Tomás Dabó

Tomás Dabó
Personal information
Full name Tomás Soares Dabó
Date of birth (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Farense
Youth career
2011–2012 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Braga B 36 (2)
2013–2014 Braga 9 (0)
2014–2016 Arouca 14 (0)
2017– Farense 11 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Portugal U20 13 (0)
2017– Guinea-Bissau 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017

Tomás Soares Dabó (born 20 October 1993) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right back for Portuguese club S.C. Farense.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Dabó finished his formation with S.C. Braga. On 11 August 2012 he made his professional debut, playing in a second division game with the reserves against S.L. Benfica B and featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw.[1]

Dabó played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 26 August 2013, again starting in a 2–1 home win over C.F. Os Belenenses.[2]

International career

Dabó represented Portugal at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, playing in the 2–2 group stage draw against South Korea as the tournament ended in round-of-16 exit. In 2014, he was called by the Guinea-Bissau national team.[3]

Dabó was selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by manager Baciro Candé, even though he did not have a club at the time.[4] He earned his first cap on 14 January in the group stage opener, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Gabon.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Benfica B-Sp. Braga B, 2–2: André Gomes dá empate nos descontos" [Benfica B-Sp. Braga B, 2–2: André Gomes for the draw in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sp. Braga derrota Belenenses com auxílio "santo"" [Sp. Braga defeats Belenenses with help of a "saint"] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amido Baldé convocado para a seleção nacional guineense" [Amido Baldé called for the Guinean national team]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Um treinador, 18 'portugueses' e alguns velhos conhecidos" [One coach, 18 'Portuguese' and some old acquaintances]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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