Tomislav Mrkonjić

Tomislav Mrkonjić is a Croatian footballer, currently playing for Croatia Zmijavci in the Druga HNL as a forward.

Tomislav Mrkonjić
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Croatia Zmijavci
Number 70
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Split 2 (0)
2015–2016 → NK Imotski (loan) 28 (11)
2017–2018 Croatia Zmijavci 16 (11)
2018–2020 Rudeš 27 (4)
2020– Croatia Zmijavci 13 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In his hometown of Zmijavci, Tomislav has been affectionally nicknamed by locals as "Zmijavački Messi" (translated from Croatian as Messi from Zmijavac).[1] He inherited the nickname based on his likeness (beard and hairstyle) to the famous Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi.[2]

Career

Mrkonjić earlier played with NK Imotski from 2015 to 2016 where he made 13 appearances and averaged 1,54 ppg.[3] Markonjic also played for RNK Split during the 2015-16 season.

During the 2017-2018 football season, Mrkonjić returned to play for his hometown football club - NK Croatia Zmijavici (a team in the 3rd division of the Croatian Football Federation).[4] During that season, Mrkonjić scored an impressive 11 goals and made 13 assists in 16 appearances[1] which statistically, meant that Mrkonjić was the best player in the 3. HNL - Jug in the 2017/18 season.[2]

In July 2018 he joined Prva HNL side Rudeš to help them in relegation battle. His first goals came in Week 2 against Osijek where he scored brace in 2–3 loss.[5]

In February 2020 he returned to Croatia Zmijavci who were newly promoted in Druga HNL.

References
  1. "Tomislav Mrkonjić: Nisam se vratio u Dinamo jer sam htio na ekskurziju".
  2. "Tomislav Mrkonjić iz Zmijavaca statistički je najbolji igrač 3.HNL jug". 28 November 2016.
  3. "Tomislav Mrkonjić: "Nije istina da je bilo fizičkog obračuna!"". Imotskenovine Hr. Imotskenovine Hr. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. "3. HNL Jug - Hrvatski nogometni savez". hns-cff.hr.
  5. "Osijek u Gradskom vrtu slavio protiv Rudeša 3:2; domaći skoro prokockali tri gola prednosti". tportal.hr. Retrieved 26 February 2021.


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