João Tomás
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João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born on 27 May 1975, in Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, playing as a striker. He achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of O Jardel de Coimbra (The Coimbra's Jardel) after Mário Jardel, a big name of Portuguese football at the time whose played in same position and had some physical similarities with Tomás.
He subsequently played for SL Benfica, Real Betis, Vitória de Guimarães and SC Braga. He has played 3 times for Portugal.