Thomaz (footballer)
Antonio Thomaz Santos de Barros (born 2 May 1986), commonly known as Thomaz, is a Bolivian nationalized Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Operário Ferroviário.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Thomaz Santos de Barros | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Operário Ferroviário | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | São Paulo | ||
| 2003–2005 | Corinthians | ||
| 2005–2006 | Juventus | ||
| 2006 | Internacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Grêmio Barueri | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Chiasso | 22 | (4) |
| 2009 | Avaí | 15 | (2) |
| 2010 | Rio Claro | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Ventura County Fusion (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2011 | Imbituba | 15 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Caxias | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Hercílio Luz (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2012 | Marcílio Dias | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | Audax | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Treze | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | Gurupi | 10 | (1) |
| 2013 | Inter de Lages | 13 | (7) |
| 2014 | Brasiliense | 6 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | Wilstermann | 99 | (24) |
| 2017–2020 | São Paulo | 19 | (2) |
| 2018 | → Red Bull Brasil (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Paysandu (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2019 | → Bolívar (loan) | 30 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Inter de Limeira (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | Operário Ferroviário | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 3, 2018 | |||
Career
Thomaz played for Juventus and Grêmio Barueri in his native Brazil before signing for Swiss club Chiasso in 2007. After spending the 2007–08 season in Switzerland, during which he scored four goals, Thomaz returned to Brazil to play for Avaí.
He moved to the United States in 2010 when he signed for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League. Thomaz made his debut for Ventura on July 16, 2010 in a match against the Lancaster Rattlers.[1]
Return to Caxias After the term of the loan, Thomaz returned to the Caxias for the dispute of the Gauchão.
Marcílio Dias Without being taken advantage of at the beginning of the 2012 season, he left the Caxias and was hired by Marcílio Dias the Catarinense Championship sequence.
Treze and Gurupi In 2013, he defended Treze and Gurupi.
Inter de Lages Thomaz was hired by Inter de Lages for the Dispute of the Access Division of the Catarinense Championship. The athlete helped the club to conquer the title of the competition.
After the conquest, Thomaz went to defend Brasiliense.
Jorge Wilstermann in 2014 took the team "aviator" where he was wearing the shirt number 10 and becoming champion of the tournament with the team in the 2016 tournament of the Bolivian League.
On March 29, 2017, on the request of Rogério Ceni, São Paulo paid $130,000 to Jorge Wilstermann to hire Thomaz, who signed a contract with São Paulo for three seasons, receiving a salary of 50 thousand reais a month. On April 8, 2017, on the quarterfinals of Campeonato Paulista, he scored his first goal for his new club, in the win against Linense by 5x0.
Red Bull Brasil On January 11, 2018, he was hired (on loan) by Red Bull Brasil to play the Campeonato Paulista.