Tomislav Duka (born 7 September 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays a goalkeeper for Velež Mostar.

Tomislav Duka
Personal information
Full name Tomislav Duka
Date of birth (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Velež Mostar
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2007 Hajduk Split
2007–2011 RNK Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 RNK Split 37 (0)
2012Kamen Ivanbegovina ? (?)
2012–2013Zagora Unešić (loan) 28 (0)
2013–2014Imotski (loan) 21 (0)
2017–2018 CFR Cluj 0 (0)
2018–2019 Hajduk Split 3 (0)
2019–2020 Istra 1961 8 (0)
2020 Zagora Unešić 12 (0)
2021–2023 Žalgiris 39 (0)
2024– Velež Mostar 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2016

Club career

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Duka went through the youth teams of his hometown clubs HNK Hajduk Split and RNK Split, joining the latter at the age of 15, subsequently moving up to the club's senior side. The club's third-choice goalkeeper after Andrija Vuković and Danijel Zagorac,[2] he went on a series of loans. First, the fourth-tier Kamen Ivanbegovina, which he helped achieve promotion to the Treća HNL Jug,[3] he moved on to third-tier NK Zagora Unešić and then NK Imotski,[4] which he, helped achieve promotion to the Druga HNL.[5] After the departure of Andrija Vuković, Duka became the substitute of Danijel Zagorac,[6] finally getting his chance to debut in the Prva HNL in March 2016, at the age of 23, in face of Zagorac's upcoming departure from the club. He gained some media recognition after starring in RNK Split's away 0-0 draw against HNK Rijeka, being hailed by the local media[7] as the team's hero after the match.

After joining NK Istra 1961 in January 2020, Duka returned to NK Zagora Unešić in the Croatian Third Football League on 11 September 2020.[8]

Honours

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Club

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CFR Cluj
FK Žalgiris

References

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