Tomás González (Spanish footballer)

Tomás González
Personal information
Full name Tomas González Rivera
Date of birth (1963-03-03) 3 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Atlético Madrid C 23 (6)
1983–1985 Atlético Madrid B 80 (12)
1985–1989 Oviedo 137 (20)
1989–1994 Valencia 142 (9)
1994–1996 Racing Santander 65 (2)
1996–1997 Marino Luanco 33 (1)
Total 480 (50)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomás González Rivera (born 3 March 1963), also known mononymously as Tomás, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 243 La Liga games and scored 18 goals, for Oviedo, Valencia and Racing Santander. Earlier in his career he recorded figures of 181 games and 25 goals in the Segunda División for Atlético Madrileño and Oviedo.

Career

Atlético Madrid

Born in Madrid, Tomás came through the youth ranks of Atlético Madrid. He played for the C-team in the Tercera División before making his reserve team debut in the Segunda División on 30 January 1983 in a 1–1 home draw with Castilla, their equivalents from Real Madrid. In his third game on 13 February he scored his first goal in a 3–0 home win over Sabadell, adding another a week later to gain a 2–1 win at Rayo Vallecano also in the capital city; at this time he was known as Tomás II to differentiate himself from Tomás Reñones who was also known by his first name.[1]

Real Oviedo

In July 1985, Tomás was loaned to Real Oviedo also in the second tier, having impressed their manager José Luis Romero in the four games that he played against the Asturian club the previous season.[2] The following February, he publicly attacked Atlético manager Luis Aragonés for not fielding him or Antonio Cuevas in the first team.[3]

On 24 January 1988, Tomás scored his only goal of Oviedo's promotion-winning season, a long-range strike in the 47th second of a 3–0 home win over Lleida, in which he was later sent off.[4] He played both legs of the playoff win over Mallorca.[5]

The 1988–89 season was Tomás's first in La Liga and he scored 7 goals in 36 games, including in an away draw and 5–2 home win over Atlético. The latter, which beat Abel Resino from near the halfway line, was likened by Mundo Deportivo to one attempted by Pelé.[6][7]

Later career

In July 1989, Tomás, who had never suffered a serious injury by the age of 26, signed a four-year contract at Valencia. The transfer fee was estimated as 40 million Spanish pesetas.[8]

Tomás stayed at the Mestalla Stadium until May 1994, when he transferred to Racing Santander.[9] His only goal of his first season at the Cantabrian club was scored on 8 January in a 3–2 home win over his previous employer.[10]

References

  1. ^ Alcaide, Jesús (21 February 1983). "1-2: Recital del Atl. Madrileño en Vallecas" [1-2: Recital for Atl. Madrileño in Vallecas]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Tomás, cedido al Oviedo" [Tomás, loaned to Oviedo] (in Spanish). EFE. 11 July 1985. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Oviedo: Tomás ataca a Luis Aragonés" [Oviedo: Tomás attacks Luis Aragonés]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 11 February 1986. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ^ Iglesias, Aquilino (25 January 1988). "El Lleida nació "muerto"" [Lleida were born "dead"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  5. ^ Azparren, Nacho (2 November 2018). "El gol que empujó el Tartiere" [The goal that the Tartiere pushed]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ Alcaide, Jesús (26 September 1988). "2-2: "El Magu" vive todo un Via Crucis" [2-2: "El Magu" goes through the whole Stations of the Cross]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ Iglesias, A. (26 February 1989). "5-2: Goles bajo la lluvia" [5-2: Goals under the rain]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ^ Pellicer, J. (4 July 1989). "Tomás: Todo un chicarrón del norte, en Valencia" [Tomás: A completely strapping lad from the north, to Valencia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ^ Vicario, E. (21 May 1994). "El Foggia desea a Radchenko" [Foggia want Radchenko]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  10. ^ Vicario, Ernesto (9 January 1995). "El Racing acaba con la sequía de gol en su feudo" [Racing end the goal drought in their fiefdom]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.