Tomislav Božić (born 1 November 1987) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a defender for Slaven Belupo in the Croatian First Football League. 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 NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved in July 2008 after serious financial problems. History The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929. After Wor ...

for whom he appeared 34 times in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 1.HNL seasons, before moving abroad and joining the Bosnian side

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...

. In August 2009, he returned to Croatia and joined the Druga HNL side

HNK Suhopolje NK Suhopolje Virovitica is a Croatian football club based in a village Suhopolje, in the region of Slavonia Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taki ...

on a free transfer. In summer 2010, Božić played on trial at the Czech club

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, scoring in a friendly match against Plzeň but ultimately not joining the club. 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 Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica ( en, Croatian Football Club Gorica), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They p ...

in the Croatian Druga HNL.

Czech Republic

After an unsuccessful trial with

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, he signed with

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in ...

, a team newly promoted to the Czech

Gambrinus liga The Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Seasons typically ...

, in January 2012. In January 2013, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at Dukla until summer 2014. 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 České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

Slaven Belupo

On 3 July 2019, Božić joined Slaven Belupo.

International career

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

Personal life

Božić is married and has a son.

Honours

Miedź Legnica *

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga v ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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at ThePlayersAgent.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozic, Tomislav 1987 births Living people People from Požega-Slavonia County Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Kamen Ingrad players NK Široki Brijeg players HNK Suhopolje players HNK Cibalia players HNK Gorica players FK Dukla Prague players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Wisła Płock players Miedź Legnica players NK Slaven Belupo players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland