Tomislav Rukavina

Tomislav Rukavina

Personal information
Full name	Tomislav Rukavina
Date of birth	(1974-10-14) 14 October 1974
Place of birth	Belišće, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right wingback
Team information
Current team	Croatia U17 (manager)
Youth career
	Osijek
1991–1992	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Osijek	30	(1)
1994–1995	NK Zagreb	57	(1)
1996–1999	Dinamo Zagreb	85	(4)
2000–2003	Venezia	31	(2)
2003–2005	Hajduk Split	37	(0)
International career
1996–1999	Croatia	5	(0)
Managerial career
2009-2010	Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2011	Lokomotiva Zagreb (assistant)
2011	Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2012	Dinamo Zagreb U19 (co-manager)
2013	Dinamo Zagreb (assistant)
2014–2015	Osijek
2017-2018	Dinamo Zagreb U19
2019–	Croatia U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomislav Rukavina (born 14 October 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Croatia national under-17 team.

He made his international debut against Poland in the 2–1 friendly win at Rijeka on 28 February 1996. He has made five appearances for the Croatia national football team.

In 1992 Rukavina started his football career in his hometown of Osijek, before moving to NK Zagreb during his second season. After 57 appearances for NK Zagreb, he was transferred to Dinamo (then called Croatia Zagreb), where he won four national championships. He played four seasons in Italy for S.S.C. Venezia before returning to his homeland and finishing his career at Hajduk Split.

He became first team coach at Dinamo Zagreb in March 2009., after arriving of Krunoslav Jurčić.

External links

• Rukavina, Tomislav at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tomislav Rukavina at the Croatian Football Federation