Ivan Tomečak

Ivan Tomečak

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	Rijeka
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2013	Dinamo Zagreb	74	(12)
2007–2009	→ Lokomotiva (loan)	47	(4)
2013–	Rijeka	54	(6)
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 19 April 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 Rijeka. He is usually deployed as a right full-back for Rijeka, 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 15 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 70th 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 23 November 2011, Tomečak scored Dinamo's second goal in the 2011-12 Champions League, netting a header in Dinamo's 6-2 away loss to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.

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 12 November 2007 in a qualifying match against Montenegro 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 qualifier against Norway under-21 in an away match which the Croatian selection won 3–1.^[4]

Career statistics

As of 19 April 2015^[2]

• Note: the Croatian Cup appearances for Dinamo Zagreb can be viewed at the official website of the club nk-dinamo.hr under the The Match section.

Honours

• Croatian First League (5): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Croatian Cup (4): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
• Croatian Super Cup (2): 2010, 2014

References

External links

• Ivan Tomečak profile at Soccerway