Tomás Soares Dabó (born 20 October 1993) is a Bissau-Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Bissau Bissau () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administr ...

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, Dabó finished his formation with S.C. Braga. He made his professional debut with their reserves on 11 August 2012, in a 2–2 second division away draw against S.L. Benfica B where he featured the full 90 minutes. Dabó played his first match in the

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on 26 August 2013, again starting in a 2–1 home win over

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. After leaving the

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, he was sparingly played over two seasons at fellow league team

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. Dabó settled rarely in the following years, representing in quick succession

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( Portuguese third level), FC Dacia Chișinău (

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(Romanian

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), F.C. Rieti (Italian

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) and

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(

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International career

Dabó represented

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at the

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, playing in the 2–2 group stage draw against

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as the tournament ended in round-of-16 exit. In 2014, he was called by the Guinea-Bissau national team. Dabó was selected for the

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by manager

Baciro Candé Baciro Candé (born 6 April 1967) is a Bissau-Guinean professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, manager. Career Candé was born in Catió. He played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga a ...

, even though he did not have a club at the time. He earned his first

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on 14 January in the group stage opener, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabo, Tomas 1993 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Footballers from Bissau Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players F.C. Arouca players S.C. Farense players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Dacia Chișinău players Liga II players FC Metaloglobus București players Serie C players FC Rieti players Slovak First Football League players ŠKF Sereď players Portugal men's youth international footballers Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen