Tomislav Erceg (born 22 October 1971) is a retired Croatian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward. He made four appearances for the Croatia national team, scoring one goal.

Club career

Erceg started his career at

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

in 1990, moving to

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

after his first season with the club. After three seasons in Split, he went abroad, going on to play in the national leagues of Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Japan and Israel. He was top scorer of the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

when he played for

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Supersport HNL, of which they have been members ...

in the 2004–05 season, scoring 17 goals. He was Rijeka's first player to become the league goalscorer in

As of May 2010 and the conclusion of the 2009–10 Prva HNL season, Erceg is ranked fifth all-time top scorer in

with 97 goals.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 1997

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match against

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, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Robert Prosinečki, and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring 1 goal in a friendly game against Turkey on 12 June 1997. His final international was a September 1997

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World Cup qualification match away against

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Career statistics

Club

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International

International goals

Honours

;Hajduk Split * Croatian First League:

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Croatian Cup:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

* Croatian Super Cup:

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

;Rijeka * Croatian Cup:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Individual

* Croatian Cup top scorer: 1994–95, 2004–05 *

Prva HNL Player of the Year (Tportal) The Prva HNL Player of the Year award () is an annual association football award given by the Croatian web portal Tportal.hr. It is awarded to the best football player who plays in the Prva HNL (or "1. HNL"), Croatian top flight. The winner is chose ...

: 2004 * Croatian First League top scorer: 2004–05 *Fifth all-time top goalscorer of Croatian First League

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