Žarko Tomašević ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Жapкo Toмaшeвић, ; born 22 February 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a central defender for Dečić and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Born in Pljevlja, SR Montenegro,

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, Tomašević arrived in Portugal with CD Nacional aged 18. In 2009, he was called up to the first team by Manuel Machado, making his first division debut in a 1–1 home draw against

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, on 15 August 2009, and also totalled 17 minutes combined in the

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n club's historical

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5–4 aggregate win against Zenit Saint Petersburg. After very little playing time during the first half of the 2011–12 season, Tomašević was loaned to

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in the second level, until June, reuniting with former Nacional coach Predrag Jokanović. In summer 2012 he was released by Nacional, and at 14 September he was announced as a new reinforcement of FK Partizan. This will be his return to Serbia with Partizan, as he already spent some time as a youngster in the youth team of the club. On 3 August 2019, FC Astana announced the signing of Tomašević on a free transfer. After leaving Astana at the end of the 2021 season, Tomašević went on to sign a one-year contract with Tobol on 27 January 2022. On 15 January 2023, Tobol announced that they had terminated their contract with Tomašević by mutual consent, with Tomašević re-signing for

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the same day.

International career

In late August 2009, Tomašević was first called to the Montenegro under-21 squad, for a 2011 European Championship qualifier against

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, in which his country lost 2–0 at home. In May 2010, aged 20, he made his full international debut against

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. In 2014, he scored his first international goal for

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against

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in a 2016 European Championship qualification match.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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