Stjepan Tomas

Not to be confused with Stjepan Tomaš.

Stjepan Tomas
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-03-06) 6 March 1976
Place of birth Bugojno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Oțelul Galați (head coach)
Youth career
–1994 Iskra Bugojno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Istra Pula 24 (0)
1995–2000 Dinamo Zagreb 92 (2)
2000–2003 Vicenza 48 (0)
2002–2003 → Como (loan) 26 (0)
2003–2004 Como 0 (0)
2003–2004 → Fenerbahçe (loan) 27 (0)
2004–2007 Galatasaray 98 (0)
2007–2010 Rubin Kazan 31 (0)
2010 Gaziantepspor 4 (0)
2010 Bucaspor 9 (0)
Total 359 (2)
International career
1993 Croatia U17 2 (0)
1993–1994 Croatia U18 2 (0)
1993–1994 Croatia U19 4 (0)
1995 Croatia U20 5 (0)
1995–1997 Croatia U21 9 (0)
1998–2006 Croatia 49 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Gaziantepspor (assistant)
2015–2016 Sivasspor (assistant)
2016–2017 Göztepe (assistant)
2017–2018 Akhisar Belediyespor (assistant)
2018–2019 Çaykur Rizespor (assistant)
2019 İstanbul Başakşehir (assistant)
2019 Antalyaspor
2020–2021 Çaykur Rizespor
2022 Göztepe
2022 Sheriff Tiraspol
2023 Osijek
2024–2025 Al-Okhdood
2026– Oțelul Galați
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Oțelul Galați.

Club career

In August 2007, Tomas signed a two-year contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan, for a fee of €4.8 million.[1] On 31 January 2010, he signed a contract with Turkish side Gaziantepspor until the end of the season. Then he moved to Bucaspor, a newly promoted Süper Lig team.

International career

Tomas made his debut for Croatia in an April 1998 friendly match against Poland, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute for Tomislav Rukavina, and earned a total of 49 caps, scoring 1 goal.[2] He was part of the team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all three games in the group stage before they were eliminated. He was also on the national squad at the Euro 2004, but did not play in any games. He also played for the national team in their third and last game at the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Australia, which became his final international appearance.[3]

Managerial career

On 15 November 2019, Tomas was appointed manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.[4]

On 21 June 2022, Tomas was appointed as Head Coach of Moldovan Super Liga club Sheriff Tiraspol.[5] Four months later, on 25 October 2022, Tomas resigned from the role following the clubs first League defeat of the season, to Petrocub Hîncești, and two days before an away trip to Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League.[6]

On 22 July 2024, Tomas was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood.[7]

On 17 March 2026, he was presented as the new head coach of Romanian Liga I club Oțelul Galați.[8]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia
1998 1 0
1999 4 1
2000 4 0
2001 5 0
2002 10 0
2003 8 0
2004 5 0
2005 8 0
2006 4 0
Total 49 1
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Munteanu goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Dorinel Munteanu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 June 1999 Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 13 February 2025
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Antalyaspor 20 November 2019 31 December 2019 8 1 4 3 9 15 −6 012.50
Çaykur Rizespor 1 August 2020 19 January 2021 21 7 6 8 32 35 −3 033.33
Göztepe 9 March 2022 27 April 2022 6 0 1 5 4 14 −10 000.00
Sheriff Tiraspol 1 July 2022 25 October 2022 25 13 6 6 36 18 +18 052.00
Osijek 24 April 2023 3 October 2023 20 10 5 5 41 32 +9 050.00
Al-Okhdood 21 July 2024 14 February 2025 21 4 4 13 22 34 −12 019.05
Oțelul Galați 17 March 2026 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 101 35 26 40 144 148 −4 034.65

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

Rubin Kazan

References

  1. ^ "Son Dakika".
  2. ^ "Appearances for Croatia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Antalyasporumuz Stjepan Tomas ile Sözleşme İmzaladı". Antalyaspor. 15 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Степан Томас – новый тренер первой команды". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Спасибо, Степан Томас". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ "الأخدود يتعاقد مع المدرب الكرواتي ستيبان توماس".
  8. ^ "Stjepan Tomas, noul antrenor principal al Oțelului" [Stjepan Tomas, Oțelul's new head coach]. ascotelul.ro (in Romanian). 17 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Stjepan Tomas". European Football. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
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