Tomás Pina
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Distinguish|Tomas Piñas}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Pina|Isla|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tomás Pina
| image = Tomás Pina Isla.jpg
| caption = Pina in action for Mallorca in 2012
| fullname = Tomás Pina Isla{{cite news|url=https://resultados.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/tomas_pina/18646/|title=Pina|newspaper=Diario AS|language=es|access-date=11 May 2022}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Villarta de San Juan, Spain
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Parla Escuela
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Móstoles
| years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Móstoles | caps1 = 35 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2008–2011 | clubs2 = Mallorca B | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2010–2013 | clubs3 = Mallorca | caps3 = 78 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2013–2016 | clubs4 = Villarreal | caps4 = 84 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = Club Brugge | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = → Alavés (loan) | caps6 = 30 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2018–2022 | clubs7 = Alavés | caps7 = 110 | goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2022–2023 | clubs8 = Henan | caps8 = 32 | goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2023–2024 | clubs9 = Murcia | caps9 = 27 | goals9 = 1
| totalcaps = 454 | totalgoals = 18
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Tomás Pina Isla (born 14 October 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He amassed La Liga totals of 301 matches and eight goals over 12 seasons, with Mallorca, Villarreal and Alavés. He also played in Belgium and China.
Club career
=Mallorca=
Pina was born in Villarta de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. After finishing his football development with amateurs CD Móstoles, he moved to RCD Mallorca in the summer of 2008.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2021-10-29/tomas-pina-vivir-del-futbol-me-parecia-algo-inalcanzable.html|title=Tomás Pina: "Vivir del fútbol me parecía algo inalcanzable"|trans-title=Tomás Pina: "To live off of football seemed like something beyond my reach"|newspaper=El País|first=Jordi|last=Quixano|language=es|date=29 October 2021|access-date=11 May 2022}}
Pina made his professional – and La Liga – debut with the latter on 31 January 2010, playing the last ten minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Xerez CD after coming on as a substitute for Bruno China.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.es/20100131/deportes-futbol/xerez-tira-carlos-calvo-201001311936.html|title=El Xerez tira de Carlos Calvo y sorprende al Mallorca|trans-title=Xerez hang on Carlos Calvo and surprise Mallorca|newspaper=ABC|language=es|date=31 January 2010|access-date=9 January 2014}} He spent the vast majority of his first professional season with the reserve team, in the Segunda División B.{{cite news|url=https://www.latribunadeciudadreal.es/noticia/zd3c6a71c-d490-cc55-3a5623907106c65a/201901/tomas-pina-bicentenario-en-primera-division|title=Tomás Pina, bicentenario en Primera División|trans-title=Tomás Pina, two-time century in Primera División|newspaper=La Tribuna de Ciudad Real|first=Eduardo|last=Gómez|language=es|date=9 January 2019|access-date=20 October 2023}}
=Villarreal=
On 5 July 2013, after Mallorca's top-flight relegation, Pina signed a five-year deal with Villarreal CF, in turn promoted.{{cite web|url=http://www.deportevalenciano.com/2013/07/05/el-villarreal-cf-ficha-tom%C3%A1s-pina|title=El Villarreal CF ficha a Tomás Pina|trans-title=Villarreal CF sign Tomás Pina|publisher=Deporte Valenciano|language=es|date=5 July 2013|access-date=9 January 2014}} He scored his first goal for his new team on 4 October, starting and closing a 3–0 home win over Granada CF.{{cite web|url=http://www.ligabbva.com/3930_villarreal/2241028_3-0-villarreal-supera-al-granada-y-se-afianza-en-zona-de-liga-de-campeones.html|title=3–0. Villarreal supera al Granada y se afianza en zona de Liga de Campeones|trans-title=3–0. Villarreal overcome Granada and solidify Champions League position|publisher=Liga BBVA|language=es|date=4 October 2013|access-date=9 January 2014}}
Pina was heavily played during his three-year spell at the Estadio El Madrigal by manager Marcelino García Toral, whether as a starter or a replacement. In the 2015–16 campaign he appeared in 36 games in all competitions, his only goal helping oust SSC Napoli from the UEFA Europa League as his 59th-minute long-range lob from the left flank earned a 1–1 away draw and a 2–1 aggregate victory in the round of 32.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/022a-0e9562393958-dcb900181960-1000--pina-marvel-sends-villarreal-past-napoli/|title=Pina marvel sends Villarreal past Napoli|publisher=UEFA|date=25 February 2016|access-date=11 May 2022}}
=Brugge and Alavés=
