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 The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establishe ...

. 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 () 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays ...

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

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...

side

HNK Suhopolje HNK Suhopolje is a Croatian football club based in a village Suhopolje, in the region of Slavonia. Biggest success of the club was playing in Prva HNL, when, under the name Mladost 127 achieved 3rd place in 1.A Croatian football league. In the yea ...

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

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but ultimately not joining the club. He then joined the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

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 (), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They play their home matches at the Gradski stadion Velik ...

in the Croatian Druga HNL.

Czech Republic

After an unsuccessful trial with

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, he signed with

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech 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 the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

, a team newly promoted to the Czech

Gambrinus liga The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from ...

, 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 (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

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 (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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Tomislav Božić
at ThePlayersAgent.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozic, Tomislav 1987 births Living people Footballers 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 21st-century Croatian sportsmen