Tonel
Tonel playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | António Leonel Vilar Nogueira Sousa | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourosa, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Porto | ||
| 1993–1995 | Espinho | ||
| 1995–1996 | Porto | ||
| 1996–1997 | Espinho | ||
| 1997–1999 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Porto B | 40 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | → Académica (loan) | 111 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Marítimo | 28 | (1) |
| 2005–2010 | Sporting CP | 117 | (10) |
| 2010–2012 | Dinamo Zagreb | 48 | (4) |
| 2013 | Beira-Mar | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Feirense | 69 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Belenenses | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 429 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 24 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
António Leonel Vilar Nogueira Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [tuˈnɛɫ]; born 13 April 1980), known as Tonel, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Over the course of ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 223 games and 16 goals, mainly representing Sporting with which he won four major titles. He also played three years in Croatia, with Dinamo Zagreb.
Coming through the youth teams of FC Porto, Tonel was born in Lourosa (Santa Maria da Feira), and made his professional debut when he was loaned out to Académica de Coimbra during 2000–01, helping them promote to the Primeira Liga in his second year. Despite earning a good reputation during his three-season spell, he was deemed surplus to requirements by his parent club and was released, moving to C.S. Marítimo during the summer of 2004 as part of an exchange deal with Porto which saw Pepe arrive at the Estádio do Dragão.
Tonel enjoyed a hugely successful season for the Madeira team, picking up some European experience during the club's UEFA Cup tie against Rangers. He formed a fomidable partnership with Dutch Mitchell van der Gaag in defence and became one of the team's leading figures, playing 28 league games and scoring once, in a 2–1 home win over Boavista F.C. on 25 September 2004.
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