Tomás Esteves

Tomás do Lago Pontes Esteves (born 3 April 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Reading on loan from FC Porto as a defender.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pontes and the second or paternal family name is Esteves.
Tomás Esteves
Personal information
Full name Tomás do Lago Pontes Esteves
Date of birth (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002
Place of birth Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Reading (on loan from Porto)
Number 2
Youth career
2010–2011 ADECAS
2011– Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Porto B 10 (0)
2019– Porto 2 (0)
2020– → Reading (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2017 Portugal U15 5 (0)
2017–2018 Portugal U16 12 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U17 12 (0)
2019– Portugal U19 5 (0)
2019– Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2020

Club career

Esteves was born in Arcos de Valdevez, Viana do Castelo District. He was part of the FC Porto squad that won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the final in Nyon, Switzerland.[1] With a contract lasting until 2021, he attracted interest from Manchester City who offered €10 million for his signature,[2] and rejected a transfer to FC Barcelona in August 2019.[3][4][5]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Esteves was given the number 2 shirt for the first team, inherited from the released Maxi Pereira.[6] He made his senior debut on 18 August 2019 for FC Porto B, starting and playing 80 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Varzim S.C. on the second week of the season.[7]

Esteves had his initial call-up to a first-team matchday squad for the Taça da Liga opening group match against C.D. Santa Clara on 25 September 2019, remaining unused in the 1–0 home win.[8] On 5 December he made his debut in the same competition, playing the last 15 minutes of a 3–0 win at Casa Pia A.C. in place of Wilson Manafá.[9] He made his Primeira Liga bow on 16 June 2020, playing the first hour of a goalless draw at bottom club C.D. Aves before being substituted for Moussa Marega.[10]

On 5 October 2020, Esteves was loaned to EFL Championship club Reading for the season.[11] He made his debut fifteen days later in a 1–0 home win over Wycombe Wanderers, as a 57th-minute substitute for Tom Holmes.[12]

International career

Esteves first represented Portugal at under-15 level in April 2017. On 5 September 2019, he made his debut for the under-21 team, replacing Thierry Correia at half time in a 5–0 home win over Gibraltar in Alverca in a Euro 2021 qualifier. At 17 years, 5 months and 3 days he became the youngest player for the team in the 21st century, beating fellow Porto graduate Rúben Neves by 25 days.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Porto B 2019–20 LigaPro 100000000—100
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 20001000—30
Career total 120001000—130
  1. Appearances in Taça de Portugal
  2. Appearances in Taça da Liga

Honours

Porto

Porto Youth

References
  1. "UYL report: Porto 3 Chelsea 1". Chelsea F.C. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. "Tomás Esteves, jovem de 16 anos do FC Porto, impressionou o City" [Tomás Esteves, 16-year-old Porto youngster, impressed City]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 March 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Tomás Esteves disse 'não' ao Barcelona e continua no FC Porto" [Tomás Esteves said 'no' to Barcelona and continues at FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. "Tomás Esteves (Arcos de Valdevez) recusou proposta do Barcelona" [Tomás Esteves (Arcos de Valdevez) rejects offer from Barcelona]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. "Tomás Esteves quer ser referência do FC Porto e recusou o Barcelona" [Tomás Esteves wants to be regular at FC Porto and rejects Barcelona]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. "Danilo capitão e numeração do plantel do FC Porto revelada" [Danilo captain and FC Porto squad numbers revealed]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. "Aboubakar foi reforço de peso, mas FC Porto B continua sem vencer" [Aboubakar was a big reinforcement, but FC Porto B continue without a win]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  8. "Sérgio Conceição faz várias alterações no onze" [Sérgio Conceição makes various changes to the starting eleven]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  9. "Tomás Esteves estreia-se pela equipa principal do FC Porto aos 17 anos" [Tomás Esteves debuts for FC Porto's first team at age 17]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. "Tomás Esteves teve noite de estreia pela equipa principal do FC Porto" [Tomás Esteves have a debut night for the FC Porto first team]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  11. "Oficial: Tomás Esteves emprestado ao Reading" [Official: Tomás Esteves loaned to Reading]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. Joy, Matt (20 October 2020). "Reading FC player ratings from Wycombe win". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  13. "Tomás Esteves faz história no futebol português.... e sucede a Rúben Neves" [Tomás Esteves makes history in Portuguese football.... and succeeds Rúben Neves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  14. Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.