Ivo-Valentino Tomaš

Ivo-Valentino Tomaš (28 July 1993 – 31 December 2019) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A former youth international for Croatia and Germany, he died on 31 December 2019[1] in his home town of Baška Voda, having committed suicide.[2]

Ivo-Valentino Tomaš
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-28)28 July 1993
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Date of death 31 December 2019(2019-12-31) (aged 26)
Place of death Baška Voda, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2002 Urania Baška Voda
2002–2005 Zmaj Makarska
2005–2012 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Hajduk Split 7 (0)
2013–2015 → Dugopolje (loan) 35 (7)
2015–2016 VfB Oldenburg 22 (3)
2016–2017 SSV Jeddeloh 23 (11)
2017–2018 BV Essen 1 (0)
2018 Urania Baška Voda 7 (3)
2018–2019 SV Babelsberg 03 3 (0)
2019 Urania Baška Voda 0 (0)
Total 98 (24)
National team
2009 Germany U16 3 (0)
2012 Croatia U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Ivo Tomaš was born in Split, and joined Hajduk Split's youth academy in 2005. He first came under media attention when he was called up to the German U-16 national team in 2009, being eligible to play for Germany as his mother is German, not having been capped before for any Croatian selection.[3] He was added to the Hajduk first team by coach Krasimir Balakov in January 2012.[4][5] He made his debut for the first team in a 1–0 victory over Karlovac on 7 April 2012.[6] He left Hajduk in 2015.

In the summer of 2019, Tomaš rejoined NK Urania Baška Voda for the third time.[7]

Death

On the morning of 31 December 2019, the media and his former club HNK Hajduk Split announced the death of Tomaš,[8] by suicide.[9]

References
  1. Tragično preminuo Ivo-Valentino Tomaš at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  2. Tragedija u Baškoj Vodi: Nekadašnji igrač Hajduka oduzeo si život at Sportnet.rtl.hr
  3. Š., I. (17 January 2009). "Mladi igrač Hajduka u njemačkoj reprezentaciji". gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. Pavković, Božo (25 January 2012). "Balakov u Tursku vodi 27 igrača: Andrijašević na popisu, Neretljak i Maloča dolaze naknadno!". dalmacijanews.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. Milunović, Antonio (25 January 2012). "Intervju Tomaš: Nadam se prilici kod Balakova". nogometni.com.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  6. Jurišić, Bernard (7 April 2012). "Vukušić donio bodove Hajduku". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  7. Urania pojačana ulazi u novu sezonu, stigao i Šiljić iz Varaždina, sportnet.rtl.hr, 30 July 2019
  8. Tragično preminuo Ivo-Valentino Tomaš at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  9. Tragedija u Baškoj Vodi: Nekadašnji igrač Hajduka oduzeo si život at Sportnet.rtl.hr
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