Diogo Tomas

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Diogo Tomas
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Tomas with Ilves in 2015
Personal information
Full name Diogo Alberto Soares Tomas
Date of birth (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
ADO Den Haag
Number 45
Youth career
Ilves
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Ilves 4 (0)
2016MP (loan) 5 (0)
2017 Haka 20 (1)
2018–2020 Ilves 64 (5)
2021–2022 KuPS 49 (6)
2023 Odd 24 (1)
2023Odd 2 4 (0)
2024 HJK 17 (2)
2024– ADO Den Haag 1 (0)
International career
2016 Finland U19 2 (0)
2022– Finland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Diogo Alberto Soares Tomas (born 31 July 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag and the Finland national team. [1]

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Early and personal life

Tomas was born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and Portuguese father, [2] and was raised in Tampere. [3] [4]

Club career

Tomas started football in the youth sector of local club Ilves. After debuting in top-tier Veikkausliiga with Ilves first team in 2015, he spent a brief loan spell with Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in the third-tier Kakkonen in early 2016. He made a further three appearances in the league after his return to Ilves, and joined FC Haka for the 2017, competing in second tier Ykkönen. [3]

Tomas returned to Ilves at the start of 2018, and eventually spent three seasons with the club. Tomas won the 2019 Finnish Cup title with Ilves, and represented the club twice in UEFA Europa League qualifiers. [3]

In early 2021, he joined fellow Veikkausliiga club KuPS on a two-year deal. During his time with KuPS, the club won two Finnish Cup titles, and finished in the 2nd place in the league twice. [5]

After playing for KuPS, [6] Tomas signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Odds Ballklubb (Odd) in March 2023 on a one-year deal. [7] While in Norway, Tomas lived temporarily in a caravan in a forest, [8] [9] and became a fan favourite cult figure [10] for his playing style and his personal hair style. [11] After the last match of the season, he donated parts of his mullet hair to the supporters. [12]

Following the expiration of his contract with Odd, Tomas refused a contract extension and returned to Finland after signing with reigning champions HJK Helsinki for the 2024 Veikkausliiga season. [13] [14] [15] He debuted with his new club in the league on 11 April 2024, as a substitute to Joona Toivio, in a 4–0 home win over FC Lahti. [16] [17]

On 2 September 2024, Tomas signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [18] [19] [20]

International career

Tomas plays for the Finland national team, [21] having previously played for them at youth level. [22] [5] [23]

Personal life

Tomas practices yoga and meditates frequently. [24] Early in his career, he also played futsal for Ilves FS. [25]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 September 2024 [25] [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ilves 2015 Veikkausliiga 10000010
2016 Veikkausliiga30003060
Total4000300070
Ilves II2016 Kolmonen 6060
MP (loan) 2016 Kakkonen 500050
Haka 2017 Ykkönen 20100201
Pallo-Sepot 44 (loan)2017Kolmonen2020
Ilves 2018 Veikkausliiga271401 [lower-alpha 3] 0321
2019 Veikkausliiga17152223
2020 Veikkausliiga203701 [lower-alpha 3] 0283
Total6451620020827
KuPS 2021 Veikkausliiga235625 [lower-alpha 4] 1348
2022 Veikkausliiga26150105 [lower-alpha 4] 0371
Total49611210101719
Odd 2023 Eliteserien 24141282
Odd 2 2023 3. divisjon 4040
HJK Helsinki 2024 Veikkausliiga17220005 [lower-alpha 5] 1243
ADO Den Haag 2024–25 Eerste Divisie 100010
Career total187153354017224122
  1. Includes Finnish Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. One appearance in UEFA Champions League and four appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 19 June 2023 [21]
Finland
YearAppsGoals
202220
202320
Total40

Honours

Ilves

KuPS

Individual

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