| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Henrique Pataco Tomás | ||
| Date of birth | May 27, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rio Ave | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Oliveira Bairro | ||
| 1994–1995 | Aguinense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 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– | Rio Ave | 37 | (20) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2007 | Portugal | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born 27 May 1975 in Oliveira do Bairro) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a striker.
One of Portugal’s most consistent strikers over a decade, he had the ability to hit the net on a regular basis, for a host of clubs. Abroad, he spent some time in Spain and Asia.
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Tomás achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of O Jardel de Coimbra (The Coimbra's Jardel) after Brazilian Mário Jardel.
He subsequently played for Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Real Betis (joining in the 2001 summer alongside midfielder José Calado, he scored seven La Liga goals in his debut season, but appeared 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 the next campaign, while with Braga, Tomás was the second best goalscorer in the top division. 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.
After two games into 2008–09, Tomás entailed negotiations with another Qatari outfit, Al-Ahli (Doha), but quickly returned to Boavista. In June 2009, as Boavista suffered a second consecutive drop, he left for Rio Ave FC, aged 34.
Tomás fared well in his return to the top level, scoring six times in the league and eight overall, but moved abroad once again in February 2010, joining United Arab Emirates side Al-Sharjah Sports Club. In July, he returned to Rio Ave.
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 season. Earlier, in the first half, he missed a penalty kick. In the first season in his second spell with the Vila do Conde outfit, he finished second in the goal scorers chart, only trailing F.C. Porto's Hulk.
Tomás played four 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 22 May 2007, playing in the 1–1 draw with a Kuwaiti club on 5 June, in Kuwait City, and scoring the Portuguese goal.
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Académica | Liga de Honra | 1996-97 | 15 | 1 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||
| Primeira Liga | 1997–98 | 28 | 7 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | |||
| 1998–99 | 21 | 1 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Liga de Honra | 1999-00 | 17 | 19 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | |||
| Total | 81 | 28 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Benfica | Primeira Liga | 1999–00 | 9 | 2 | ? | ? | – | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 2000–01 | 31 | 17 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | |||
| 2001–02 | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Total | 41 | 19 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | |||
| Real Betis | La Liga | 2001–02 | 20 | 7 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||
| 2002–03 | 11 | 0 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 1 | ? | ? | |||
| Total | 31 | 7 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 1 | ? | ? | |||
| Vitória Guimarães | Primeira Liga | 2003–04 | 20 | 3 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||
| Total | 20 | 3 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Braga | Primeira Liga | 2004–05 | 29 | 15 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 1 | ? | ? | |
| 2005–06 | 30 | 15 | ? | ? | – | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | |||
| Total | 59 | 30 | ? | ? | – | 3 | 1 | ? | ? | |||
| Al-Arabi | Qatar Stars League | 2006–07 | 17 | 8 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||
| Total | 17 | 8 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Al Rayyan | Qatar Stars League | 2006–07 | 9 | 8 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||
| Total | 9 | 8 | ? | ? | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
| Braga | Primeira Liga | 2007–08 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Boavista | Liga de Honra | 2008-09 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 12 | |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 | ||
| Rio Ave | Primeira Liga | 2009–10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 19 | 8 | |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 19 | 8 | |||
| Al Sharjah | UAE Pro-League | 2009–10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rio Ave | Primeira Liga | 2010–11 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 34 | 17 | |
| 2011–12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 14 | 8 | |||
| Total | 40 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 48 | 25 | |||
| Last Update: 2 January 2011[1][2] | ||||||||||||
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