João Tomás

Football player infobox
playername = João Tomás


fullname = João Henrique Pataco Tomás
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|5|27
height = height|m=1.88
cityofbirth = Oliveira do Bairro
countryofbirth = Portugal
currentclub = Boavista FC
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1993-1996
1996-1999
2000-2001
2001-2004
2003-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Anadia FC
Académica Coimbra
SL Benfica
Real Betis
Vitória Guimarães (loan)
Sporting Braga
Al-Arabi
Al-Rayyan
Sporting Braga
Boavista FC
caps(goals) =- (-)
81 (28)
41 (19)
32 (7)
15 (3)
59 (30)
17 (8)
9 (8)
10 (1)
2 (1)
nationalyears = 2000-2007
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (1)
pcupdate = September 1, 2008
ntupdate = September 1, 2008

João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born 27 May 1975 in Oliveira do Bairro) is a Portuguese footballer, playing as a striker for Boavista Futebol Clube.

He has been one of Portugal’s most consistent strikers over the past decade, with an ability to hit the net on a regular basis for a host of clubs.

Club career

Tomás achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of "O Jardel de Coimbra" (The Coimbra's Jardel) after Mário Jardel.

He subsequently played for Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Real Betis Balompie (scoring 7 league goals in 2001-02, but appearing scarcely in his second year), Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting de Braga, to where he returned after a Qatari stint in 2006-07, where he represented Al-Arabi Sports Club, scoring eight goals in seventeen games, before switching to Al-Rayyan Sports Club in 2007.

In 2004-05 and 2005-06, with Braga, Tomás was the second top scorer in the league. In the 2007-08 season, he was very rarely used, due to injuries and the emergence of Roland Linz, and would sign on July 2008 with Boavista F.C., relegated after irregularities to the second division.

After two games into 2008-09, Tomás entailed negotiations with another Qatari outfit, Al-Ahli (Doha), but quickly returned to Boavista.

International career

Tomás played 4 times for Portugal. His first game was in the 2-1 win over Israel, in a friendly match, on 15 November 2000.

After a five and a half-year absence, he was recalled to the national team by Luiz Felipe Scolari, on May 22, 2007, playing in the 1-1 draw with a Kuwaiti club on June 5, in Kuwait City, and scoring the Portuguese goal.

External links

* [http://www.zerozero.eu/uk/jogador.php?id=507&search=1 Stats and profile at zerozero.pt]