Tomas Maronesi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tomas Maronesi
杜馬思

| image = Tomas Maronesi.JPG

| image_size = 180

| fullname= Tomas Maronesi{{cite web |url=https://www.hkfa.com/en/club/3/detail?player=12610#gotab |title=Maronesi, Tomas |publisher=Hong Kong Football Association |accessdate=22 May 2014}}

| height = 1.83 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|4|7}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tomas-maronesi/72032/ |title=T. Maronesi |website=Soccerway |publisher=Global Sprts Media |accessdate=22 May 2014}}

| birth_place = Santa Rosa, Brazil

| currentclub = Central & Western District

| clubnumber =

| position = Center back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Marcílio Dias

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2009–2011

| clubs2 = Ypiranga-RS

| caps2 = 25

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = Concórdia

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = Ypiranga-RS

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = Rangers (HKG)

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs6 = Wong Tai Sin

| caps6 = 14

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2017

| clubs7 = Southern

| caps7 = 26

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2017–2019

| clubs8 = Yuen Long

| caps8 = 33

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2019–2020

| clubs9 = Rangers (HKG)

| caps9 = 6

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2020–2023

| clubs10 = Kitchee

| caps10 = 14

| goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2023

| clubs11 = → Southern (loan)

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2023–2024

| clubs12 = Southern

| caps12 = 15

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2024–

| clubs13 = Central & Western District

| caps13 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2022

| nationalteam1 = Hong Kong

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 1 July 2024

| ntupdate = 14 June 2022

}}

Tomas Maronesi ({{zh|t=杜馬思}}; born 7 April 1985), commonly known as Tomas, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a center back.

Club career

After failing to achieve success in Brazil, Tomas signed with Rangers of the Hong Kong First Division in 2013.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} He made his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw with Yuen Long.{{cite web|title=Yuen Long vs Rangers|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/31/hong-kong/hkfa-1st-division/yuen-long/honkong-rangers-fc/1574846/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{failed verification|date=May 2014}}

On 2 August 2019, Rangers' Director Philip Lee announced that Tomas had signed a contract to return to the club.{{cite web |last1=Tsang |first1=Ngan Ping |title=周五抵港報到巴西中堅杜馬思回歸流浪 |url=https://hk.sports.appledaily.com/sports/realtime/article/20190802/59891392 |website=Apple Daily |accessdate=2 August 2019}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 20 May 2020, it was revealed that Tomas had signed with Kitchee.{{cite web |last1=Lai |first1=Wing Kam |title=入籍兵左右港超爭標 |url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2020/05/20/SP2005200017.htm |website=Wenwipo |accessdate=20 May 2020}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 31 January 2023, Tomas was loaned to Southern for the remainder of the season.

On 15 June 2023, Tomas joined Southern on a permanent deal.

International career

On 19 October 2021, Tomas officially announced that he had received a Hong Kong passport, making him eligible to represent Hong Kong internationally.{{cite web |title=杜馬思蘇沙齊攞特區護照 |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/sport/20211019/bkn-20211019145502372-1019_00882_001.html |website=on.cc |access-date=19 October 2021}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}

On 8 June 2022, Tomas made his international debut for Hong Kong in the Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan.