Tiago Alves (footballer, born 1993)

Tiago Alves Sales, known as Tiago Alves (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu ˈawvis]; born 12 January 1993), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for J2 League club Tokushima Vortis.

Tiago Alves
Personal information
Full name Tiago Alves Sales
Date of birth (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth São João do Araguaia, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Tokushima Vortis
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2011 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Santos 17 (1)
2012Boa Esporte (loan) 9 (1)
2013América Mineiro (loan) 13 (2)
2014Penapolense (loan) 5 (0)
2014Paraná (loan) 26 (6)
2015–2016 Penapolense 0 (0)
2015Pohang Steelers (loan) 25 (4)
2016Seongnam FC (loan) 19 (13)
2016–2018 Al-Hilal FC 10 (1)
2017Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) 17 (4)
2018–2019 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 20 (2)
2019Sagan Tosu (loan) 4 (0)
2020 Sagan Tosu 13 (3)
2021 Gamba Osaka 17 (2)
2022–2023 Fagiano Okayama 61 (22)
2024– Tokushima Vortis 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:16, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Born in São João do Araguaia, Pará, Tiago Alves graduated from Santos' youth setup. He made his professional debut on 2 February 2011, coming on as a second half substitute for Keirrison in a 2–2 away draw against Ponte Preta for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 27 March 2011, in the 3–2 away victory against Ituano.

On 16 May 2012 Tiago Alves was loaned to Série B club Boa Esporte,[2] but returned to his parent club only three months later. On 3 December 2012, he was loaned to América Mineiro until the end of 2013 season.[3]

Tiago Alves was subsequently loaned to Penapolense and Paraná, only appearing regularly with the latter. On 4 January 2015 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for K League 1 side Pohang Steelers.[4]

Tiago Alves made his debut for the club on 15 March, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his side's second in a 2–4 home loss against Ulsan Hyundai FC.

At the beginning of 2016, Tiago was loaned to Seongnam FC. He scored 13 goals and offered 5 assists to keep Seongnam in the K League 1.

On 1 August 2016, Thiago Alves transferred to Al-Hilal FC, signing a 3 year contract for an undisclosed fee.

In March 2017 Shimizu S-Pulse announced the signing of Tiago Alves on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.[5]

Career statistics

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As of 30 October 2022[6]
Club Season League State League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2011 Série A 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 1
2012 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Boa Esporte (loan) 2012 Série B 9 1 9 1
América-MG (loan) 2013 11 2 2 0 4 0 17 2
Penapolense (loan) 2014 Série D 0 0 5 0 5 0
Paraná (loan) 2014 Série B 26 6 26 6
Pohang Steelers 2015 K League Classic 25 4 1 0 26 4
Seongnam FC 2016 19 13 1 0 20 13
Al-Hilal 2016–17 Saudi Professional League 10 1 3 0 13 1
Shimizu S-Pulse 2017 J1 League 17 4 3 1 1[a] 0 21 5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2018 K League 1 18 2 1 0 4[b] 1 23 3
2019 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 5 0
Total 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 28 3
Sagan Tosu (loan) 2019 J1 League 4 0 1 0 0[a] 0 5 0
Sagan Tosu 2020 13 3 1[a] 0 14 3
Gamba Osaka 2021 17 2 3 0 0[a] 0 0[b] 0 1[c] 0 21 2
Fagiano Okayama 2022 J2 League 34 16 1 0 1[d] 0 36 16
Career total 214 54 15 1 19 1 2 0 6 1 2 0 258 57
  1. ^ a b c d All appearance(s) in J.League Cup
  2. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ All appearance(s) in Japanese Super Cup
  4. ^ All appearance(s) in J1 League Promotion Playoffs.

References

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  1. ^ Ponte Preta 2–2 Santos
  2. ^ "Santos FC acerta o empréstimo de três atletas para equipes que vão disputar a Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro". Santos FC Official web site.
  3. ^ "Sem espaço, Tiago Alves é emprestado para o América-MG". Lancenet. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ 포항, 전천후 공격수 티아고 영입...외국인 삼각편대 구성 완료 [Pohang, Tiago Alves attacking addition... Foreign comes to complete squad] (in Korean). Pohang Steelers' official website. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ^ "S-Pulse sign striker Tiago Alves:J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. ^ Tiago Alves at Soccerway
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