Tobias Pereira Figueiredo (born 2 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Criciúma, on loan from Fortaleza.
Formed at Sporting CP, where he made 30 first-team appearances, he had loans in Spain, Portugal and England before signing permanently for Nottingham Forest, where he played over 100 EFL Championship games.
Born in Sátão, Viseu District, Figueiredo joined Sporting CP's youth setup in 2006 at the age of 12, after starting out at S.C. Penalva do Castelo.
[3] On 29 January 2014, Figueiredo was loaned to Spanish club CF Reus Deportiu until June, alongside Sporting teammate Alexandre Guedes.
On 30 January 2018, completely ostracised by manager Jorge Jesus,[13] Figueiredo signed on loan with English Championship side Nottingham Forest until the end of the campaign.
[17] The day before the anniversary of that match, he scored his first goal in English football to open a 4–0 victory away to Queens Park Rangers from Joe Lolley's corner kick.
[24] On 17 September he made mistakes that led to two goals in a 3–0 loss at Swansea City;[25] he took no part from January onwards as new manager Liam Rosenior preferred Alfie Jones and Sean McLoughlin in central defence.
[26] On 11 July 2023, Figueiredo signed a three-year contract with Fortaleza Esporte Clube; the Brazilian club acquired 70% of his economic rights for an undisclosed fee.