at youth level.

Club career

Early career

Božić began his professional career with the Croatian first level side NK Kamen Ingrad for whom he appeared 34 times in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 1.HNL seasons,[1] before moving abroad and joining the Bosnian side NK Široki Brijeg. In August 2009, he returned to Croatia and joined the Druga HNL side HNK Suhopolje on a free transfer. In summer 2010, Božić played on trial at the Czech club Slavia Prague, scoring in a friendly match against Plzeň but ultimately not joining the club.[2] He then joined the Prva HNL side HNK Cibalia Vinkovci where he was a regular first-team member for one season. In 2011, Božić joined HNK Gorica in the Croatian Druga HNL.[3]

Czech Republic

After an unsuccessful trial with Viktoria Plzeň,[4] he signed with Dukla Prague, a team newly promoted to the Czech Gambrinus liga, in January 2012.[5] In January 2013, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at Dukla until summer 2014.[5] Božić scored his first Gambrinus liga goal for Dukla in March 2013, in the second half of a 4–0 home win against the bottom-of-the-league team České Budějovice.[6]

International career

Božić was capped seven times for Croatia's U-19, U-20 and U-21 national teams between 2006 and 2007.[7]

Personal

Božić is married and has a son.[5]

References

  1. "Tomislav Božić statistika" (in Croatian). 1hnl.net. Retrieved 24 October 2009. 
  2. "Sparťané rozdrtili béčko Sokolova, Slavia remizovala doma s Plzní". idnes.cz (in Czech). 16 June 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  3. "Tomislav Bozic Transfer data". transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  4. "Plzeň získala Procházku, opačným směrem do Mladé Boleslavi jde Fillo". idnes.cz (in Czech). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Klidně bych se v Praze usadil natrvalo, tvrdí chorvatský duklák Božič". idnes.cz (in Czech). 3 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  6. "Dukla - Budějovice 4:0, poslední Jihočeši nevyhráli posedmé v řadě". idnes.cz (in Czech). 29 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  7. "Tomislav Božić statistike" (in Croatian). Hrvatski nogometni savez. Retrieved 24 October 2009-. 

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