António Leonel Vilar Nogueira Sousa (; born 13 April 1980), known as Tonel, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender, and a manager. Over ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 224 games and 15 goals, mainly representing Sporting with which he won four major titles. He also played three years in the Croatian First Football League, with Dinamo Zagreb. Club career Porto and Marítimo Born in Lourosa (Santa Maria da Feira), Tonel came through the youth teams of FC Porto, and made his professional debut when he was loaned out to Académica de Coimbra during 2000–01, helping them to be promoted to the Primeira Liga in his second year. Despite earning a good reputation during his three-season spell, he was deemed surplus to requirements by his parent club and was released, moving to C.S. Marítimo during the 2004 off-season as part of an exchange deal with Porto which saw Pepe arrive at the Estádio do Dragão. Tonel picked up some European experience during Marítimo's UEFA Cup tie against Rangers. He partnered with Dutchman Mitchell van der Gaag in defence and became one of the team's leading figures, playing 28 league games and scoring once in a 2–1 home win over Boavista F.C. on 25 September 2004. Sporting CP On 23 July 2005, after an impressive season, Tonel signed a three-year deal with Sporting CP for €500,000. His second stint with a club of the Big Three was much more successful than the first, as he was an everpresent figure at Sporting's back four since his arrival alongside Brazil international Ânderson Polga, also scoring the occasional goal on set pieces. After furthering his link with the Lions until 2011, Tonel scored five goals overall during 2007–08, including one in a 2–1 win at FC Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (incidentally, Polga netted the other). In late October 2008, after an injury in a draw at F.C. Paços de Ferreira, he lost his place to youth graduate Daniel Carriço, and never regained it again during the season, although he himself took Polga's place midway through the following campaign. On 11 March 2010, Tonel was sent off at the end of a UEFA Europa League last 16 first leg game away to Atlético Madrid for striking Sergio Agüero. Fellow defender Leandro Grimi had been dismissed in the first half of