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João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born 27 May 1975) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

João Tomás

Personal information
Full name	João Henrique Pataco Tomás
Date of birth	(1975-05-27) 27 May 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1986–1993	Oliveira Bairro
1993–1994	Troviscal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Águas Boas
1995–1996	Anadia
1996–1999	Académica	81	(28)
2000–2001	Benfica	41	(19)
2001–2004	Betis	32	(7)
2003–2004	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	20	(3)
2004–2006	Braga	59	(30)
2006–2007	Al-Arabi	17	(8)
2007	Al Rayyan	9	(8)
2007–2008	Braga	10	(1)
2008–2009	Boavista	28	(12)
2009–2010	Rio Ave	15	(6)
2010	Al Sharjah	1	(2)
2010–2013	Rio Ave	65	(34)
2013	Libolo	?	(4)
Total		378	(162)
National team
2000–2007	Portugal	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented mostly Braga (three seasons) and Rio Ave (four) during his 19-year senior career. In his only full season with Benfica he scored 17 goals in 31 games, going on to amass Primeira Liga totals of 261 matches and 98 goals over ten campaigns.[1]

Abroad, Tomás spent some time in Spain and Asia.

Club career

Born in Oliveira do Bairro, Aveiro District, João Tomás achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of O Jardel de Coimbra (Coimbra's Jardel) after Mário Jardel.[2]

He subsequently played for S.L. Benfica, Real Betis – joining in summer 2001 alongside teammate José Calado,[3] he scored seven La Liga goals in his debut season, but appeared scarcely in his second year – Vitória de Guimarães and S.C. Braga, to where he returned after a Qatari stint in 2006–07, where he represented Al-Arabi SC, netting eight times in seventeen games before switching to Al Rayyan SC in 2007, leaving for Asia for free.[4]

In 2004–05 and the following campaign, while with Braga, Tomás was the second best goalscorer in the Primeira Liga. In 2007–08, however, he was very rarely used, due to injuries and the emergence of Austrian Roland Linz, and would sign on July 2008 with Boavista FC, relegated after irregularities to the second division.

Two matches into the 2008–09 season, Tomás entailed negotiations with another Qatari club, Al-Ahli (Doha), but quickly returned to Boavista.[5] In June 2009, as his team suffered a second consecutive drop, he left for Rio Ave F.C. at age 34.

João Tomás fared well in his return to the top level, scoring six goals in the league and eight overall, but moved abroad once again in February 2010, joining United Arab Emirates side Al-Sharjah SCC. In July he returned to Rio Ave, signing a one-year contract.[6]

On 30 October 2010, 35-year-old Tomás scored in a 2–0 home win against former club Braga, as Rio Ave won its first game of the campaign – earlier, in the first half, he missed a penalty kick.[7] In the first year in his second spell in Vila do Conde he finished second in the goal scorers chart, only trailing FC Porto's Hulk.[8]

Tomás moved abroad again in January 2013, penning a contract with C.R.D. Libolo in Angola.[9]

International career

João Tomás played four times for Portugal. His first game was in a 2–1 win over Israel in a friendly match, on 15 November 2000.[10]

On 22 May 2007, after a 5+1⁄2-year absence, Tomás was recalled to the national team by Luiz Felipe Scolari,[11] playing in a 1–1 draw with a Kuwaiti club on 5 June in Kuwait City and scoring the Portuguese goal.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13][14]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Académica	1996–97	Segunda Liga	15	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	19	3
	1997–98	Primeira Liga	28	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	7
	1998–99		21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
	1999–00	Segunda Liga	17	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	20	22
	Total		81	28	11	5	0	0	0	0	92	33
Benfica	1999–00	Primeira Liga	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
	2000–01		31	19	3	1	0	0	2	1	36	21
	2001–02		1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	Total		41	21	3	1	0	0	2	1	46	23
Real Betis	2001–02	La Liga	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	7
	2002–03		11	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	13	2
	Total		31	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	33	9
Vitória Guimarães	2003–04	Primeira Liga	20	3	2	1	0	0	–		22	4
Braga	2004–05	Primeira Liga	29	15	2	1	0	0	2	0	33	16
	2005–06		30	15	4	2	0	0	4	1	38	18
	Total		59	30	6	3	0	0	6	1	71	34
Al-Arabi	2006–07	Qatar Stars League	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	8
Al Rayyan	2006–07	Qatar Stars League	9	8	0	0	0	0	–		9	8
Braga	2007–08	Primeira Liga	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
Boavista	2008–09	Segunda Liga	28	13	2	1	0	0	–		30	14
Rio Ave	2009–10	Primeira Liga	15	6	1	0	3	2	–		19	8
Al Sharjah	2009–10	UAE Pro-League	1	2	0	0	–		–		1	2
Rio Ave	2010–11	Primeira Liga	29	16	3	2	2	0	–		34	18
	2011–12		27	11	2	3	2	2	–		31	16
	2012–13		9	7	2	3	1	2	–		12	12
	Total		65	34	7	8	5	4	–		77	44

References

External links

• João Tomás at ForaDeJogo
• João Tomás at BDFutbol
• João Tomás at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] João Tomás

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[fr] João Tomás

João Henrique Pataco Tomás est un footballeur portugais né le 27 mai 1975 à Oliveira do Bairro. Il évolue au poste d'attaquant.

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[it] João Tomás

João Henrique Pataco Tomás (Oliveira do Bairro, 27 maggio 1975) è un ex calciatore portoghese, di ruolo attaccante.

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