Tomas Maronesi (; born 7 April 1985), commonly known as Tomas, is a Brazilian-born

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

After failing to achieve success in Brazil, Tomas signed with Rangers of the Hong Kong First Division in 2013. He made his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw with

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...

. On 2 August 2019, Rangers' Director Philip Lee announced that Tomas had signed a contract to return to the club. On 20 May 2020, it was revealed that Tomas had signed with

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, including 6 Hong Kong ...

. On 31 January 2023, Tomas was loaned to

for the remaining of the season. On 15 June 2023, Tomas joined

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

internationally. On 8 June 2022, Tomas made his international debut for

in the

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against

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Honours

Yuen Long *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

: 2017–18 Kitchee *

: 2019–20

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Tomas Maronesi
at HKFA * 1985 births Living people People from Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian emigrants to Hong Kong Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Southern District FC players Yuen Long FC players Kitchee SC players Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub