Žarko Tomašević

Žarko Tomašević
Tomašević with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Dečić
Number 5
Youth career
2006–2008 Partizan
2008–2009 Mornar Bar
2009–2009 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Nacional 29 (0)
2011–2012União Madeira (loan) 9 (1)
2012–2013 Partizan 0 (0)
2013–2016 Kortrijk 102 (9)
2016–2019 Oostende 73 (3)
2019–2022 Astana 34 (4)
2022–2023 Tobol 22 (1)
2023 Astana 16 (1)
2024– Dečić 10 (0)
International career
2009–2013 Montenegro U21 18 (2)
2010– Montenegro 65 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023

Žarko Tomašević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Жapкo Toмaшeвић, pronounced [ʒǎːrko tomǎːʃeʋitɕ]; 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, SFR Yugoslavia, 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 Sporting CP, on 15 August 2009, and also totalled 17 minutes combined in the Madeiran club's historical UEFA Europa League 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 C.F. União in the second level, until June, reuniting with former Nacional coach Predrag Jokanović.[1]

In summer 2012 he was released by Nacional, and at 14 September he was announced as a new reinforcement of FK Partizan.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4][5] On 15 January 2023, Tobol announced that they had terminated their contract with Tomašević by mutual consent, with Tomašević re-signing for Astana the same day.[6][7]

International career

In late August 2009, Tomašević was first called to the Montenegro under-21 squad, for a 2011 European Championship qualifier against Sweden, in which his country lost 2–0 at home.[8]

In May 2010, aged 20, he made his full international debut against Norway. In 2014, he scored his first international goal for Montenegro against Moldova in a 2016 European Championship qualification match.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 October 2021[9][10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2009–10 Primeira Liga 17 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 27 1
2010–11 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
2011–12 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Total 29 0 2 0 3 0 8 1 - - 42 1
União Madeira (loan) 2011–12 Liga de Honra 8 1 8 1
Partizan 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kortrijk 2013–14 Jupiler Pro League 31 0 4 0 35 0
2014–15 39 4 1 0 40 4
2015–16 32 5 3 0 35 5
Total 92 9 8 0 100 9
Oostende 2016–17 Jupiler Pro League 21 0 3 0 1 0 25 0
2017–18 26 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 25 2
2018–19 19 1 2 0 0 0 25 2
Total 66 3 7 0 2 0 7 0 82 3
Astana 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0
2020 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
2021 21 1 3 1 4 0 2 1 30 3
Total 34 4 3 1 8 0 2 1 47 6
Tobol 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 22 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 28 2
Career total 251 18 20 1 3 0 23 2 10 1 308 22

International

As of match played 27 March 2021[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Montenegro 2010 2 0
2011
2012
2013
2014 6 1
2015 6 0
2016 6 2
2017 6 1
2018 6 0
2019 5 0
2020
2021 1 1
Total 38 5

International goals

Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 September 2014 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Moldova 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2. 24 March 2016 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece  Greece 1–1 1–2 Friendly
3. 8 October 2016 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Kazakhstan 1–0 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 8 October 2017 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 2–2 2–4
5. 27 March 2021 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Gibraltar 3–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ "Tomasevic cedido ao União" [Tomasevic loaned to União] (in Portuguese). Record. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ Tomašević novo pojačanje Partizana at Novosti, 14-9-2012 (in Serbian)
  3. ^ "Защитник сборной Черногории подписал контракт с Астаной". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Жарко Томашевич покидает Астану". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Жарко Томашевич – игрок "Тобола"". fctobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Спасибо, Жарко!". fctobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. ^ "𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!". facebook.com/FCAstanaOfficial (in Kazakh). FC Astana Facebook. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  8. ^ Debituju Tomašević i Stevović's (Tomašević and Stevović's debuts) (in Serbian)
  9. ^ "Tomasevic". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Z. Tomasevic". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Žarko Tomašević". European Football. Retrieved 8 February 2018.