Full name Tomas Hubocan Years Team Weight 74 kg Name Tomas Hubocan Career start 2004 | Playing position Salary 1.2 million EUR (2012) Number 15 Height 1.83 m | |
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Date of birth (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 30) Similar People Sergei Semak, Luciano Spalletti, Andre Villas‑Boas, Anatoliy Byshovets, Dick Advocaat | ||
|Tomáš Hubocan| The Wall | FC Zenit St.-Petersburg |
Tomáš Hubočan (born 17 September 1985) is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Marseille in Ligue 1.
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- Tom Hubocan The Wall FC Zenit St Petersburg
- Zenits Tomas Hubocan suffers gruesome injury during Champions League exit against Borussia
- MK ilina
- Zenit
- Career statistics
- International career
- Career honours
- References
Zenit's Tomas Hubocan suffers gruesome injury during Champions League exit against Borussia
MŠK Žilina
Hubočan began in MŠK Žilina since his youth years, beyond the time when he was on loan in Zlaté Moravce since January 2006 until June 2006. After the end of loan he came back to MŠK Žilina and he worked up for one of the best defenders in Slovak Superliga. In the season 2006/2007, he won Slovak Superliga.
Zenit
Hubočan signed for Zenit on 11 February 2008 on a three-year contract for €3,8 million, the highest ever paid to a Slovak club. Hubočan is hoped to fill the vacancy in the center of Zenit's defense created by fellow Slovak defender Martin Škrtel being sold to Liverpool.
As Zenit's star center-backs Ivica Križanac and Nicolas Lombaerts were still on the injured list, and defenders Kim Dong-Jin and Roman Shirokov were not quite ready to make their comebacks, Hubočan received his first taste of Champions League football against Real Madrid (at the Petrovsky stadium) on 30 September 2008. Only having played a total of 11 games for Zenit, it was a rude awakening as he conceded a disastrous own-goal in the 4th minute.
Having only played in 22 league games over two seasons, Hubočan wasn't quite trusted by former head coaches Dick Advocaat and Anatoly Davydov. He finally broke through to the starting eleven in 2010 under Italian Luciano Spalletti, winning the competition for the unfamiliar left back spot over the likes of Michael Lumb and Radek Šírl. Spalletti rated Hubočan as a hot prospect for the future.
On 30 September 2010, he scored his first goal for Zenit in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens F.C.
Career statistics
As of 24 April 2016International career
He played first international match for Slovakia against United Arab Emirates on 11 December 2006.
Career honours
MŠK Žilina
Zenit St. Petersburg