Marin Tomasov

Marin Tomasov

Personal information
Full name	Marin Tomasov
Date of birth	31 August 1987 (1987-08-31) (age 24)
Place of birth	Zadar, Croatia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Hajduk Split
Number	14
Youth career
	NK Sveti Mihovil
	NK Zadar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2009	NK Zadar	72	(12)
2009-	Hajduk Split	59	(13)
National team‡
2006	Croatia U21	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 October 2008

Marin Tomasov (born 31 August 1987) is a Croatian footballer, who has represented Croatia as an under-21 international player. He plays mostly as an attacking midfielder or a right winger. He is known for his pace and skill on the ball.

Club Career

Marin Tomasov was brought up through the NK Zadar youth academy and in 2006 he signed a professional contract with the senior team and was assigned the number 14 jersey. In the three season he spent at the club, spanning from 2006 to 2009, he made 72 appearances scoring 12 goals. His 2008-09 Prva HNL season was especially impressive and Croatian giant Hajduk Split were quick to snap him up in a deal worth over 350,000 euro's in the summer of 2009. At his new club he retained his jersey number of 14 which he wore at NK Zadar.

In his first season at his new club he found himself in and out of the starting line-up appearing 22 times in both league and cup games but only 11 of these were from the starting line-up. He managed only two goals in all of the 2009-10 Prva HNL and even though he was only 20 years old at the time, he stated himself that he was disappointed with his season and will be looking to improve in the future.

His 2010-11 season was just that. In the league he made 26 total appearances, 15 of which were starts and scored 4 goals but where he grabbed the most attention was his performances in the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League where he grabbed two goals in nine games and starred throughout the competition in both the group stage games and qualifying.

Marin started the 2011-12 Prva HNL season in exhilarating fashion scoring the winner in the opening game against HNK Sibenik in the 87th minute. His next goal came three games later when he scored the first in a 3-0 away win against NK Istra 1961. He also scored the next match in a home game against NK Zagreb where he grabbed the opener, scoring inside 50 seconds of the start of the match. He grabbed the opener again in the next match in the Split derby against RNK Split making it the third consecutive game in which he scored the opener, this time coming in only the second minute.

International career

Marin made seven appearances for the Croatian under 21 national team side but has been not yet been called up to the senior side.

External links

• Marin Tomasov at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)
• Marin Tomasov international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website

Persondata
Name	Tomasov, Marin
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	31 August 1987
Place of birth	Zadar, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death