Tomás Händel
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{For|the German politician|Thomas Händel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Pereira Santos|Händel}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tomás Händel
| image =
| fullname = Tomás Romano Pereira Santos Händel{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/jogador/tomas-handel/254165|title=Tomás Händel|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=18 October 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Guimarães, Portugal
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Vitória Guimarães
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs1 = Moreirense
| youthyears2 = 2010–2019 | youthclubs2 = Vitória Guimarães
| years1 = 2019–2023 | clubs1 = Vitória Guimarães B | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2021– | clubs2 = Vitória Guimarães | caps2 = 82 | goals2 = 5
| totalcaps = | totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2021 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U21 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 21:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
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Tomás Romano Pereira Santos Händel (born 27 November 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.
Club career
Born in Guimarães of Austrian descent through his grandmother, Händel was a youth player at local clubs Moreirense F.C. and Vitória de Guimarães. He signed his first professional contract with the latter on 27 March 2019, lasting until 2023 and with a buyout clause of €15 million;{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/vitoria-guimaraes/noticias/tomas-handel-foi-sondado-pela-selecao-austriaca-mas-respondeu-portugal-10496299.html/|title=Tomás Händel foi sondado pela seleção austríaca mas respondeu... "Portugal"|trans-title=Tomás Händel was tracked by the Austria national team but replied... "Portugal"|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=27 January 2019|access-date=18 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.guimaraesdigital.com/index.php/informacao/desporto/53509-vitoria-segura-tomas-haendel-com-clausula-de-rescisao-de-15-milhoes-de-euros|title=Vitória segura Tomás Händel com cláusula de rescisão de 15 milhões de euros|trans-title=Vitória secure Tomás Händel with buyout clause of 15 million euros|publisher=Guimarães Digital|language=pt|date=27 March 2019|access-date=17 February 2022}} on 24 June 2021, having started his senior career with the reserve team in the third division he extended the link to 2026 and increased the clause to €50 million.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/tomas-handel-renova-com-vitoria-de-guimaraes-ate-2026|title=Tomás Händel renova com Vitória de Guimarães até 2026|trans-title=Tomás Händel renews with Vitória de Guimarães until 2026|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=24 June 2021|access-date=14 May 2023}} He made his competitive debut with the main squad on 26 July, in a 4–1 home win against Leixões S.C. in the first round of the Taça da Liga where he played the full 90 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/futebol-nacional/2021/07/26/pepa-estreia-se-no-vitoria-de-guimaraes-com-triunfo-na-taca-da-liga/247583/|title=Pepa estreia-se no Vitória de Guimarães com triunfo na Taça da Liga|trans-title=Vitória de Guimarães debut for Pepa with League Cup win|publisher=Rádio Renascença|language=pt|date=26 July 2021|access-date=18 October 2023}} His first Primeira Liga appearance took place on 22 August, the entirety of a 4–0 victory over F.C. Vizela also at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.{{cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/08/23/desporto/noticia/v-guimaraes-estreiase-ganhar-liga-goleada-1974926|title=V. Guimarães estreia-se a ganhar na Liga com uma goleada|trans-title=V. Guimarães win for first time in League with a thrashing|newspaper=Público|language=pt|date=23 August 2021|access-date=8 October 2022}}
Händel suffered a left thigh injury in February 2022, ruling him out of the rest of the season and the start of the next.{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/vitoria-guimaraes/noticias/tomas-handel-falha-a-pre-epoca-e-deixa-mensagem-nas-redes-sociais-14951661.html|title=Tomás Händel falha a pré-época e deixa mensagem nas redes sociais|trans-title=Tomás Händel misses pre-season and leaves message on social media|newspaper=O Jogo|first=Manuel|last=Casaca|language=pt|date=19 June 2022|access-date=8 October 2022}} After two games back in the reserves,{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/v--guimaraes/detalhe/tomas-hndel-de-volta-apos-longa-paragem-aos-que-se-mantiveram-perto-a-minha-gratidao|title=Tomás Händel de volta após longa paragem: "Aos que se mantiveram perto, a minha gratidão"|trans-title=Tomás Händel back after long break: "To those who stayed close to me, my thanks"|newspaper=Record|first=Diogo|last=Matos|language=pt|date=6 March 2023|access-date=14 May 2023}} he made his comeback on 18 March 2023 as a substitute in a 5–1 loss at S.L. Benfica.{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/vitoria-guimaraes/noticias/moreno-apos-o-benfica-vitoria-nao-relaciono-o-resultado-com-a-ausencia-do-bamba-16029084.html/|title=Moreno após o Benfica-Vitória: "Não relaciono o resultado com a ausência do Bamba"|trans-title=Moreno after Benfica-Vitória: "The way I see it the result and Bamba's absence are not related"|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=18 March 2023|access-date=18 October 2023}} On 14 May he scored his first goal for the first team as the only at Rio Ave F.C. to guarantee a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League with two fixtures remaining.{{cite web|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/futebol-nacional/2023/05/14/vitoria-guimaraes-de-regresso-as-provas-europeias/331318/|title=Vitória Guimarães de regresso às provas europeias|trans-title=Vitória Guimarães back in European competition|publisher=Rádio Renascença|language=pt|date=14 May 2023|access-date=14 May 2023}}
International career
Händel was called up to the Portugal under-19 team in February 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/20498|title=Tomás Handel satisfeito com a estreia|trans-title=Tomás Händel satisfied with debut|publisher=Portuguese Football Federation|language=pt|date=25 February 2019|access-date=8 October 2022}} but was not capped until playing three games for the under-21s in late 2021, starting in a 1–0 win over Belarus for the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers in Amadora on 6 September.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/selecoes/sub21/detalhe/tomas-handel-e-a-estreia-nos-sub-21-ha-muito-que-trabalho-para-isso|title=Tomás Handel e a estreia nos Sub-21: "Há muito que trabalho para isso"|trans-title=Tomás Händel and the Under-21 debut: "I've been working for this for a long time"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=6 September 2021|access-date=8 October 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{ForaDeJogo|200011270001}}
- {{FPF national player|915289}}
- {{Soccerway|tomas-romano-pereira-santos-handel/643332}}
{{Vitória S.C. squad}}
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Category:Portuguese people of Austrian descent
Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Guimarães
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Category:Liga 3 (Portugal) players