António Manuel Fernandes Mendes (born 23 October 1992), known as Tomané, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club Farense.

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Tomané was born in

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. On 16 August 2010, while still a junior at Vitória de Guimarães (he arrived at the club's youth system at the age of 13), he made his professional – and

– debut, taking the pitch in the 67th minute of a 0–0 away draw against

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; it would be his only appearance of the season. For the 2011–12 campaign, Tomané was loaned to A.D. Os Limianos in the third division. After returning, he alternated between the first team and the reserves, never scoring more than four league goals for the former during his spell. On 27 January 2016, Tomané signed a five-month loan with

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. His first match in the 2. Bundesliga occurred on 8 February, as he played 85 minutes in a 2–1 loss at

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Panetolikos

On 15 June 2016, Tomané joined

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club Panetolikos F.C. on a three-year contract. He scored his only goal for them on 15 October, helping the hosts to defeat

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4–0 by netting shortly after kick-off.

Return to Portugal

Tomané returned to his country and its top division on 30 December 2016, agreeing to a deal at F.C. Arouca until June 2019. In the ensuing off-season, however, following his team's relegation, he moved to C.D. Tondela. As his side avoided relegation in the last matchday of the 2018–19 season, Tomané helped with a career-best 12 goals (14 in all competitions).

Red Star

On 2 July 2019, Tomané signed for Serbian club

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. He scored five times in his debut campaign to win the SuperLiga, his first goal coming on 17 August in a 3–2 away win over FK Spartak Subotica.

Later career

Tomané changed teams and countries again in summer 2020, on a three-year contract at

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of the Turkish

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. He won promotion to the

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in 2022–23, but featured sparingly in the process; he dealt with several injury problems during his tenure. On 28 June 2023, Tomané signed for

APOEL FC APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

International career

Tomané earned four

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for the Portugal under-21 team in slightly less than two years. His first arrived on 15 October 2012, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 friendly home loss to

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Career statistics

Honours

Red Star *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

: 2019–20, 2020–21 Samsunspor *

: 2022–23 APOEL *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomane 1992 births Living people People from Fafe 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Braga District Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Vitória S.C. players A.D. Os Limianos players Vitória S.C. B players F.C. Arouca players C.D. Tondela players S.C. Farense players 2. Bundesliga players MSV Duisburg players Super League Greece players Panetolikos F.C. players Serbian SuperLiga players Red Star Belgrade footballers TFF 1. Lig players Samsunspor footballers Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus