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
–2015 Ilves
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Ilves 4 (0)
2016 → MP (loan) 5 (0)
2017 Haka 20 (1)
2018–2020 Ilves 64 (5)
2021–2022 KuPS 49 (6)
2023 Odd 24 (1)
2023 → Odd 2 4 (0)
2024 HJK 17 (2)
2024– ADO Den Haag 24 (1)
International career‡
2016 Finland U19 2 (0)
2022– Finland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2025
‡ 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 29 August, in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Conference League qualifying play-off round, Tomas scored a goal against KÍ Klaksvík, helping HJK to win the pair 4–3 on aggregate and to qualify for the league phase. [18]

On 2 September 2024, Tomas signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [19] [20] [21] On 31 January 2025, in the club's 120th anniversary match, Tomas scored his first goal for ADO Den Haag, helping his team to defeat FC Eindhoven 2–1 at the Bingoal Stadium. [22]

International career

Tomas plays for the Finland national team, [23] having previously played for them at youth level. [24] [5] [25]

Personal life

Tomas practices yoga and meditates frequently. [26] Early in his career, he also played futsal for Ilves FS. [27]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 March 2025 [27] [28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ilves 2015 Veikkausliiga 100000—10
2016 Veikkausliiga300030—60
Total4000300070
Ilves II2016 Kolmonen 60———60
MP (loan) 2016 Kakkonen 5000——50
Haka 2017 Ykkönen 20100——201
Pallo-Sepot 44 (loan)2017Kolmonen20———20
Ilves 2018 Veikkausliiga27140—1 [c] 0321
2019 Veikkausliiga17152——223
2020 Veikkausliiga20370—1 [c] 0283
Total6451620020827
KuPS 2021 Veikkausliiga23562—5 [d] 1348
2022 Veikkausliiga26150105 [d] 0371
Total49611210101719
Odd 2023 Eliteserien 24141——282
Odd 2 2023 3. divisjon 40———40
HJK 2024 Veikkausliiga17220005 [e] 1243
ADO Den Haag 2024–25 Eerste Divisie 24110––251
Career total210163454017226523
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Cup and KNVB Beker
  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 [23]
Finland
YearAppsGoals
202220
202320
Total40

Honours

Ilves

KuPS

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Diogo Tomas at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Aalto, Pekka (30 April 2018). "Liigapelaaja nauttii runsaasta vastuusta ja ylistää "sielunkumppaninsa" Anna Abreun kauneutta". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Päämies". Helsingin Sanomat.
  4. ↑ Kummitusjuttu, veikkaus.fi/x, 19 October 2023
  5. 1 2 "Diogo Tomas". iltalehti.fi.
  6. ↑ "Diogo Tomas vahvistamaan KuPS:n puolustusta". kups.fi. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ura jatkuu Norjassa – Diogo Tomas sopimukseen Odds BK:n kanssa". www.veikkausliiga.com.
  8. ↑ Suomalaismies muutti asuntoautoon – kehitti ratkaisun pienen wc:n tuottamaan ongelmaan, Ilta-Sanomat, 25 July 2023
  9. ↑ Odd-profilen bor i en campingvogn: – Det er en drøm, tv2.no, 22 July 2023
  10. ↑ Suomalainen kulttipelaaja esitteli poikkeuksellista asumisratkaisuaan Norjan tv:ssä, Helsingin Sanomat, 25 July 2023
  11. ↑ Suomalaispelaaja kuuli pienen pojan toiveen – Siitä syntyi upea ele, Iltalehti, 8 February 2024
  12. ↑ Suomalaistähti lahjoitti hiuksensa, Iltalehti, 4 December 2023
  13. ↑ ”If you can’t beat them, join them” – Diogo Tomas HJK:hon kaudeksi 2024, hjk.fi, 20 February 2024
  14. ↑ HJK kaappasi halutun Huuhkajat-pelaajan — debyyttiä joudutaan odottamaan, MTV Oy/ mtvuutiset.fi, Eetu Ikola, 20 February 2024
  15. ↑ HJK hankki Huuhkajat-puolustajan!, Iltalehti, Anni Saarela, 20 February 2024
  16. ↑ HJK selkeään voittoon (HJK-FC Lahti 4-0), veikkausliiga.com, 11 April 2024
  17. ↑ Kriisi ohi! HJK järjesti hurjan näytöksen – katsomossa melkoinen näky, Ilta-Sanomat, 11 April 2024
  18. ↑ HJK ihmenousulla 3,17 miljoonan euron arvoisesti Konferenssiliigaan – ”Vähän draamaa kansalle”, Yle, 29 August 2024
  19. ↑ Yllätyskäänne! HJK:n eurosankari jättää seuran välittömästi, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 2 September 2024
  20. ↑ Diogo Tomas siirtyy Hollantiin, hjk.fi, 2 September 2024
  21. ↑ ADO DEN HAAG TREKT DIOGO TOMAS AAN ALS NIEUWE CENTRALE VERDEDIGER, adodenhaag.nl, 2 September 2024
  22. ↑ Suomalaiskolmikon seura täytti 120 vuotta – Diogo Tomas iski maalin, faneilta näyttävä tempaus, Aamulehti, 2 February 2025
  23. 1 2 "Diogo Tomas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  24. ↑ "Diogo Tomas". ilvesedustus.fi.
  25. ↑ "Diogo Tomas". palloliitto.
  26. ↑ Huuhkajiin noussut Diogo Tomas latasi akut portugalilaisella maatilalla – ”Halusin yksin paikkaan, jossa sai vain olla”, Aamulehti, 26 September 2022
  27. 1 2 Diogo Tomas, Finnish FA
  28. ↑ Diogo Alberto Soares Tomas at Norwegian FA, fotball.no
  29. ↑ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty Veikkausliigakauden 2021 osalta". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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