 Tomečak withDinamo Zagreb in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb,SR Croatia,Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2013 | Dinamo Zagreb | 74 | (12) |
| 2007–2009 | →Lokomotiva (loan) | 47 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | Rijeka | 65 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Al-Nassr | 26 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Mechelen | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Club Brugge | 8 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Rijeka | 71 | (3) |
| 2022 | →Pafos (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Lokomotiva | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Gorica | 17 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Rudeš | 18 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 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) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2024 | |||
Ivan Tomečak (pronounced[ˈiʋantɔmɛˈtʃaːk]; born 7 December 1989) is a Croatian professionalfootballer. He is usually deployed as a right full-back, but is often used as a right winger or left full-back.[2]
On 14 August 2007, Tomečak joined Croatian third-tier clubLokomotiva on an 18-month loan spell. He played in almost every match of 2007–08 season and helped Lokomotiva win the promotion toDruga HNL. In 2008–09 season he featured in all 15 of Lokomotiva's league matches before his loan finished.[3]
Tomečak returned from loan on 1 January 2009 and has played an important part in Dinamo's2008–09 championship title. His debut came on 1 March 2009 in a home match againstSlaven Belupo, which Dinamo won 1–0. On 5 April 2009, he scored his first ever goal for Dinamo Zagreb, entering the match in 74th minute againstCibalia and scoring two crucial goals in Dinamo's 4–3 away win. He also played in both legs of2009 Croatian Cup finals which Dinamo won third time consecutively, defeatingHajduk 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 a2009–10 UEFA Champions League match againstPyunik Yerevan which Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0.
At the start of the2010–11 season, Tomečak won his fourth honour with Dinamo Zagreb, as the club won the2010 Croatian Supercup.[4]
On 22 November 2011, Tomečak scored Dinamo's second goal in the2011–12 UEFA Champions League, netting a header in Dinamo's 6-2 away loss toReal Madrid at theSantiago Bernabéu.
On 7 June 2013, Tomečak signed a three-year contract withHNK Rijeka.[5] He scored on his official debut for the club on 12 July 2013, opening the score in the 16th minute of a league match againstNK Istra 1961.[6] He immediately established himself as a regular starter both inPrva HNL andEurope. On 7 May 2014, Tomečak scored the winning goal in Rijeka's away win atGNK Dinamo Zagreb in the first leg of the2014 Croatian Football Cup Final.[7]
On 31 August 2015, Tomečak signed a two-year contract with Ukrainian clubDnipro Dnipropetrovsk, for a fee of €1 million.[8] However, his contract was terminated in July 2016 after the club faced financial difficulties.[9]
Subsequently, Tomečak switched clubs and countries and signed for Saudi Arabian clubAl-Nassr which was managed by fellow Croatian and formerDinamo Zagreb managerZoran Mamić.[10] In his only season with the Saudi club he scored three goals and gave five assists.
In August 2017, he moved to Belgian clubKV Mechelen and penned a two-year contract.[11]
In January 2018, Tomečak moved to Mechelen's league rivalsClub Brugge KV signing a3+1⁄2-year contract. The transfer fee was reported as €1 to 1.5 million[12]
On 5 February 2019 Tomečak signed forHNK Rijeka as afree agent.[13]
Tomečak started his international career for Croatia with the friendly match for the under-18 team in a match againstPoland under-18. He made three more friendly match appearances for the under-18 team before he debuted for the under-19 team on 18 September 2007 in a friendly match againstSlovenia 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 qualifying match againstCyprus under-21.[14]
He made his senior debut on 12 November 2014 in a friendly match againstArgentina inLondon, coming as a 71st-minute substitute forHrvoje Milić.[15][16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lokomotiva (loan) | 2007–08 | Croatian Third League | 32 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 2 |
| 2008–09 | Croatian Second League | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2008–09 | Croatian First League | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 4 |
| 2009–10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 74 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | ||
| Rijeka | 2013–14 | Croatian First League | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 3 |
| 2014–15 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 43 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 136 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 12 | ||
| Dnipro | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| Al-Nassr FC | 2016–17 | Saudi Professional League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 2 |
| Mechelen | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| Club Brugge | 2017–18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 310 | 28 | 39 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 412 | 35 | ||
