Tomy Adriano Giacomeli
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Tommy Adriano Giacomelli (born 29 April 1974), sometimes known as just Tommy, is a Brazilian former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
. Giacomelli played in Brazil for Ponte Preta and Indipendente, in Hong Kong for
Sai Kung Friends Sai Kung Friends Football Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. History In 1997–98, they finished third in Hong Kong Second Division, but due to first and second HKFC and Jung Fuk gave ...
and Happy Valley, in Lebanon for
Sagesse ''Sagesse'' () is a volume of French poetry by Paul Verlaine. First published in 1881 (see 1880), it was important in the symbolist and modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emph ...
and
Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club () is a football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have won nine Lebanese Pre ...
, and in Greece for
Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...
. He won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2000, being the second foreign player to win the honour after Dimitre Kalkanov, who won the prize in 1998.


Club career

After playing for Ponte Preta in his native country, Giacomelli joined Hong Kong team
Sai Kung Friends Sai Kung Friends Football Club () is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Third Division. History In 1997–98, they finished third in Hong Kong Second Division, but due to first and second HKFC and Jung Fuk gave ...
in 1998. After one season, he joined Happy Valley before moving to Lebanon in 2000, where he signed for
Sagesse ''Sagesse'' () is a volume of French poetry by Paul Verlaine. First published in 1881 (see 1880), it was important in the symbolist and modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emph ...
. At Sagesse, Tommy scored 41 league goals during his four year stay. In 2004, Giacomelli moved to Greece where he signed for
Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...
before returning to Brazil in 2005 signing for Indipendente. In 2006, Giacomelli returned to Sagesse where he scored 14 goals during the season, before moving once again to Happy Valley in 2007. The following year, Giacomelli returned to Lebanon at
Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club () is a football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have won nine Lebanese Pre ...
where he scored five league goals and ended his career with a total of 60
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goals.


Honours

Individual *
Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season The Al-Manar Football Festival () was an event organised by the Al-Manar television station between the 1996–97 and 2018–19 seasons in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who were considered to have performed the best over ...
: 2000–01


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giacomelli, Tommy Hong Kong First Division League players 1974 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Happy Valley AA players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Lebanese Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Sagesse SC (football) players Nejmeh SC players Men's association football forwards