Tiago Tomás

Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás (born 16 June 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on loan from Sporting CP.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Barreiros de Melo and the second or paternal family name is Tomás.
Tiago Tomás
Tómas with VfB Stuttgart in 2022
Personal information
Full name Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás[1]
Date of birth (2002-06-16) 16 June 2002[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart
(on loan from Sporting CP)
Number 10
Youth career
2010–2012 Carcavelos
2012–2013 Colégio Marista
2013–2014 Estoril
2014–2020 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Sporting CP 48 (3)
2022– → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 39 (6)
International career‡
2018–2019 Portugal U17 16 (5)
2019 Portugal U18 4 (5)
2020 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2021– Portugal U21 7 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Club career

Born in Lisbon of Angolan descent,[2] Tomás came through the youth system of Sporting CP after a year at nearby Estoril. On 25 June 2020, he signed a five-year contract at the former club, with a buyout clause of €60 million.[3]

Tomás made his professional debut on 1 July 2020 one month after his 18th birthday, as an 81st-minute substitute for Matheus Nunes in a 2–1 Primeira Liga win against Gil Vicente at home.[4] He scored his first goal on 24 September, the only one of a home victory over Aberdeen in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[5] He contributed three goals from 30 appearances during the season, helping his team to conquer the league after 19 years.[6]

On 30 January 2022, Tomás was loaned to VfB Stuttgart until June 2023 with a buying option.[7] He played his first match in the Bundesliga six days later, replacing Chris Führich for the final ten minutes of the 3–2 home loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.[8][9] He scored twice in his next appearance, but was unable to keep his team from a 4–2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.[10]

International career

Aged 18, Tomás was selected by Portugal under-21 manager Rui Jorge for his 2021 UEFA European Championship squad.[11] He earned his first cap in the first group stage match, starting in the 1–0 win against Croatia in Koper.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 14 May 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP 2019–20 Primeira Liga 500000——50
2020–21 Primeira Liga 30321302[lower-alpha 1]2—376
2021–22 Primeira Liga 13022315[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0243
Total 48343617210669
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga 144————144
Career total 627436172108013
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Sporting CP

References
  1. "Tiago Tomás" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. "Golden Boy 2022, tutti i talenti ancora in gara FOTO" [Golden Boy 2022, all the talents still in the race PHOTO]. Tuttosport (in Italian). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "Tiago Tomás renova contrato com o Sporting" [Tiago Tomás renews contract with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Pinto, Vanda (2 July 2020). "A reação de Tiago Tomás à estreia: "Os que me são próximos sabem..."" [Tiago Tomás' reaction to the debut: "Those who are close to me know..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. Crighton, Chris (25 September 2020). "Fan view: Tiago Tomas' finish showed strength Sporting possess as Aberdeen suffer another Europa League near miss". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. Monteiro, Daniel (11 May 2021). "Os rostos do campeão: Um TT de 'alta cilindrada' e que cresce (mesmo) a olhos vistos" [The faces of the champions: 'High-cylinder' TT (really) growing for everyone to see]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. "Mission Klassenerhalt: Stuttgart verstärkt Offensive" [Mission relegation: Stuttgart strengthen the attack] (in German). Sky Sport. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ""Man hat beiden Mannschaften die Nervosität angemerkt"" ["You could tell that both teams were nervous"] (in German). Hessenschau. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. "Tiago Tomás estreia-se pelo Estugarda com derrota ante o Eintracht" [Tiago Tomás makes Stuttgart debut with loss against Eintracht] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. "Leverkusen ist das beste Team der Rückrunde, der VfB taumelt" [Leverkusen are the best team of the second part of the season, VfB fall back]. Der Spiegel (in German). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  11. Kundert, Tom (16 March 2021). "Sporting duo Nuno Mendes and João Palhinha called into Portugal squad as Cédric earns recall". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  12. "Portugal 1–0 Croatia – UEFA U21 Euro group stage off to a winning start". PortuGOAL. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  13. Tiago Tomás at Soccerway
  14. Kundert, Tom (11 May 2021). "10 reasons why Sporting are Champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  15. Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  16. Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  17. "Sporting CP win Supertaça with victory over SC Braga". Sporting CP. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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