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Tomo Šokota
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Personal information
Full name Tomislav Šokota
Date of birth (1977-04-08) 8 April 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
NŠK Sveti Mihovil
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Samobor 24 (11)
1997–2001 Dinamo Zagreb 92 (49)
2001–2005 Benfica 60 (21)
2004–2005 Benfica B
2005–2007 FC Porto 3 (0)
2007–2009 Dinamo Zagreb 20 (6)
2009–2010 Lokeren 27 (5)
2010–2011 Olimpija Ljubljana 19 (7)
2020- NŠK Sveti Mihovil
International career
1993 Croatia U16 1 (0)
1994 Croatia U18 1 (0)
1994 Croatia U19 1 (0)
1995–1996 Croatia U20 3 (0)
1997–2000 Croatia U21 19 (10)
2001 Croatia B 1 (0)
2003–2004 Croatia 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomislav "Tomo" Šokota (born 8 April 1977) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a striker.[1] Šokota is a powerful striker but his promising career was overshadowed by frequent injuries, especially in second half of the 2000s. Šokota gave his best performances during his first spell with Dinamo Zagreb (1997–2001) and at Portuguese side Benfica (2001–2005). He was also a Croatia international, capped eight times during the team's Euro 2004 campaign.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Forward (association football)

Forward (association football)

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GNK Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won twenty-three Prva HNL titles, sixteen Croatian Cups, six Croatian Super Cups, and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The club has spent its entire existence in top flight, having been members of the Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1991, and then the Prva HNL since its foundation in 1993.

S.L. Benfica

S.L. Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

Croatia national football team

Croatia national football team

The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football matches. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS), the governing body for football in Croatia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colors reference two national symbols: the Croatian checkerboard and the country's tricolour. They are colloquially referred to as the Vatreni ('Blazers') and Kockasti.

Club career

Šokota joined Porto from rivals Benfica, where he played between 2001 and 2005. He previously played four seasons for Croatian First League side Dinamo Zagreb, who signed him to his first professional contract from his youth club NK Samobor in 1997. While playing for Dinamo Zagreb, he became the top goalscorer of the Croatian First League in both 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons, scoring 21 and 20 goals respectively. He also made several appearances in the UEFA Champions League with the club during their participations in the 1998 and 1999 group stages of the competition. Following his very successful 2000–01 season he was signed by Primeira Liga side Benfica.[2] During his time with the Lisbon side he played up front alongside Norwegian striker Azar Karadas for two seasons.

By the end of 2004, and after refusing all Benfica's contract renewal proposals, Šokota was relegated to Benfica B, the club's reserve squad, where he eventually played for the rest of the 2004–05 season. On 25 January 2004, he played in a 1–0 away win against Vitória de Guimarães, a game overshadowed by the tragic death of his teammate Miklós Fehér. In June 2005, after his contract with Benfica finally expired, he joined rivals FC Porto on a free transfer.[3]

He has been plagued by injuries in his time in Portugal, having undergone four major surgeries. While at FC Porto, his first injury was at the beginning of the 2005–06 season, and he only returned to an official match on the last day of the Portuguese league. Soon, in the 2006–07 pre-season, he had another injury and as a result he played his first Superliga match against Estrela Amadora on 3 February 2007.[4] Šokota returned to his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb in March 2007 in which he played until July 2009.[5][6] In July 2009 Šokota moved to the Belgian League, signing a contract with Lokeren. Following a year with the Belgian side he moved to Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana for the 2010–11 season.

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FC Porto

FC Porto

Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

S.L. Benfica

S.L. Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

NK Samobor

NK Samobor

Nogometni klub Samobor, commonly known as NK Samobor is a Croatian football club based in the town of Samobor in Zagreb County. Samobor currently plays in Četvrta HNL Center, the fourth tier in Croatian football. The club currently plays at the Gradski Stadion which holds a seating capacity of 5,000.

