Tiago Alves (footballer, born 1993)

For other people named Tiago Alves, see Tiago Alves (disambiguation).

Tiago Alves

Personal information
Full name	Tiago Alves Sales
Date of birth	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 26)
Place of birth	São João do Araguaia, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Number	11
Youth career
2009–2011	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Santos	9	(0)
2012	→ Boa Esporte (loan)	9	(1)
2013	→ América Mineiro (loan)	11	(2)
2014	→ Penapolense (loan)	0	(0)
2014	→ Paraná (loan)	26	(6)
2015–2016	Penapolense	0	(0)
2015	→ Pohang Steelers (loan)	25	(4)
2016	→ Seongnam FC (loan)	19	(13)
2016–2018	Al-Hilal FC	10	(1)
2017	→ Shimizu S-Pulse (loan)	17	(4)
2018–	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	20	(2)
2019	→ Sagan Tosu (loan)	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 16:14, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Tiago Alves Sales, known as Tiago Alves (Brazilian Portuguese:  [tʃiˈaɡu ˈawvis] ; born 12 January 1993), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a winger.

Club career

Born in São João do Araguaia, Pará, Tiago Alves graduated from Santos' youth setup. He made his professional debut on 2 February 2011, coming on as a second half substitute for Keirrison in a 2–2 away draw against Ponte Preta for the Campeonato Paulista championship. ^[1] He scored his first professional goal on 27 March 2011, in the 3–2 away victory against Ituano.

On 16 May 2012 Tiago Alves was loaned to Série B club Boa Esporte, ^[2] but returned to his parent club only three months later. On 3 December 2012, he was loaned to América Mineiro until the end of 2013 season. ^[3]

Tiago Alves was subsequently loaned to Penapolense and Paraná, only appearing regularly with the latter. On 4 January 2015 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for K League 1 side Pohang Steelers. ^[4]

Tiago Alves made his debut for the club on 15 March, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his side's second in a 2–4 home loss against Ulsan Hyundai FC.

At the beginning of 2016, Tiago was loaned to Seongnam FC. He scored 13 goals and offered 5 assists to keep Seongnam in the K League 1.

On 1 August 2016, Thiago Alves transferred to Al-Hilal FC, signing a 3 year contract for an undisclosed fee.

In March 2017 Shimizu S-Pulse announced the signing of Tiago Alves on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2020 ^[6]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santos	2011	Série A	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	—		12	1
	2012		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Subtotal		9	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	—		17	1
Boa Esporte (loan)	2012	Série B	9	1	—		—		—		—		9	1
América-MG (loan)	2013	Série B	11	2	2	0	4	0	—		—		17	2
Penapolense (loan)	2014	Série D	0	0	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Paraná (loan)	2014	Série B	26	6	—		—		—		—		26	6
Pohang Steelers	2015	K League Classic	25	4	—		1	0	—		—		26	4
Seongnam FC	2016	K League Classic	19	13	—		1	0	—		—		20	13
Al-Hilal FC	2016–17	Saudi Professional League	10	1	—		3	0	—		—		13	1
Shimizu S-Pulse	2017	J1 League	17	4	—		3	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	21	5
Jeonbuk Motors	2018	K League 1	18	2	—		1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	1	—		23	3
	2019		2	0	—		0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		4	0
	Subtotal		20	2	—		1	0	6	1	—		27	3
Sagan Tosu	2019	J1 League	4	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Career total			150	33	15	1	13	1	6	1	1	0	185	36

1. All appearance(s) in J.League Cup
2. All appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

References

1. Ponte Preta 2–2 Santos
2. "Santos FC acerta o empréstimo de três atletas para equipes que vão disputar a Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro". Santos FC Official web site.
3. "Sem espaço, Tiago Alves é emprestado para o América-MG". Lancenet. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15.
4. 포항, 전천후 공격수 티아고 영입...외국인 삼각편대 구성 완료 [Pohang, Tiago Alves attacking addition... Foreign comes to complete squad] (in Korean). Pohang Steelers' official website. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
5. "S-Pulse sign striker Tiago Alves：J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
6. Tiago Alves at Soccerway

External links

• Tiago Alves at Soccerway
• Tiago Alves at J.League (in Japanese)
• (in Portuguese) ogol.com
• Tiago Alves – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)