Tomáš Hubočan

Tomáš Hubočan
Hubočan with Dynamo Moscow in 2014
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Hubočan
Date of birth (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Žilina
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 Olympique Marseille 16 (0)
2017–2018 → Trabzonspor (loan) 20 (0)
2019–2022 Omonia Nicosia 57 (0)
2022–2023 Karmiotissa 27 (0)
2023– Žilina 11 (0)
International career‡
2006–2021 Slovakia 73 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:24, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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

He made his senior international debut in 2006. He has gone on to make 73 appearances for Slovakia, representing his nation at the UEFA Euro 2016 and the UEFA Euro 2020 tournaments. He retired as 9th most capped international footballer in December 2021.

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]

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]

Omonia

On 4 September 2019, Hubočan joined Omonia on a one-year deal.[4] He would later sign 2 one-year extensions, thus staying at the club until 2022.[5][6]

International career

Hubočan played his first international match for Slovakia against United Arab Emirates on 11 December 2006.[7] He was a part of Slovakia's squad for the country's first European Championship tournament in 2016.[8]

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.[9] The trio shared a farewell game on 13 October 2019 in a friendly match 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 ended in the same score.[10]

In November 2020, Hubočan came out of retirement, playing in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs clinching game against Northern Ireland.[11] In June 2021, he was included in the final 26-man roster for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[12] After Slovakia failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Hubočan announced his second and definitive retirement in an interview with Denník Šport, citing age and family commitments as main motivations.[13]

Career statistics

As of 30 May 2022[14]
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
2021–22 22 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 34 0
Total 57 0 8 0 16 0 1 0 82 0
Career total 287 4 27 0 64 1 5 0 383 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. ^ "Hubočan zo Žiliny do Petrohradu za 120 mili?nov!". Profutbal (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ Лучано Спаллетти: "Тот, кто выигрывает титул, остаётся в истории" (in Russian). FC Zenit. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Agreement with Tomas Hubocan" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Στην Omonoia ο Tomas Hubocan!". Omonoia FC. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Tomáš Hubočan μέχρι το 2021!". Omonoia FC. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Για ακόμη ένα χρόνο στην ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ο Τόμας Χούμποτσαν!". Omonoia FC. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ^ Harsányi, Ladislav (12 April 2010). "Hubočan chce ísť na futbalové MS". Sme (in Slovak).
  8. ^ "Aktuálne futbalové správy". Slovak Football Association (in Slovak).
  9. ^ "Futbalisti Škrtel, Hubočan a Nemec prekvapivo ukončili reprezentačnú kariéru". Sme (in Slovak). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Slováci v príprave remizovali s Paraguajom, s reprezentáciou sa rozlúčila trojica hráčov". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  11. ^ "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 Sport. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Muži A - Konečná nominácia na Euro 2020, tréner Tarkovič: Za menami si stojím!". Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). 2 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Druhýkrát a definitívne. Tomáš Hubočan vo veku 36 rokov končí reprezentačnú kariéru". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  14. ^ "T. Hubočan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Thailand vs. Slovakia - Football Match Line-Ups - March 25, 2018 - ESPN".
  16. ^ "Slovakia beat Thailand 3-2, win King's Cup". Bangkok Post. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.