Nigel Thomas (born 1 February 2001) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

Liga Portugal 2 The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pr ...

side Académico de Viseu, on loan from Danish club

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...

Club career

Thomas joined

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

on 8 July 2022, signing a three-year contract. On 2 August 2023, Thomas joined

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club

on a deal until June 2026. After a 2023–24 season where the Dutch forward made 16 appearances in the Viborg jersey with a single goal, it was confirmed on 23 July 2024 that Thomas would play the upcoming 2024-25 season on loan at Portuguese club

C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional (), commonly known as Nacional da Madeira and sometimes just Nacional, is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal , P ...

. On 23 January 2025 it was confirmed that Thomas would instead spend the rest of the season on loan at Académico de Viseu.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Thomas is of Curaçaoan descent. He is a youth international for the Netherlands. He was called up to the preliminary squad for the Curaçao national team for the

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's association football, soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean regions organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was ...

Career statistics

Club

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Honours

Netherlands U17 *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

2001 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent Men's association football forwards Sparta Rotterdam players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Viborg FF players C.D. Nacional players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Primeira Liga players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch expatriate men's footballers Curaçao expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Curaçao expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Curaçao expatriate sportspeople in Denmark 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub