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Tomás Appleton
Full name	Tomás Mourato Vermelho Mega Appleton
Date of birth	29 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre, Fly-half
Current team	CDUL, Lusitanos XV
Senior career
Years	Team
2010–	CDUL
2015–2016	Darlington Mowden Park
2021–	Lusitanos XV
	Correct as of 4 August 2023
International career
Years	Team
2013	Portugal U20
2014–	Portugal
	Correct as of 4 August 2023
National sevens team
Years	Team
2014–2019	Portugal
	Correct as of 4 August 2023

Tomás Mourato Vermelho Mega Appleton (born 29 July 1993) is a Portuguese semi-professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Lusitanos XV and captains the Portugal national team.^[1] He is also a qualified and practising dentist.^[2]

Club career

He has played for CDUL since he was 6 years old, and was promoted to the first team in 2011/12. He won the Campeonato Português de Rugby with them in 2011/12, 2013/14 and 2016/17. He spent a season in England at Darlington Mowden Park, in National League One in 2015/16, returning to CDUL afterwards.^[3]^[4]

International career

He has won 48 caps for Portugal, scoring 10 tries, 50 points on aggregate. He won his first cap at the 29–20 victory over Namibia, on 22 November 2014, in Lisbon. He has been a regular player for the "Lobos" ever since then. He played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification tournament. He is currently the captain of the national team.^[5]