Tiago Ramos Cerveira (born 7 July 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 3 club Lusitânia de Lourosa.

Tiago Cerveira
Personal information
Full name Tiago Ramos Cerveira
Date of birth (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Lusitânia
Number 12
Youth career
2000–2003 Mealhada
2003–2005 Academica
2005–2009 Sporting
2009–2011 Academica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Sertanense 18 (2)
2012–2013 Naval 4 (0)
2013–2014 Atlético 15 (0)
2014–2015 Cinfães 13 (2)
2015 Lusitano Vildemoínhos 12 (0)
2015–2016 Tirsense 29 (3)
2016–2017 Salgueiros 32 (1)
2017–2018 Vilafranquense 24 (0)
2018–2019 União Leiria 34 (2)
2019–2023 Varzim 76 (2)
2023– Lusitânia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:58, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Football career edit

Born in Coimbra, Cerveira spent most of his youth career with hometown club Académica de Coimbra, with four years at Sporting CP in between. He began his senior career in the third tier with Sertanense F.C. in 2011–12, and in July 2012 he signed a two-year deal with Associação Naval 1º de Maio of the Segunda Liga.[1] On 23 January 2013, he made his professional debut against S.L. Benfica B and played 75 minutes.[2]

For 2013–14, after Naval were relegated for administrative reasons, Cerveira joined Atlético C.P. who met the same fate. He then returned to the third tier, playing regularly in one-season spells at C.D. Cinfães, Lusitano FCV, F.C. Tirsense, S.C. Salgueiros, U.D. Vilafranquense and U.D. Leiria. With the last of these, he lost on penalties to former club Vilafranquense in the 2019 playoffs.[3][4]

Cerveira returned to the professional game in June 2019, signing a two-year deal with Varzim S.C. of the second tier.[5] In his second match on 18 August, he scored his first goal at the level, to equalise in a 1–1 draw at FC Porto B.[6] On 1 September, both he and teammate Alan Henrique were given straight red cards in added time at the end of a 3–1 loss at G.D. Estoril-Praia.[7]

On 28 June 2023, Cerveira signed a one-year contract with Liga 3 club Lusitânia de Lourosa.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Leo Bonfim e Tiago Cerveira na Naval" [Leo Bonfim and Tiago Cerveira to Naval] (in Portuguese). Rádio. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Benfica B 2-2 Naval". ForaDeJogo. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  3. ^ "União de Leiria e Vilafranquense empatam nas meias-finais do Campeonato de Portugal" [União de Leiria and Vilafranquense draw in the semi-finals of the Campeonato de Portugal]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Vilafranquense vence União de Leiria e sobe à II Liga" [Vilafranquense beat União de Leiria and rise to the II Liga] (in Portuguese). TSF. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Tiago Cerveira reforça o Varzim até 2021" [Tiago Cerveira bolsters Varzim until 2021]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. ^ "FC Porto B e Varzim empatam e continuam sem vitórias" [FC Porto B and Varzim draw and continue without wins] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Estoril-Varzim, 3-1: canarinhos somam segundo triunfo" [Estoril–Varzim, 3–1: Canaries add second triumph]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Tiago Cerveira reforça a defesa do Lourosa e há mais novidades" [Tiago Cerveira reinforces Lourosa's defence and there are more news] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

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