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions of their national associations.

Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, it is contested by 18 teams since the 2014–15 season, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Liga Portugal 2 and replaced by the top-three non-reserve teams from this division.

Azar Karadas

Azar Karadas

Azar Karadas is a Norwegian former footballer. Although he could also play as a central defender, he operated primarily as a centre forward.

Vitória S.C.

Vitória S.C.

Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal.

Miklós Fehér

Miklós Fehér

Miklós "Miki" Fehér was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a striker.

C.F. Estrela da Amadora

C.F. Estrela da Amadora

Club Football Estrela da Amadora, sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon.

Lokeren

Lokeren

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NK Olimpija Ljubljana

NK Olimpija Ljubljana

Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a professional football club, based in the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the country's highest football division.

International career

Šokota debuted for the Croatian national team in their second-leg Euro 2004 qualifying play-off match versus Slovenia in November 2003 and also played all three matches at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal before the Croatian team exited the competition in the group stage.[7][8] Following UEFA Euro 2004, he was called up to be a part of the Croatian squad to play at the 2006 FIFA World Cup but due to a very serious injury he had to miss the tournament.[9]

He won a total of eight caps and scored two goals for Croatia.[10] His international goals came in friendlies against Turkey and Denmark.[11]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 March 2004 Maksimir, Zagreb  Turkey 1 – 0 2 – 2 Friendly
2 5 June 2004 Parken, Copenhagen  Denmark 1 – 0 2 – 1 Friendly

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Slovenia national football team

Slovenia national football team

The Slovenia national football team represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.

UEFA Euro 2004

UEFA Euro 2004

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Portugal, from 12 June to 4 July 2004. A total of 31 matches were played in ten venues across eight cities – Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon, and Porto.

2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city, and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe.

Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

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Denmark national football team

Denmark national football team

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Stadion Maksimir

Stadion Maksimir

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Zagreb

Zagreb

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Exhibition game

Exhibition game

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Parken Stadium

Parken Stadium

Parken Stadium, also known simply as Parken and as Telia Parken (2014–2020), is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992. The stadium, which features a retractable roof, currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home of FC Copenhagen and the Denmark national football team. The capacity for concerts exceeds the capacity for matches – the stadium can hold as many as 50,000 people with an end-stage setup and 55,000 with a centre-stage setup.

Honours

Club

NK Samobor
Dinamo Zagreb
Benfica
Benfica B
Porto

Individual

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Croatian Football Cup

Croatian Football Cup

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Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

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2004–05 Primeira Liga

2004–05 Primeira Liga

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Taça de Portugal

Taça de Portugal

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2003–04 Taça de Portugal

2003–04 Taça de Portugal

The 2003–04 Taça de Portugal was the 64th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). This edition of the Taça de Portugal began on 7 September 2003, and concluded on 16 May 2004 with the final at the Estádio Nacional.

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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Terceira Divisão

Terceira Divisão

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2004–05 Terceira Divisão

2004–05 Terceira Divisão

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Source: "Tomo Šokota", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomo_Šokota.

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References
  1. ^ Sokota: «Sou um caso raro, fui infeliz no Benfica e no FC Porto» maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. ^ "Dínamo confirma 250 mil contos por Sokota" [Dínamo confirms 250 thousand for Sokota]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 June 2001. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Sokota confirmado" [Sokota confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  5. ^ "Sokota vai regressar ao Dínamo Zagreb" [Sokota is going to return to Dínamo Zagreb]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Sokota despediu-se" [Sokota said his good byes]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Sokota na lista final da Croácia" [Sokota on the final list for Croatia]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 June 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Sokota chamado" [Sokota called up]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 June 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Sokota sem Mundial" [Sokota without a World Cup]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 November 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Sokota marca na vitória da Croácia frente à Dinamarca (2–1)" [Sokota scores in Croatia's win over Denmark (2–1)]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 June 2004. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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