Tomi Horvat (born 24 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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side

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and the Slovenia national team.

Club career

Mura

Horvat made his

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debut for Mura on 21 July 2018 in a match against Triglav Kranj. On 25 November 2021, Horvat opened the scoring for Mura in a stunning 2–1 upset of

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club

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in the group stage of the

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. He would finish the 2021–22 season with 11 goals and 10 assists in all competitions and was voted the Best Young Player in the

Sturm Graz

On 2 June 2022, it was announced that Horvat would join

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club

on a three-year deal on 1 July 2022. In the semi-final match of the

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against

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on 6 April 2023, Horvat scored a memorable goal from outside the box to send Sturm Graz to the final. Sturm Graz would go on to beat

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in the final on 30 April 2023. In the

final the following year, Horvat would score the winning goal as Sturm Graz again defeated Rapid Wien. He was also part of the Sturm Graz side that won the

during the 2023–24 season. Sturm Graz became the first new club in eleven years to win the league title, following Red Bull Salzburg's dominance of the league. It was the club's fourth league title in its history and the first championship since the 2010–11 season.

International career

Horvat made his debut for

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on 29 March 2022 in a

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against

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, coming on as a 87th-minute substitute for Petar Stojanović. In June 2024, he was included in Slovenia's squad for

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, but was an unused substitute in all four of Slovenia's matches at the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Mura *

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: 2019–20 Sturm Graz *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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, 2023–24 Individual *Slovenian PrvaLiga Best Young Player: 2021–22

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horvat, Tomi 1999 births Living people Footballers from Murska Sobota Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers NŠ Mura players SK Sturm Graz players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players UEFA Euro 2024 players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria