João Tomás de Sousa Moreira Cruz (born 26 June 2005) is a

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who plays as a

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for

Benfica B Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B" (), commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play ...

. Born in Portugal, he is a Luxembourg international.

Club career

As a youth player, Moreira joined the

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of Portuguese side

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

. In 2015, he joined the youth academy of Luxembourgish side Norden 02. Six years later, he joined the youth academy of German side

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, before joining the youth academy of Portuguese side Benfica, where he started his senior career with the club's

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International career

On 15 October 2024, he debuted for the

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during a 1–1 away draw with the

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in the

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. The day before, he obtained Luxembourgish

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. He was born in

, Portugal to Portuguese parents and moved to Luxembourg with his family at the age of ten.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreira, Tomás 2005 births Living people Footballers from Porto Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Portuguese men's footballers Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent Portuguese emigrants to Luxembourg Naturalised citizens of Luxembourg Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football midfielders S.L. Benfica B players Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany