Tonel

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Personal information
Tonel
Full name	Antonio Leonel Vilar Nogueira Sousa
Date of birth	13 April 1980
Place of birth	Lourosa, Portugal
Height	185cm
Nickname	Tonel
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Youth clubs
1999-2001	F.C. Porto B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-Present	Académica Coimbra Marítimo Sporting	- 28 (1) 67 (2)
National team²
2006-	Portugal	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

António Leonel Vilar Nogueira Sousa, better known as Tonel (pron. IPA: [tu'nɛɫ]), is a Portuguese football (soccer) player, who plays as a defender for Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. He was born on April 13, 1980.

[edit] Career

Coming through the youth teams of FC Porto, Tonel made his professional debut when loaned out to Académica Coimbra during the 2000/01 season. Despite earning a good reputation for himself, during the three season loan spell, Tonel was deemed surplus to requirements by his parent club and was released. He was signed by CS Marítimo during the summer of 2004, as a replacement for the departing Pepe, who had just been snapped up by Porto.

Tonel enjoyed a hugely successful season for the Madeira team, picking up some European experience during the club's UEFA Cup exploits against Glasgow Rangers. Tonel, became one of the leading figures in one of the strongest teams in the league, where he played 28 games, scoring a single goal. His talent did not go unnoticed and when Marítimo received an offer of 500,000 Euros from Sporting, they duly accepted. Tonel signed for Sporting prior to the 2005/06 season.

Sporting Clube de Portugal - Current Squad
1 Ricardo \| 4 Polga \| 8 Ronny \| 10 C. Martins \| 11 Tello \| 12 Caneira \| 13 Tonel \| 15 M. Garcia \| 16 Tiago \| 18 Nani \| 19 Alecsandro \| 20 Y. Djaló \| 21 P. Farnerud \| 22 R. Patrício \| 24 M. Veloso \| 27 Custódio \| 28 Moutinho \| 31 Liédson \| 34 J. Alves \| 76 Paredes \| 78 Abel \| 80 Bueno \| Manager: P. Bento