Thiago Santos Santana

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Thiago Santana
Personal information
Full nameThiago Santos Santana
Date of birth (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 27)
Place of birth Serrinha, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Shimizu S-Pulse
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2013 São Carlos
2012–2013Internacional (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2016 São Carlos 2 (0)
2014Caxias (loan) 16 (3)
2015Atlético Ibirama (loan) 15 (10)
2015Figueirense (loan) 25 (4)
2016Náutico (loan) 12 (2)
2016–2017 Vitória de Setúbal 18 (0)
2017–2020 Santa Clara 97 (35)
2020– Shimizu S-Pulse 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 24 October 2020

Thiago Santos Santana (born 4 February 1993), known as Thiago Santana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Shimizu S-Pulse as a forward.

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Club career

São Carlos

Born in Serrinha, Bahia, Thiago Santana began his career with São Carlos, making his senior debuts in 2011 Campeonato Paulista Série A3. In 2012, he moved to Internacional, returning to youth football.

On 13 February 2014 Thiago Santana joined Caxias. [1] On 15 January of the following year he signed for Atlético Ibirama. [2]

Thiago Santana was the club's top scorer in the year's Campeonato Catarinense (the second best overall), with ten goals. On 8 May 2015 he joined Série A club Figueirense. [3]

Thiago Santana made his debut in the main category of Brazilian football on 7 June 2015, starting and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over Palmeiras. [4] The following January he was loaned to Náutico of the Campeonato Pernambucano, [5] and was released in June before the Série B season due to a poor scoring rate. [6]

Vitória Setúbal

On 11 June 2016, Thiago Santana moved abroad for the first time when he signed for Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal's Primeira Liga. [7] In 23 total games, he scored once to open a 2–0 win at Benfica Castelo Branco in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal on 20 November. [8]

Santa Clara

In June 2017, Thiago Santana moved to Santa Clara of the LigaPro. [9] He scored 15 times in 33 games in his first season in the Azores as they won promotion as runners-up to Nacional; this put him behind only Ricardo Gomes and compatriot Carlos Vinícius in the overall top scorers. [10] He scored his first goal in Portugal's top flight on 19 August 2018, starting a comeback from 0–3 down at half time to draw at home to Braga. [11]

On 1 April 2019, Thiago Santana signed a new three-year deal with Santa Clara. [12] He scored six times in the upcoming season as they retained their place in the league, including two on 5 June 2020 in a 3–2 home win over Braga, played in Oeiras near Lisbon due to COVID-19 complications. [13]

Thiago Santana scored in a 2–1 home loss to Sporting CP on 24 October 2020. He therefore surpassed Zé Manuel's record of 12 top-flight goals for Santa Clara. [14]

Shimizu S-Pulse

On December 13, 2020, Thiago Santana moved from Santa Clara to Shimizu S-Pulse of Japan. [15]

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References

  1. "Thiago Santana, ex-Inter, é o novo reforço do Caxias" [Thiago Santana, ex-Inter, is the new addition of Caxias] (in Portuguese). Clic RBS. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. "Thiago Santana e Elivélton são anunciados no Atlético de Ibirama" [Thiago Santana and Elivélton are announced at Atlético de Ibirama] (in Portuguese). Educadora FM. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. "Figueira fecha com atacante Thiago Santana, vice-artilheiro do Catarinense" [Figueira signs forward Thiago Santana, second-best goalscorer of Catarinense] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Figueirense vence nos erros do Palmeiras e deixa a zona da degola" [Figueirense wins at the expense of Palmeiras' errors and leaves the uncomfortable zone] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. "Atacante Thiago Santana é apresentado" [Forward Thiago Santana is presented] (in Portuguese). Clube Náutico Capibaribe. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. "Afastado há 40 dias, atacante Thiago Santana rescinde contrato e não é mais atleta do Náutico" [Sidelined for 40 days, striker Thiago Santana severs contract and is no longer Náutico athlete] (in Portuguese). Super Esportes. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. "V. Setúbal oficializa brasileiro Thiago Santana" [V. Setúbal confirm Brazilian Thiago Santana]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. "Benfica e Castelo Branco "cai de pé" na 4ª eliminatória da Taça de Portugal" [Benfica e Castelo Branco "fall and land on their feet" in the 4th round of the Taça de Portugal] (in Portuguese). Diário Digital Castelo Branco. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. "Fernando assina por duas épocas" [Fernando signs for two seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. "Onde andam os principais artilheiros da Ledman?" [Where are the Ledman league's main scorers going?] (in Portuguese). Fairplay. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. "Santa Clara obtém empate épico diante do Sp. Braga" [Santa Clara obtain epic draw against Sp. Braga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 19 August 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. "Santa Clara renova com Thiago Santana até 2021/2022" [Santa Clara renew with Thiago Santana until 2021/2022]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  13. "Santa Clara vence Sporting de Braga com golo nos descontos" [Santa Clara defeat Sporting de Braga with added-time goal] (in Portuguese). TSF. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  14. "Thiago Santana faz história pelo Santa Clara com este golo ao Sporting" [Thiago Santana makes history for Santa Clara with this goal against Sporting]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  15. Melo, Arthur (December 13, 2020). "Santa Clara encaixa "jackpot" com saída de Thiago Santana". OJogo. Retrieved December 16, 2020.