Tomislav Božić

Tomislav Božić
Personal information
Date of birth	1 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Slavonska Požega, SR Croatia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Slaven Belupo
Number	6
Youth career
2002–2005	Kamen Ingrad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Kamen Ingrad
2007–2009	Široki Brijeg
2009–2010	Suhopolje
2010–2011	Cibalia
2011	HNK Gorica
2012–2014	Dukla Prague
2014–2016	Górnik Łęczna
2016–2017	Wisła Płock
2017–2019	Miedź Legnica
2019–	Slaven Belupo
International career‡
2006	Croatia U19
2006–2007	Croatia U20
2007	Croatia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2011

Tomislav Božić (born 1 November 1987) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slaven Belupo in the Croatian First Football League. 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 for whom he appeared 34 times in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 1.HNL seasons,^[1] before moving abroad and joining the Bosnian side NK Široki Brijeg. In August 2009, he returned to Croatia and joined the Druga HNL side HNK Suhopolje on a free transfer. In summer 2010, Božić played on trial at the Czech club Slavia Prague, scoring in a friendly match against Plzeň but ultimately not joining the club.^[2] He then joined the Prva HNL side HNK Cibalia Vinkovci where he was a regular first-team member for one season. In 2011, Božić joined HNK Gorica in the Croatian Druga HNL.

Czech Republic

After an unsuccessful trial with Viktoria Plzeň,^[3] he signed with Dukla Prague, a team newly promoted to the Czech Gambrinus liga, in January 2012.^[4] In January 2013, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at Dukla until summer 2014.^[4] 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.^[5]