Tomás Cabrita dos Santos Nunes Barroso (born 2 November 1990) is a former Portuguese

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player for S.L. Benfica and the Portugal national team.

Career

Born in

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, Barroso developed his basketball skills from a young age, playing for his hometown club, Clube de Basquete de Albufeira. After five seasons, he moved to the same city rival, Imortal DC, but spent only two seasons, before scouts noted him and took him to Spain. At 16 years of age, Barroso moved alone to Torrelodones, a small town, from

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, competing for Espacio Torrelodones in the

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, plus on the Regional Under-18 Championship where they eliminated on the knockout stages by

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. However, he sustained a knee injury that required surgery, so he opted to return to Portugal, and joined Benfica, which had approached him, as he finished his recovery. Barroso started his professional career in 2010, and between choices to stay at Benfica; being loaned out to Spain; or to Ginásio da Figueira; he chose the latter, and joined them shortly after the

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. A year later, he returned to Benfica, and helped the ''Reds'' won four league titles in a row, plus more than ten other cups, also debuting in European competitions, in the

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. For the 2015–16 season, he replaced

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as team captain.

Honours

Benfica * Portuguese League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22,

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: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23 * League Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 *

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: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

References

External links

Eurobasket Profile
1990 births Living people People from Albufeira Point guards Portuguese men's basketball players S.L. Benfica basketball players Sportspeople from Faro District {{Portugal-basketball-bio-stub