Tiago Pires (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2006 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2006–2007 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Lugano (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Potenza (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Operário | 17 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Juventude Évora | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Reguengos | 21 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | União Leiria | 23 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Naval | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Vallemaggia | ||
| National team | |||
| 2004–2005 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2016 | |||
Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires (born 2 January 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Club career[]
Italy[]
Born in Lisbon, Pires spent ten years at the Sporting Clube de Portugal academy, but could never represent the club as a senior. He signed with Italian side Genoa C.F.C. in the 2006 summer,[1] but was limited to reserve team football during his spell, also being loaned to AC Lugano in the Swiss Challenge League along with , Rivaldo González and Diogo Tavares and to Potenza S.C. alongside José Mamede.[2]
Tiago was an unused substitute for Potenza at the start of 2008–09 season.[3]
Portugal[]
Pires returned to his country in the 2009 off-season, going on to have one-season spells in the third division with CD Operário, Juventude Sport Clube, Atlético SC, U.D. Leiria and Associação Naval 1º de Maio. He moved back to Switzerland in 2014, joining amateurs (sixth level) AC Vallemaggia.
References[]
- ^ "Allenamento a Pegli per la squadra (ore 16)" [Training at Pegli for the squad (16:00)] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Il Genoa e' pronto a chiudere" [Genoa ready to close] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "FOGGIA - POTENZA 1 - 0". santagatesi nel mondo (in Italian). 1 September 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links[]
- Tiago Pires at ForaDeJogo
- Gazzetta dello Sport profile (in Italian)
- Tiago Pires at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Fullsoccer
- Tiago Pires at Soccerway
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Segunda Divisão players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- FC Lugano players
- Potenza S.C. players
- Juventude Sport Clube players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Associação Naval 1º de Maio players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland