Diogo Tomas

Early and personal life Tomás was born in Oulu to doctor parents. His Finnish mother comes from Kouvola and his father is Portuguese. Tomás was raised in Annala neighbourhood of Tampere. His older brother Fausto is also a doctor.

Club career Early career Tomás started football in the youth sector of local club Ilves in Tampere. After debuting in top-tier Veikkausliiga with Ilves first team in 2015, he spent a brief loan spell with Mikkelin Palloilijat in the third-tier Kakkonen in early 2016. He made a further three appearances in the league after returning to Ilves, and joined FC Haka for the 2017 Ykkönen season, in Finnish second tier. Eventually, he spent three seasons with the club and became a favourite of supporters. He was selected the Player of the Year in 2018 by the Tampere district of the Finnish FA, Tomás won the 2019 Finnish Cup title with Ilves, and represented the club twice in UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Tomas was named in the Veikkausliiga Team of the Year in 2021. Tomás signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Odds Ballklubb (Odd) in March 2023 on a one-year deal. While in Norway, Tomas lived temporarily in a caravan in a forest, and became a fan favourite cult figure for his playing style and his personal hair style. After the last match of the season, he donated parts of his mullet hair to the supporters.

HJK Following the expiration of his contract with Odd, Tomás refused a contract extension and returned to Finland after signing with reigning champions HJK Helsinki for the 2024 Veikkausliiga season. He debuted with his new club in the league on 11 April 2024, as a substitute to Joona Toivio, in a 4–0 home win over FC Lahti. On 29 August, in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Conference League qualifying play-off round, Tomas scored a goal against KÍ Klaksvík, helping HJK to win the pair 4–3 on aggregate and to qualify for the league phase.

ADO Den Haag On 2 September 2024, Tomás signed with Dutch Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 31 January 2025, in the club's 120th anniversary match, Tomas scored his first goal for ADO Den Haag, helping his team to defeat FC Eindhoven 2–1 at the Bingoal Stadium. On 18 March 2026, after ADO had secured the promotion back to Eredivisie, six games prior to the regular season ending, Tomas gave an interview to Dutch reporter while wearing sunglasses, sipping beer, smoking cigar and referring to himself in third person. A video of the interview went viral.

AIK On 1 August 2026 Tomás signed with Swedish club AIK.

International career Tomas plays for the Finland national team, having previously played for them at youth level.

Personal life Tomas practices yoga and meditates frequently. Early in his career, he also played futsal for Ilves FS.

International + Appearances and goals by national team and year

Individual Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2021 Finnish FA Tampere Player of the Year: 2018