Tomás Araújo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tomás Lemos Araújo | ||
Date of birth | 16 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal | ||
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Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Benfica | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2015 | Operário Famalicão | ||
2015 | Evolution Soccer Academy | ||
2015–2016 | Palmeiras FC | ||
2016–2022 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Benfica B | 48 | (3) |
2021– | Benfica | 10 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 22 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Portugal U15 | 4 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Portugal U19 | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 18 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:33, 20 November 2023 (UTC) |
Tomás Lemos Araújo (born 16 May 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Club career
Araújo joined Benfica's academy in 2016, aged 14, having previously played at youth level for Operário Famalicão, Palmeiras FC and Evolution Soccer Academy.[1] On 22 May 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Benfica, until 2021.[2]
After rising through the club's youth ranks, Araújo made his professional debut for Benfica's B team on 19 September 2020, coming off the bench to replace Pedro Ganchas on the 71st minute of a 6–0 victory away at Casa Pia, in the Liga Portugal 2.[3] He made his first professional start on 24 October, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 league defeat at home against Académico de Viseu.[4] On 16 January 2021, Araújo scored his first professional goal, the opener in a 2–2 league draw at home to Académica de Coimbra.[5]
On 2 March 2021, Araújo signed a new deal with Benfica. The duration of the contract was undisclosed.[6]
On 15 December 2021, aged 19, Araújo made his debut for Benfica's main team, starting and playing the full match in a 3–0 home victory over Sporting da Covilhã in the Taça da Liga.[7] On 27 February 2022, he made his Primeira Liga debut, coming off the bench to replace Jan Vertonghen in extra-time of a 3–0 home victory over Vitória SC.[8] On 13 May, Araújo made his first Primeira Liga start, playing the full match in a 2–0 victory away at Paços de Ferreira.[9]
On 27 July 2022, Benfica sent Araújo on a season-long loan to fellow Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.[10] Je made his debut for the Barcelos side on 18 August, starting in a 4–0 defeat away to AZ Alkmaar in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.[11] On 3 September, he made his first league appearance for Gil Vicente, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 home defeat to Porto.[12] Araújo scored his first Primeira Liga goal on 5 March 2023, Gil Vicente's second in a 2–0 victory at home against Marítimo.[13]
At the end of the 2022–23 season, Araújo returned to Benfica and, having impressed on loan, on 24 July 2023, he signed a new contract with the Eagles until 2028.[14]
On 3 October 2023, Araújo made his UEFA Champions League debut for Benfica, in a group stage match away at Inter Milan, coming off the bench in the first-half to replace the injured Alexander Bah, and playing the rest of the game as a makeshift right-back; Benfica lost 1–0.[15]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
Total | 48 | 3 | — | — | — | 48 | 3 | |||||
Benfica | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Gil Vicente (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 26 | 1 |
Career total | 80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 92 | 4 |
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Honours
Benfica
References
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- ↑ Tomás Araújo at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ Tomás Araújo profile at ForaDeJogo
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