Tomislav Rukavina

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Tomislav Rukavina
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-14) 14 October 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Croatia U17 (manager)
Youth career
Osijek
1991–1992 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993 Osijek 30 (1)
1994–1995 NK Zagreb 57 (1)
1996–1999 Dinamo Zagreb 123 (9)
2000–2003 Venezia 50 (2)
2003–2005 Hajduk Split 65 (6)
International career
1996–1999 Croatia 5 (0)
Managerial career
2009-2010 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2011 Lokomotiva Zagreb (assistant)
2011 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2012 Dinamo Zagreb U19 (co-manager)
2013 Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2014–2015 Osijek
2017-2018 Dinamo Zagreb U19
2019– Croatia U17
2020 Croatia U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomislav Rukavina (born 14 October 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Croatia national U-17 team.

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Club career

In 1992 Rukavina started his football career in his hometown of Osijek, before moving to NK Zagreb during his second season. After 57 appearances for NK Zagreb, he was transferred to Dinamo (then called Croatia Zagreb), where he won four national championships. [1] He played four seasons in Italy for S.S.C. Venezia before returning to his homeland and finishing his career at Hajduk Split. He won the HNL seven times and the Croatian cup three times.

International career

Rukavina made his international debut for the Croatia national team against Poland in the 2–1 friendly win at Rijeka on 28 February 1996. He made five appearances for Croatia. His final international was a November 1999 friendly away against France. [2]

Managerial career

Rukavina became first team coach at Dinamo in March 2009., after arriving of Krunoslav Jurčić. He took charge of NK Osijek in March 2014. [3] He became a youth coach at Dinamo in June 2017. [4]

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References

  1. Croatia - Championship Winning Squads
  2. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. TOMISLAV RUKAVINA DEBITIRAO PORAZOM NA KLUPI OSIJEKA - Sportske Jutarnji
  4. TOMISLAV RUKAVINA NOVI TRENER JUNIORA - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)