Stjepan Tomas

Stjepan Tomas
Personal information
Date of birth	6 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Bugojno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Istra Pula
1995–2000	Dinamo Zagreb
2000–2002	Vicenza
2002–2003	Como
2003–2004	Fenerbahçe
2004–2007	Galatasaray
2007–2010	Rubin Kazan
2010	Gaziantepspor
2010	Bucaspor
Total
International career
1998–2006	Croatia
Managerial career
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor (assistant)
2015–2016	Sivasspor (assistant)
2016–2017	Göztepe (assistant)
2017–2018	Akhisar Belediyespor (assistant)
2018–2019	Çaykur Rizespor (assistant)
2019	İstanbul Başakşehir (assistant)
2019	Antalyaspor
2020–2021	Çaykur Rizespor
2022	Göztepe
2022	Sheriff Tiraspol
2023	Osijek
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. His previous clubs include Dinamo Zagreb, Vicenza Calcio, Como, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Rubin Kazan. He played as centre-back, and at one point of his career as defensive midfielder.

Club career

Tomas August 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Russian club FC Rubin Kazan, for a fee of €4.8 million.^[1] On 31 January 2010, he signed a contract with Turkish side Gaziantepspor until end of the season. Then he moved to Bucaspor, a newly promoted Süper Lig team.

International career

Tomas made his debut for Croatia in an April 1998 friendly match against Poland, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute for Tomislav Rukavina, and earned a total of 49 caps, scoring 1 goal.^[2] He was part of the team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all three games in the group stage before they were eliminated. He was also on the national squad at Euro 2004, but did not play any games in the tournament. He also played for the national team in their third and last game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Australia which became his final international appearance.^[3]

Managerial career

On 15 November 2019, Tomas was appointed manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.^[4]

On 21 June 2022, Tomas was appointed as Head Coach of Moldovan Super Liga club Sheriff Tiraspol.^[5] Four months later, on 25 October 2022, Tomas resigned from the role following the clubs first League defeat of the season, to Petrocub Hîncești, and two days before an away trip to Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League.^[6]