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 | 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 as of 31 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomás Alves Soares (born 19 January 2008) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Benfica.
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]