Marko Tomas (born 3 January 1985) is a retired Croatian professional

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player. He represented the Croatian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played at the shooting guard and

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positions.

Professional career

In 2007, Tomas won the Spanish League and ULEB Cup championships with

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. He was then sent to Fuenlabrada on loan to gain experience in the 2007–08 season. On September 18, 2009, he was waived by Real. On September 20, 2009, he signed a one-year deal with

Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...

. On June 23, 2010, he signed a two-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker. On August 7, 2012, Tomas signed a one-year contract with the Croatian team Cedevita. On July 24, 2013, he re-signed with Cedevita for two more seasons. On July 30, 2015, he signed with Turkish club

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for the 2015–16 BSL season. On October 29, 2016, Tomas returned to Cedevita for the rest of the 2016–17 season. On October 3, 2017, he signed an open contract with his former club Cibona. In October 2018 he joined another Croatian club: this time the less ambitious

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that was coached by his brother Ivan. After playing just two games for Zabok he moved to

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of the

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. On August 8, 2020, he has signed with Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish

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(BSL).

Career statistics

Euroleague

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, 15 , , 6 , , 23.4 , , .413 , , .410 , , .833 , , 2.1 , , 1.8 , , .9 , , .0 , , 6.5 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , 17 , , 3 , , 13.3 , , .439 , , .313 , , .846 , , 1.7 , , .6 , , .6 , , .1 , , 5.3 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;",

, 16 , , 16 , , 34.2 , , .389 , , .330 , , .809 , , 3.1 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 16.4 , , 14.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Fenerbahçe , 15 , , 14 , , 22.7 , , .402 , , .418 , , .676 , , 3.1 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .0 , , 8.5 , , 6.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , 6 , , 3 , , 16.4 , , .280 , , .286 , , .750 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .8 , , .0 , , 3.5 , , 1.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Cedevita , 4 , , 0 , , 15.8 , , .250 , , .222 , , .778 , , 2.0 , , .3 , , .3 , , .0 , , 4.3 , , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , 1 , , 0 , , 25.3 , , .222 , , .200 , , .000 , , 4.0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 5.0 , , 3.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 74 , , 42 , , 22.3 , , .389 , , .350 , , .790 , , 2.4 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .1 , , 8.5 , , 7.0 Marko Tomas 2 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. He later played at the

EuroBasket 2007 The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to ...

EuroBasket 2011 EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 cha ...

EuroBasket 2015 EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 Sept ...

and

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. He also represented Croatia at the

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and the

2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the Inte ...

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.

Professional career

Career statistics

Euroleague

Croatian national team

Personal life

References

External links