Žarko Tomašević

Žarko Tomašević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Жapкo Toмaшeвић, pronounced [ʒǎːrko tomǎːʃeʋitɕ]; born 22 February 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a central defender for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana and the Montenegro national team.

Žarko Tomašević
Tomašević with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Full name Žarko Tomašević
Date of birth (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990
Place of birth Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Astana
Number 33
Youth career
2006–2008 Partizan
2008–2009 Mornar Bar
2009–2009 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Nacional 29 (0)
2011–2012 → União 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 12 (1)
International career‡
2009–2013 Montenegro U21 18 (2)
2010– Montenegro 57 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2009–10 Primeira Liga 170102071—271
2010–11 901010——110
2011–12 3000—10—40
Total 290203081--421
União Madeira (loan) 2011–12 Liga de Honra 81————81
Partizan 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 0000—00—00
Kortrijk 2013–14 Jupiler Pro League 31040———350
2014–15 39410———404
2015–16 32530———355
Total 92980———1009
Oostende 2016–17 Jupiler Pro League 21030——10250
2017–18 26220—2060252
2018–19 19120——00252
Total 66370—2070823
Astana 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League 2000—400060
2020 11300—0000113
2021 21131—4021303
Total 34431—8021476
Tobol 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 22100—5110282
Career total 251182013023210130822

International
As of match played 27 March 2021[11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Montenegro 201020
2011—
2012—
2013—
201461
201560
201662
201761
201860
201950
2020—
202111
Total385

International goals

Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2014Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Moldova2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.24 March 2016Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece Greece1–11–2Friendly
3.8 October 2016Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Kazakhstan1–05–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.8 October 2017National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Poland2–22–4
5.27 March 2021Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Gibraltar3–14–12022 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.
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