Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 June 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cascais, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Carcavelos | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Colégio Marista | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Estoril | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2020 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Sporting CP | 48 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | VfL Wolfsburg | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Portugal U17 | 16 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Portugal U21 | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:08, 24 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás (born 16 June 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.
Born in Cascais, Lisbon District of Angolan descent, [2] [3] 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. [4]
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. [5] 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. [6] He contributed three goals from 30 appearances during the season, helping his team to conquer the league after 19 years. [7]
On 30 January 2022, Tomás was loaned to VfB Stuttgart until June 2023 with a buying option. [8] 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. [9] [10] He scored twice in his next appearance, but was unable to keep his team from a 4–2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen. [11]
In the 2022–23 campaign, Tomás helped the Mercedes-Benz Arena club to avoid relegation via the playoffs, with the player coming from the bench in both legs of the 6–1 aggregate win over Hamburger SV. [12] [13] On 16 June 2023, Stuttgart did not exercise its option and he left, thanking the organisation for "believing in me when no one else did". [14]
On 5 July 2023, Tomás signed a four-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg also of the German top division, [15] for a fee of €8.8 million which could rise to €10.3 million with add-ons; Sporting were also entitled to 15% of any future transfer. [16]
Aged 18, Tomás was selected by Portugal under-21 manager Rui Jorge for his 2021 UEFA European Championship squad. [17] He earned his first cap in the first group stage match, starting in the 1–0 win against Croatia in Koper. [18]
Tomás scored his first goal on 7 October 2021, his team's tenth in the 11–0 demolition of Liechstenstein in Vizela for the 2023 European Championship qualifiers. [19]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting CP | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 [a] | 2 | — | 37 | 6 | ||
2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 [b] | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
Total | 48 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 9 | ||
VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 [d] | 0 | 33 | 4 | |||
Total | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 47 | 8 | |||||
Wolfsburg | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||
Career total | 106 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 20 |
Sporting CP