Tiago Luís Martins (born 13 March 1989), known as Tiago Luís, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for São Bernardo.

Tiago Luís
Personal information
Full name Tiago Luís Martins
Date of birth (1989-03-13) 13 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
FC Cascavel
Youth career
2002–2004 Santos
2004–2005 Atlético Paranaense
2006 Comercial-SP
2006–2007 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Santos 29 (2)
2009–2010União Leiria (loan) 29 (1)
2011Ponte Preta (loan) 31 (2)
2012XV de Piracicaba (loan) 6 (1)
2012Bragantino (loan) 11 (0)
2013 Mirassol 14 (2)
2013–2014 Chapecoense 77 (9)
2015Joinville (loan) 19 (3)
2016 América Mineiro 21 (1)
2016 Paysandu 23 (6)
2017–2018 Goiás 63 (11)
2019 São Bento 7 (0)
2019 Paysandu 11 (0)
2020 Rayong
2020 Confiança 11 (0)
2021– São Bernardo 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:06, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Football career edit

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Tiago Luís emerged through local Santos FC's youth ranks, and won the State League with the club in his last year as a junior. He made his senior debut on 27 January 2008 in the same competition, against Clube Atlético Bragantino, scoring in that match.[1]

Also during that timeframe, media addressed an eventual interest in Luís from La Liga giants Real Madrid,[2] but nothing came of it. In August 2009, after only three more Série A games for Santos, the player was loaned to U.D. Leiria in Portugal. During his only season with the top division side, he only started in five of the league games he appeared in, scoring only once in official matches (in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Trofense in the League Cup).

On 6 January 2011, Tiago Luís joined Série B side Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, on loan until the end of the season.[3] After serving another temporary deals at Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) and Clube Atlético Bragantino, he was released by Peixe on 9 January 2013.[4]

Tiago Luís moved to Mirassol Futebol Clube on 29 January 2013.[5] After appearing regularly he moved to Associação Chapecoense de Futebol on 15 May,[6] contributing with 21 appearances and two goals as his side were promoted to the first division after a 35-year absence.

References edit

  1. ^ "Garoto brilha e Peixe vence o Braga" [Kid shines and Fish defeats Braga] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Goleador sub-18 do Santos está na mira do Real Madrid, diz jornal" [Under-18 Santos striker targeted by Real Madrid, says paper] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Santos empresta Tiago Luís para a Ponte Preta" [Santos loans Tiago Luís to Ponte Preta] (in Portuguese). Lance Net. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Ex-atacante de Ponte e Bragantino é dispensado pelo Santos" [Former Ponte and Bragantino forward is released by Santos] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Tiago Luis, o 'Messi brasileiro', acerta para jogar Paulistão pelo Mirassol" [Tiago Luis, the 'Brazilian Messi', signs with Mirassol to play in Paulistão] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Chapecoense contrata atacante Tiago Luís, ex-promessa do Santos" [Chapecoense signs forward Tiago Luís, former Santos pearl] (in Portuguese). Diário Catarinense. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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