Tomi Horvat

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Tomi Horvat
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Horvat playing for Sturm Graz in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Murska Sobota, Slovenia [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sturm Graz
Number 19
Youth career
Turnišče [2]
Mura 05
2013–2017 Maribor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Mura 128 (14)
2022– Sturm Graz 76 (12)
International career
2014 Slovenia U16 4 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U17 19 (1)
2016–2017 Slovenia U18 11 (1)
2017 Slovenia U19 7 (2)
2019–2020 Slovenia U21 9 (1)
2022– Slovenia 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Tomi Horvat (born 24 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga side Sturm Graz and the Slovenia national team.

Contents

Club career

NŠ Mura

Horvat made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut for Mura on 21 July 2018 in a match against Triglav Kranj. [3] On 25 November 2021, Horvat opened the scoring for Mura in a stunning 2–1 upset of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League. [4] [5] Horvat would finish the 2021–22 season with 11 goals and 10 assists in all competitions and was voted the Best Young Player in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. [6]

Sturm Graz

On 2 June 2022, it was announced that Horvat would join Austrian club Sturm Graz on a three-year deal on 1 July 2022. [6] In the semi-final match of the Austrian Cup against LASK on 6 April 2023, Horvat scored a memorable goal from outside the box to send Sturm Graz to the final. [7] [8] [9] Sturm Graz would go on to beat Rapid Wien in the final on 30 April 2023. [9] [10]

In the Austrian Cup final the following year, Horvat would score the winning goal as Sturm Graz again defeated Rapid Wien. [11] He was also part of the Sturm Graz side that won the Austrian Bundesliga during the 2023–24 season. Sturm Graz became the first new club in 11 years to win the league title, following Red Bull Salzburg's dominance of the league. [12] It was the club's fourth league title in its history and the first championship since the 2010–11 season. [12]

International career

Horvat made his debut for Slovenia on 29 March 2022 in a friendly match against Qatar, coming on as a 87th-minute substitute for Petar Stojanović. [13] In June 2024, he was included in Slovenia's squad for UEFA Euro 2024, [14] but was an unused substitute in all four of Slovenia's matches at the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 December 2024 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mura 2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30251353
2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga301502 [b] 0371
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga332103 [b] 0372
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga3591014 [c] 25011
Total1281412119215917
Sturm Graz 2022–23 Austrian Bundeslga 324618 [d] 0465
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga2876411 [e] 04511
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga161326 [f] 0253
Total761215725011619
Career total2042627844227536
  1. Includes Slovenian Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 8 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia 202230
202310
202430
Total70

Honours

Mura

Sturm Graz

Individual

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