Tomáš Hubočan

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Tomáš Hubočan
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Hubočan with Dynamo Moscow in 2014
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Hubočan
Date of birth (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 35)
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 15
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Žilina 38 (2)
2006 → ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan) 3 (1)
2008–2014 Zenit Saint Petersburg 114 (0)
2014–2016 Dynamo Moscow 40 (2)
2016–2019 Marseille 16 (0)
2017–2018 → Trabzonspor (loan) 20 (0)
2019– Omonia 35 (0)
National team‡
2006– Slovakia 73 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:51, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Tomáš Hubočan (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaːʐ ˈɦubɔtʂan]; born 17 September 1985) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a defender for Omonia.

He made his senior international debut in 2006. He has gone on to make over 70 appearances for Slovakia, representing his nation at the UEFA Euro 2016 and the UEFA Euro 2020 tournaments.

Club career[]

MŠK Žilina[]

Hubočan began in MŠK Žilina since his youth years, beyond the time when he was on loan in ViOn Zlaté Moravce since January 2006 until June 2006. After the end of loan he came back to Žilina and he worked up for one of the best defenders in Corgoň Liga. In the 2006–07 season, he won the league with Šošoni.

Zenit[]

Hubočan signed for Zenit on 11 February 2008 on a three-year contract for €3.8 million, the highest ever paid to a Slovak club.[1] Hubočan is hoped to fill the vacancy in the center of Zenit's defense created by fellow Slovak defender Martin Škrtel being sold to Liverpool.

As Zenit's star center-backs Ivica Križanac and Nicolas Lombaerts were still on the injured list, and defenders Kim Dong-Jin and Roman Shirokov were not quite ready to make their comebacks, Hubočan received his first taste of Champions League football against Real Madrid (at the Petrovsky stadium) on 30 September 2008. Only having played a total of 11 games for Zenit, it was a rude awakening as he conceded a disastrous own-goal in the 4th minute.

Having only played in 22 league games over two seasons, Hubočan was not quite trusted by former head coaches Dick Advocaat and Anatoli Davydov.[citation needed] He finally broke through to the starting eleven in 2010 under Italian Luciano Spalletti, winning the competition for the unfamiliar left back spot over the likes of Michael Lumb and Radek Šírl. Spalletti rated Hubočan as a hot prospect for the future.

On 30 September 2010, he scored his first goal for Zenit in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens F.C.[2]

Trabzonspor[]

On 7 September 2017, he joined Turkish club Trabzonspor on loan.[3]

International career[]

Hubočan played his first international match for Slovakia against United Arab Emirates on 11 December 2006. He was a part of Slovakia's squad for the country's first European Championship tournament in 2016.[4]

Hubočan announced his national team retirement on 22 February 2019, at age 33 along with another national team defender and captain Martin Škrtel and forward Adam Nemec.[5] The trio shared a farewell game on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against Paraguay, which coincided with a national team return to Tehelné pole, after 10 years. Although Nemec and Škrtel had starred from the start of the game, Hubočan only entered the game symbolically in the 87th minute, due to a sprain. He entered with the game at 1–1. Ironically, this was Hubočan's first international game at the famed Slovakian stadium, home to the national team for a number of years. The game concluded in the same score.[6]

In November 2020, he came out of retirement, playing in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs clinching game against Northern Ireland.[7] In June 2021, he was included in the final 26-man roster for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of 10 May 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Žilina 2004–05 Slovak Super Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2006–07 26 1 0 0 – – 26 1
2007–08 10 0 0 0 2 0 – 12 0
Total 38 2 0 0 2 0 – 40 2
ViOn Zlaté Moravce (loan) 2005–06 2. Liga 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2008 Russian Premier League 11 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 15 0
2009 11 0 1 0 1 0 – 13 0
2010 23 0 3 0 7 1 – 33 1
2011–12 30 0 4 0 8 0 – 42 0
2012–13 24 0 3 0 9 0 1[b] 0 37 0
2013–14 15 0 0 0 8 0 1[c] 0 24 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 114 0 12 0 35 1 3 0 164 1
Dynamo Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 18 1 1 0 8 0 – 27 1
2015–16 22 1 2 0 – – 24 1
Total 40 2 3 0 8 0 – 51 2
Marseille 2016–17 Ligue 1 13 0 0 0 – 1[d] 0 14 0
2017–18 1 0 0 0 2 0 – 3 0
2018–19 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 20 0
Trabzonspor (loan) 2017–18 Süper Lig 20 0 4 0 – – 24 0
Omonia 2019–20 Cypriot First Division 11 0 3 0 – – 14 0
2020–21 24 0 1 0 9 0 – 34 0
Total 35 0 4 0 9 0 – 48 0
Career total 265 4 23 0 57 1 4 0 349 5
  1. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  3. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue

Honours[]

MŠK Žilina

Zenit St. Petersburg

Omonia

Slovakia

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Лучано Спаллетти: "Тот, кто выигрывает титул, остаётся в истории" (in Russian). FC Zenit. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Agreement with Tomas Hubocan" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Futbalisti Škrtel, Hubočan a Nemec prekvapivo ukončili reprezentačnú kariéru". SME.sk. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Slováci v príprave remizovali s Paraguajom, s reprezentáciou sa rozlúčila trojica hráčov". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Northern Ireland's hopes of reaching Euro 2020 were ended as Slovakia scored deep into extra time to win their play-off final at Windsor Park". BBC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. ^ "MUŽI A - Konečná nominácia na Euro 2020, tréner Tarkovič: Za menami si stojím!". futbalsfz. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "T. Hubočan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Thailand vs. Slovakia - Football Match Line-Ups - March 25, 2018 - ESPN".
  11. ^ "Slovakia beat Thailand 3-2, win King's Cup". Bangkok Post. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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