Tobias Figueiredo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tobias Pereira Figueiredo | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Sátão, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
Number | 55 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2006 | Penalva | ||
2006–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2012– | Sporting B | 45 | (1) |
2014 | → Reus (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2015– | Sporting CP | 15 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Portugal U17 | 23 | (3) |
2012 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 10 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (0) |
2014– | Portugal U21 | 10 | (1) |
2016– | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2016. |
Tobias Pereira Figueiredo (born 2 February 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Sátão, Viseu District, Figueiredo joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth setup in 2006 at the age of 12, after starting out at SC Penalva do Castelo. He was promoted to the reserves in the 2012 summer, and made his professional debut on 11 August by starting in a 0–1 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense for the Segunda Liga championship.[1]
On 29 January 2014 Figueiredo was loaned to Spanish club CF Reus Deportiu until June, alongside Sporting teammate Alexandre Guedes.[2] An undisputed starter during his tenure, he returned to the Lions in June 2014 and was promoted to the main squad in January of the following year.[3]
Figueiredo made his Primeira Liga debut on 18 January 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against Rio Ave FC.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition on 1 February, netting the last in a 3–1 success at F.C. Arouca.[5]
On 30 April 2015, Figueiredo extended his contract with Sporting until 2021.[6]
Personal life
Figueiredo's older brother, Cristiano, is also a footballer. He played his youth football with S.C. Braga.[7]
Honours
- Sporting
References
- ↑ "Sporting B perde com Oliveirense" [Sporting B loses to Oliveirense] (in Portuguese). Super Sporting. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Alexandre Guedes e Tobias Figueiredo no Reus" [Alexandre Guedes and Tobias Figueiredo to Reus] (in Portuguese). Record. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Sporting: Tobias Figueiredo integrado na equipa principal" [Sporting: Tobias Figueiredo added to the first team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Sporting 4–2 Rio Ave" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Arouca 1–3 Sporting" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Sporting SAD statement". Sporting's official website. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Tobias Figueiredo e... irmão Cristiano à conversa" [Tobias Figueiredo and... brother Cristiano chatting] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
External links
- Tobias Figueiredo at footballzz.co.uk
- Tobias Figueiredo profile at ForaDeJogo
- Tobias Figueiredo profile at Soccerway
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