Marko Tomas

Marko Tomas
Tomas playing for Cibona in 2010
Zabok
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League HT Premijer liga
Personal information
Born (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985
Koprivnica, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2001–present
Career history
2001–2005 Zagreb
2005–2007 Real Madrid
2007–2008 Fuenlabrada
2008–2009 Real Madrid
2009–2010 Cibona
2010–2012 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2012–2015 Cedevita
2015–2016 TED Ankara Kolejliler
2016–2017 Cedevita
2017–2018 Cibona
2018–present Zabok
Career highlights and awards

Marko Tomas (born 3 January 1985) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for Zabok of the Croatian League. He also represented the Croatian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Professional career

In 2007, Tomas won the Spanish League and ULEB Cup championships with Real Madrid. He was then sent to Fuenlabrada on loan to gain experience in the 2007–08 season.[1] On September 18, 2009, he was waived by Real.[2]

On September 20, 2009, he signed a one-year deal with Cibona.[3]

On June 23, 2010, he signed a two-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[4]

On August 7, 2012, Tomas signed a one-year contract with the Croatian team Cedevita.[5][6] On July 24, 2013, he re-signed with Cedevita for two more seasons.[7]

On July 30, 2015, he signed with Turkish club TED Ankara Kolejliler for the 2015–16 BSL season.[8]

On October 29, 2016, Tomas returned to Cedevita for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[9].

On October 3, 2017, he signed an open contract with his former club Cibona.[10]

In October 2018 he joined another Croatian club: this time the less ambitious Zabok that was coached by his brother Ivan.[11]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 Real Madrid 15623.4.413.410.8332.11.8.9.06.55.2
2008–09 17313.3.439.313.8461.7.6.6.15.35.2
2009–10 Cibona 161634.2.389.330.8093.11.91.1.316.414.3
2010–11 Fenerbahçe 151422.7.402.418.6763.11.3.7.08.56.7
2011–12 6316.4.280.286.7501.7.3.8.03.51.0
2012–13 Cedevita 4015.8.250.222.7782.0.3.3.04.31.8
2014–15 1025.3.222.200.0004.0.01.0.05.03.0
Career 744222.3.389.350.7902.41.2.8.18.57.0
Marko Tomas (2010.)

Croatian national team

Tomas won the gold medal with the junior Croatian national basketball team at the European Junior Championship in 2002. He debuted for the senior Croatian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2005. The most recently, he represented Croatia at the EuroBasket 2015,[12] where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by Czech Republic.[13]

Personal life

Marko's older brother Ivan (born 1981) and younger brother Luka (born 1999) are both professionally tied to basketball. Ivan is a coach and former player while Luka is a player.[14]

References

  1. "Marko Tomas jugará cedido en el Fuenlabrada". Elmundo.es (in Spanish). 14 August 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. "Real Madrid waives Marko Tomas". Sportando.com. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. "Cibona brings aboard swingman Tomas". Euroleague.net. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. "Fenerbahce Ulker tabs Marko Tomas". Euroleague.net. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. "Cedevita Zagreb tabs Marko Tomas". Sportando. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. "Cedevita Zagreb brings in veteran Tomas". Euroleague.net. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  7. "Cedevita keep Marko Tomas for two more seasons". Sportando.com. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  8. "Tomas from Cedevita to Turkey". Abaliga.com. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  9. "Marko Tomas returns to Cedevita". aba-liga.com. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  10. "Marko Tomas ponovno u dresu Cibone". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  11. "Brat je doveo veliko pojačanje: Marko Tomas igrač KK Zaboka". 24sata.hr (in Croatian). October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  12. "CROATIA UNVEIL AMBITIOUS EUROBASKET SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  13. "CZECHS MAKE FIRST QUARTER-FINAL TRIP". .eurobasket2015.org. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  14. "Dinastija Tomas: Marko igra, Ivan je trener, a Luka je nada" [The Tomas dynasty: Marko plays, Ivan is a coach and Luka is a prospect!]. vecernji.hr (in Croatian). January 1, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
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