Tina Blaskovic
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| Full name | Tina Blaskovic | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 11, 1972[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Toronto Inferno | |||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Canada | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
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Tina Blaskovic (born April 11, 1972) is a former Canadian soccer player who played as a striker. She made five appearances for the Canadian national team and was part of the squad that won gold at the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[1]
Early life
Blaskovic was born in Etobicoke, Toronto in 1972,[2] and is of Croatian descent.[3] She attended Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School.[4] She played tennis growing up, and took up soccer at the age of 21.[3]
Club career
On March 1, 1999, Blaskovic was announced as one of the first three signings by the Toronto Inferno, ahead of their first season in the USL W-League.[5][6] She was given the number 7 shirt.[3] In her first season with the Inferno, she scored 11 goals in 14 games, for a total of 22 points.[4] In March 2000, she re-signed with the team.[5] In her second season, she scored 10 goals and registered 2 assists in 14 games, for a total of 22 points,[4] and was named to the W-League's All-Tournament All-Star Team.[5] In 2001, she was both the W-League's Scoring Champion (most points) and Goal Scoring Champion (most goals),[7][8] with 36 points on 15 goals and 6 assists in 13 games.[4] As a result, she was voted as the league's MVP,[8][3] was named to the All-Star Team for the third time,[9] and was the only woman to be included in the North America-wide USL's All-League Team.[9][7] The following year, she had 8 goals and 3 assists in 12 games, for a total of 19 points.[4] In January 2003, she re-signed with the Inferno;[9] however, she did not play the entire season, and did not return to the team in 2004.[10][11]
International career
Despite the fact that she did not start playing organised soccer until she was 21, it only took Blaskovic two years to get noticed and become involved with the Canadian national team.[3] On August 28, 1998, at the age of 26, she made her debut for the national team in her hometown, playing 45 minutes and scoring twice in a 21–0 win over Puerto Rico at the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[12] Two days later, she scored two more goals in a 14–0 victory against Martinique.[13] She made her 5th and final national team appearance on January 6, 1999, in a 1–0 loss to Italy at the 1999 Australia Cup.[14]
She remained part of the national team player pool until 2000, for a total of six years.[2][3]
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada[1] | 1998 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Blaskovic goal.[1]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 28, 1998 | Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Canada |  Puerto Rico |
16–0 | 21–0 | 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 2 | 19–0 | |||||
| 3 | August 30, 1998 | Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Canada |  Martinique |
11–0 | 14–0 | |
| 4 | 12–0 |
Honours
International
- Canada
Individual
- Toronto Inferno
- USL W-League MVP: 2001[8]
- USL W-League Scoring Champion: 2001[8]
- USL W-League Goal Scoring Champion: 2001[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Tina Blaskovic player profile". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Niedermair, Hans (July 3, 2002). "Inferno star takes aim at second MVP season". Etobicoke Mirror-Guardian.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kwong, Norman (June 27, 2002). "Slice of Hamm". Toronto Inferno. Archived from the original on November 23, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Tina Blaskovic player profile". Toronto Inferno. Archived from the original on November 26, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "History of the Toronto Inferno". Toronto Inferno. Archived from the original on February 17, 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Crawford, Colin (February 29, 2016). "Toronto's Soccer History: 1987 - Present". Toronto Football Club. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Canadians dominate USL soccer awards". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 15, 2001. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "2013 USL Media Guide". United Soccer League. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Toronto toasts Tina for the 2003 Season". Toronto Inferno. January 29, 2003. Archived from the original on May 22, 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2003 Toronto Inferno Roster". Toronto Inferno. Archived from the original on November 8, 2004. Retrieved June 29, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2004 Toronto Inferno Roster". Toronto Inferno. Archived from the original on October 2, 2004. Retrieved June 29, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Canada 21 - 0 Puerto Rico". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Canada 14 - 0 Martinique". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Canada 0 - 1 Italy". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
External links
- Tina Blaskovic at the Canada Soccer Association
- Tina Blaskovic at the Toronto Inferno
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