Tiago André Coelho Lopes (born 25 July 1989), known as Rabiola, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Rabiola
Personal information
Full name Tiago André Coelho Lopes[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-25) 25 July 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2002 Vitória Guimarães
2002–2003 Brito
2003–2006 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Vitória Guimarães 5 (1)
2007–2011 Porto 2 (0)
2007–2008Vitória Guimarães (loan) 4 (1)
2009–2010Olhanense (loan) 25 (3)
2010–2011Aves (loan) 14 (8)
2011–2012 Feirense 9 (1)
2012–2013 Aves 24 (14)
2013–2014 Braga 0 (0)
2013–2014 Braga B 13 (3)
2013–2014Piast Gliwice (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2015 Penafiel 26 (6)
2015–2016 Académica 23 (2)
2016–2018 Paços Ferreira 0 (0)
2018–2020 Felgueiras 1932 41 (26)
2020 Vizela 3 (0)
2020–2021 Fafe 19 (1)
2021–2022 Vila Meã 22 (6)
Total 246 (72)
International career
2006–2007 Portugal U18 9 (3)
2007–2008 Portugal U19 11 (3)
2009–2010 Portugal U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Rabiola was born in Guimarães. A product of Vitória de Guimarães' youth system, he made his professional debut in the 2006–07 season. He helped the club to return to the Primeira Liga with five games and one goal, which came in a 6–0 home rout of Portimonense S.C. on 6 May 2007.[2]

Subsequently bought by FC Porto on a three-year contract, with an option for another two,[3] Rabiola spent the first half of the 2007–08 campaign on loan to Vitória. He rarely appeared again, playing four matches for the eventual third-placed team and adding a goal as a late substitute against U.D. Leiria.[4] He returned to Porto in January 2008,[5] but waited 15 months to make his first league appearance for them, playing one minute in the 2–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal after having replaced Lisandro López.[6]

Rabiola was loaned again for 2009–10, now to S.C. Olhanense which had just returned to the top division.[7] He alternated between the first and the second tiers the following years, representing C.D. Aves (two spells),[8][9][10][11] C.D. Feirense (where he seriously injured his knee)[12][13] and S.C. Braga (originally signed to a four-and-a-half-year deal, he only appeared for the reserves during his spell).[14]

On 8 June 2015, after suffering relegation from the Primeira Liga with F.C. Penafiel, Rabiola moved to Académica de Coimbra on a two-year contract.[15] He scored only twice in his only season as his team met the same fate.[16][17] The following summer, he joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the same league,[18] but missed the entire campaign due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury[19] and subsequently was not re-signed.[20]

Having not played a match for over two years, Rabiola dropped into the third tier for the first time in July 2018, signing for F.C. Felgueiras 1932.[21] He scored 15 goals from 25 appearances in his first season, including a hat-trick the following 17 March in the first half-hour of a 5–1 home defeat of A.D. Limianos.[22]

On 20 January 2020, as leading goalscorer in Felgueiras' group, Rabiola transferred to F.C. Vizela, leaders of another group.[23] On 8 June, he joined AD Fafe for the upcoming season.[24]

International career edit

Rabiola won 26 caps for Portugal in three youth age groups, and scored six goals. He made his debut for the under-21s on 4 June 2009, playing 33 minutes after replacing Braga's Yazalde in a 1–0 loss against Chile in that year's Toulon Tournament.[25]

Career statistics edit

As of 30 December 2012[26]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Guimarães 2006–07 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Porto 2007–08 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Vitória Guimarães 2007–08 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Porto 2008–09 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 1
Olhanense 2009–10 25 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 3
Aves 2010–11 14 8 1 0 6 1 0 0 21 9
Feirense 2011–12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Aves 2012–13 19 12 2 1 4 5 0 0 25 18
Career totals 78 26 7 1 13 7 0 0 98 34

Honours edit

Porto

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Rabiola" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Subida ao segundo lugar povoada de festa" [Climb to second place with party all over the place]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Porto snare starlet Rabiola". UEFA. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ^ "V. Guimarães-U. Leiria, 2–1 (Mrdakovic 46; Rabiola 90+5; João Paulo 16)". Record (in Portuguese). 26 October 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Rabiola rewarded with Porto call-up". UEFA. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  6. ^ "FC Porto-V. Setúbal, 2–0 (Lisandro 62', 68')". Record (in Portuguese). 26 April 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ^ Coelho, Nuno (4 October 2009). "Dragõezinhos de Olhão procuram chegar a bom Porto" [Little dragons from Olhão trying to reach a good Port ("Porto" in English, pun on club name)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (3 July 2010). "F.C. Porto: Rabiola em destaque na apresentação do D. Aves" [F.C. Porto: Rabiola the highlight in presentation of D. Aves] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Aves de rapina tramam União" [Birds ("Aves" in English, pun on club name) of prey screw União]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Rabiola garante triunfo ao Aves" [Rabiola confirms win for Aves] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rabiola é o melhor da II Liga" [Rabiola is the best in II League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rabiola: "Não quero defraudar quem confiou em mim"" [Rabiola: "I don't want to let down those who put their trust in me"]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Feirense: Rabiola de volta oito meses depois" [Feirense: Rabiola returns eight months later] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  14. ^ Rocha, Pedro; Monteiro, Bruno Filipe (30 January 2013). "Rabiola assina pelo Braga" [Rabiola signs for Braga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Académica 2015/2016 – Rabiola" [2015/2016 Académica – Rabiola] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Sporting vence em Coimbra, sem Jesus na segunda parte" [Sporting win in Coimbra, without Jesus in the second half] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Estoril-Praia e Académica empatam 1–1 em jogo fraco" [Estoril-Praia and Académica draw 1–1 in weak match]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  18. ^ Silva, Flávio Miguel (6 August 2016). "Rabiola é reforço" [Rabiola is an addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Paços de Ferreira sem Rabiola por vários meses" [Paços de Ferreira without Rabiola for several months] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Treinador do Paços de Ferreira confirma seis saídas do plantel" [Paços de Ferreira manager confirms six departures from squad]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  21. ^ "OFICIAL: Rabiola não joga há dois anos e é reforço do Felgueiras" [OFFICIAL: Rabiola has not played for two years and is addition to Felgueiras] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  22. ^ Jorge, Joaquim (19 March 2018). "Rabiola marca três em doze minutos" [Rabiola scores three in twelve minutes] (in Portuguese). Golpe de Vista. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Rabiola é reforço do Vizela" [Rabiola is Vizela addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  24. ^ "OFICIAL: ex-FC Porto Rabiola é reforço do Fafe" [OFFICIAL: ex-FC Porto player Rabiola is Fafe addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Portugal estreia-se com derrota diante do Chile" [Portugal have losing debut against Chile]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 4 June 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  26. ^ a b "Rabiola". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  27. ^ Assunção, Manuel (13 December 2008). "Cinfães 1–4 FC Porto: O especialista Farías e o goleador Guarín ajudaram a chegar aos quartos-de-final" [Cinfães 1–4 FC Porto: Specialist Farías and scorer Guarín helped reach the quarter-finals]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links edit