Tomás Soares
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| Full name | Tomás Alves Soares | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 January 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paços de Ferreira, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| SC Freamunde | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Portugal U15 | 7 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Portugal U17 | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Tomás Alves Soares (born 19 January 2008) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benfica.
Club career
Born in Paços de Ferreira, Soares is a youth product of SC Freamunde and Benfica.[1]
In October 2024, he signed his first professional contract with Benfica.[2]
International career
Soares is a youth international for Portugal, having played for the under-15, under-16[2] and under-17.[3]
In May 2025, he was called with Portugal for the European Under-17 Championship in Albania.[4] He was a standout during his team's run to the final, coming on the field, scoring and assisting against Albania[5] and Germany[6][7][8] in the pool stage, and scoring again as a substitute in the semi-final against the Italian reining champions.[9][10]
Honours
Portugal U17
References
- ^ "Tomás Soares assina contrato de formação com o SL Benfica". Imediato (in European Portuguese). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Tomás Soares assina contrato profissional". SL Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Portugal goleia Liechtenstein por 10-0 em sub-17". Portugal, Rádio e Televisão (in Portuguese). 13 November 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Amaro Nunes, Diogo (30 May 2025). "Convocatória para o Campeonato da Europa". FPF (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Entrevista A BOLA Tomás Soares, o 'joker' dos sub-17: «Queremos ser campeões»". Abola (in Portuguese). 16 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Antunes Pereira, André. "A crónica do Portugal-Alemanha, 2-1: reviravolta vale bilhete para as 'meias'". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Tomás Soares: «Estamos mais fortes»". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ Ribeiro, Alexandre (26 May 2025). "Euro U17 : le Portugal a trouvé son sauveur inattendu". Trivela (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Portugal na final do Euro sub-17. Guarda-redes foi herói… mas Duarte Cunha (de Cerveira) foi o melhor em campo". Rádio Vale do Minho (in European Portuguese). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Portugal bate Itália nos penáltis e vai defrontar a França na final do Europeu sub-17". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Portugal win 2025 U17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA. 28 June 2025.