On 4 July 2016, the 28-year-old Pina moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Club Brugge KV from Belgium until 2020.{{cite web|url=http://clubbrugge.be/nl/nieuws/22157/princiepsakkoord-tomas-pina-naar-club-brugge|title=Princiepsakkoord: Tomas Pina naar Club Brugge|trans-title=Agreement in principle: Tomas Pina to Club Brugge|publisher=Club Brugge|language=nl|date=4 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2016}} On 7 August of the following year, he returned to Spain and its top tier after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Deportivo Alavés with a buyout clause.{{cite web|url=http://www.deportivoalaves.com/noticia/el-deportivo-alaves-ficha-al-centrocampista-tomas-pina|title=El Deportivo Alavés ficha al centrocampista Tomás Pina|trans-title=Deportivo Alavés sign midfielder Tomás Pina|publisher=Deportivo Alavés|language=es|date=7 August 2017|access-date=8 August 2017}}
On 12 August 2018, Pina signed a permanent three-year contract with the Glorioso.{{cite web|url=https://www.deportivoalaves.com/noticia/completada-la-documentacion-hoy-el-deportivo-alaves-se-hace-con-los-servicios-de-tomas-pina|title=Completada la documentación hoy, el Deportivo Alavés se hace con los servicios de Tomás Pina|trans-title=Documentation having been completed today, Deportivo Alavés get the services of Tomás Pina|publisher=Deportivo Alavés|language=es|date=12 August 2018|access-date=13 August 2018}}
=Later career=
Pina joined Henan F.C. of the Chinese Super League on 28 July 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/futbol-internacional/2022/07/28/62e2ae75268e3e612b8b45c4.html|title=Tomás Pina firma por el Henan Songshan Longmen de La Liga China|trans-title=Tomás Pina signs for Henan Songshan Longmen from the Chinese League|newspaper=Marca|first1=Diego|last1=Picó|first2=Miguel Ángel|last2=Rodríguez|language=es|date=28 July 2022|access-date=2 August 2022}} The 35-year-old returned to Spain in August 2023, on a deal at Primera Federación club Real Murcia CF.{{cite web|url=https://www.realmurcia.es/noticia/tomas-pina-experiencia-y-categoria-para-mediocentro-del-real-murcia-cf|title=Tomás Pina, experiencia y categoría para mediocentro del Real Murcia C.F.|trans-title=Tomás Pina, experience and category for Real Murcia C.F. centre midfield|publisher=Real Murcia|language=es|date=30 August 2023|access-date=8 September 2023}}
In June 2024, Pina announced his retirement.{{cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/audio/1717765833720/|title=Tomás Pina: "El Alavés me dio mucha estabilidad y me hizo identificarme con sus valores"|trans-title=Tomás Pina: "Alavés gave me a lot of stability and made me relate to their values"|publisher=Cadena SER|language=es|date=7 June 2024|access-date=29 October 2024}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{Soccerway|tomas-pina-isla/113777}} | |||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||
| Mallorca B
|17 | 2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 2 | ||
| rowspan=5|Mallorca
|rowspan=4|La Liga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | |1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11
|9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 11 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 33 | 1 | |
| 2012–13
|36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 37 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!78||1||4||0||0||0||82||1 | |||||||
| rowspan=4|Villarreal
|rowspan=3|La Liga |35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 2014–15
|22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9Appearances in UEFA Europa League | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| 2015–16
|27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| colspan=2|Total
!84||2||14||0||16||2||114||4 | |||||||
| Club Brugge
|6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5Appearances in UEFA Champions League | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Alavés (loan)
|La Liga |30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 33 | 1 | |
| rowspan="5"|Alavés
| rowspan="4" |La Liga |28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 28 | 2 | |
| 2019–20
|20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 20 | 1 | |
| 2020–21
|33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 35 | 1 | |
| 2021–22
|29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 29 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!140||5||5||0||0||0||145||5 | |||||||
| rowspan="3" |Henan
|2022 | rowspan="2" |Chinese Super League |17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 2 | |
| 2023
|15 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |15 |1 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!32 !3 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !32 !3 | |||||||
| Murcia
|27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 28 | 1 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!384||14||24||0||21||2||429||16 |
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References
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External links
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Category:Sportspeople from Ciudad Real
Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from the Province of Ciudad Real
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Tercera División players
Category:Primera Federación players
Category:CD Móstoles footballers
Category:RCD Mallorca B players
Category:Villarreal CF players
Category:Deportivo Alavés players
Category:Real Murcia CF players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Club Brugge KV players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China