Bartomeu "Tomeu" Nadal Mesquida (born 8 February 1989) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

Club career

Born in

Manacor Manacor () is a town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the second largest town in Mallorca, after the capital of Palma. The municipality has tourist areas such a ...

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, Nadal was a product of

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

's youth system. He made his debut as a senior with the

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in 2008, spending several seasons with them in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

and

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. He was also third choice for the main squad in

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, behind

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and

Miguel Ángel Moyá Miguel Ángel Moyá Rumbo (; born 2 April 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He played 274 La Liga games over 15 seasons, representing in the competition Mallorca, Valencia, Getafe, Atlético Madrid and Rea ...

. On 28 June 2011, Nadal signed a two-year deal with

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, being assigned to the reserves in the third division. On 13 July 2013, he joined fellow league club

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

. A backup to

Manolo Reina Manuel 'Manolo' Reina Rodríguez (born 1 April 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Málaga CF as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Villanueva del Trabuco, Málaga, Andalusia, Reina was a product of hometown Málaga CF's you ...

, Nadal appeared sparingly during the 2013–14 season. On 21 February 2014, he was suspended until June after being irregularly lined up in a 2–0 home win against

CD Atlético Baleares Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. ( ca, Club Esportiu Atlètic Balears) is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded on 1920, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

(which ''Nàstic'' subsequently lost 3–0 after a court decision). Nadal agreed to a new two-year contract with the

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on 8 July 2014, but continued to play understudy to Reina during the campaign. On 9 September 2015, he made his professional debut by starting in a 2–2 home draw against

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in the second round of the

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, also saving one

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in the 5–4

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win. On 27 January 2016, Nadal cut ties with Gimnàstic. On 19 February, he returned to his previous club Mallorca until 30 June. On 4 July 2016, Nadal signed for

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

, recently relegated to division three. He was an undisputed starter during the campaign, contributing 43 appearances –

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included – as his side returned to the second tier at the first attempt. Nadal made his professional league debut on 20 August 2017 at the age of 28 years and six months, keeping a

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in a 0–0 away draw with

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

. On 29 October 2018, he agreed to an extension at the

Estadio Carlos Belmonte Estadio Carlos Belmonte is a multi-purpose stadium in Albacete, Spain. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Albacete Balompié. History The stadium holds 17,524 and was built in 1960. It replaced the ageing Campo del ...

until June 2021. On 5 August 2021,

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Nadal signed a two-year contract with

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

also in the second division. On 30 June 2023, he moved to fellow league team

also on a two-year deal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadal, Tomeu 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Manacor Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Mallorca Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Mallorca B players Getafe CF B players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers RCD Mallorca players Albacete Balompié players Real Oviedo players CD Tenerife players Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain