Tomislav Erceg (born 22 October 1971) is a Croatian former professional

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who played as a

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. He made four appearances for the Croatia national team, scoring one goal.

Club career

Erceg started his career at

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik ( en, Croatian Football Club Šibenik), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, and plays their ...

in 1990, moving to

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

after his first season with the club. After three seasons in Split, he went abroad, going on to play in the national leagues of Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Japan and Israel. He was top scorer of the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

when he played for NK Rijeka in the 2004–05 season, scoring 17 goals. He was Rijeka's first player to become the league goalscorer in

As of May 2010 and the conclusion of the 2009–10 Prva HNL season, Erceg is ranked fifth all-time top scorer in

with 97 goals.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 1997

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match against

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, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for

Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinečki (; born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles and ...

, and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring 1 goal in a friendly game against Turkey on 12 June 1997. His final international was a September 1997

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

World Cup qualification match away against

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Career statistics

Club

:Source:

International

International goals

Honours

;Hajduk Split *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

Croatian Super Cup The Croatian Football Super Cup is a football match between the winners of the Croatian national top league and football cup. The Super Cup is always held at the beginning of a new football season, and is only held when different clubs win the t ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

;Rijeka *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

Individual

top scorer: 1994–95, 2004–05 *

Prva HNL Player of the Year (Tportal) The Prva HNL Player of the Year award ( hr, Najbolji igrač Prve HNL) is an annual association football award given by the Croatian web portal Tportal.hr. It is awarded to the best football player who plays in the Prva HNL (or "1. HNL"), Croatian t ...

: 2004 *

top scorer: 2004–05 *Fifth all-time top goalscorer of

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Erceg, Tomislav 1971 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football forwards Yugoslav footballers Croatian footballers Croatia international footballers HNK Šibenik players HNK Hajduk Split players Grasshopper Club Zürich players FC Lugano players MSV Duisburg players A.C. Ancona players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Levante UD footballers Kocaelispor footballers Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players HNK Rijeka players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Yugoslav Second League players Croatian Football League players Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players Serie B players Serie A players Segunda División players TFF First League players Süper Lig players J1 League players J2 League players Israeli Premier League players 2. Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Israel Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Israel