Tomás Barroso

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Tomás Barroso
No. 8 – Benfica
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1990-11-02) November 2, 1990 (age 33)
Albufeira
Nationality Portuguese
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
1999–2004 Basquete de Albufeira
2004–2006 Imortal DC
2006–2008 Espacio Torrelodones
2008–present Benfica
2010–2011 Ginásio (loan)

Tomás Cabrita dos Santos Nunes Barroso (born November 2, 1990) is a Portuguese basketball player who plays for S.L. Benfica.

Career

Born in Albufeira, 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 much bigger, Imortal DC, but spent only two seasons, before scouts noted him and took him to Spain.[1]

At 16 years of age, Barroso moved alone to Torrelodones, a small town, 24 kilometers (15 mi) from Madrid, competing for Espacio Torrelodones in the Liga EBA, plus on the Regional Under-18 Championship where they eliminated on the knockout stages by Real Madrid.[1]

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.[1]

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 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[2] A year later, he returned to Benfica,[3] and helped the Reds won four league titles in a row, plus more than ten other cups, also debuting in European competitions, in the 2014–15 EuroChallenge.[4]

Honours

Benfica

References

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