Ivo-Valentino Tomaš (28 July 1993 – 31 December 2019) was a Croatian professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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. A former youth international for Croatia and Germany, he died on 31 December 2019 in his home town of
Baška Voda
Baška Voda () is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.
It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, northwest of Makarska.
Population
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,775, in the foll ...
.
Club career
Ivo Tomaš was born in
Split
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* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
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Arts, enter ...
, and joined
Hajduk Split
Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...
's youth academy in 2005. He first came under media attention when he was called up to the German U-16 national team in 2009, being eligible to play for Germany as his mother is German, not having been capped before for any Croatian selection. He was added to the Hajduk first team by coach
Krasimir Balakov
Krasimir Genchev Balakov (, ; born 29 March 1966) is a former Bulgarian footballer and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he was a key member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He is considered ...
in January 2012. He made his debut for the first team in a 1–0 victory over
Karlovac
Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377.
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...
on 7 April 2012. He left Hajduk in 2015.
In the summer of 2019, Tomaš rejoined
NK Urania Baška Voda for the third time.
Death
On the morning of 31 December 2019, the media and his former club
HNK Hajduk Split
Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...
announced the death of Tomaš, by suicide.
Tragedija u Baškoj Vodi: Nekadašnji igrač Hajduka oduzeo si život
at Sportnet.rtl.hr
References
External links
Ivo-Valentino Tomaš profile
at hajduk.hr
*
at FuPa
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1993 births
2019 deaths
Footballers from Split, Croatia
Croatian men's footballers
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
Croatia men's youth international footballers
German men's footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
Croatian people of German descent
German people of Croatian descent
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Croatian Football League players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Regionalliga players
HNK Hajduk Split players
NK Dugopolje players
VfB Oldenburg players
SSV Jeddeloh players
SV Babelsberg 03 players
Men's association football midfielders
Suicides by hanging in Croatia
2019 suicides
21st-century German sportsmen