Tiago Parente

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Tiago Parente
Personal information
Full name Tiago Parreira Parente
Date of birth (2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Sintra, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Estoril
Number 55
Youth career
2012 Casa Pia
2013–2017 Belenenses
2017–2025 Estoril
2022–2024Sporting CP (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Estoril 4 (1)
International career
2022 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2023 Portugal U20 3 (0)
2025– Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:42, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:42, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Tiago Parreira Parente (born 14 January 2004) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Estoril and the Portugal national under-21 team as a left back.

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Club career

Born in Sintra in the Lisbon District, Parente played as a youth for Casa Pia A.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses, both in the capital city, before joining G.D. Estoril Praia in 2017. On 25 July 2022, having already represented Estoril's under-23 team at age 18, he was loaned for two years to Sporting CP and their under-19 team. [1]

On 17 May 2025, Parente made his professional debut on the last day of the Primeira Liga season, playing the last 18 minutes as a substitute in a 4–0 home win over C.F. Estrela da Amadora. He had spent the campaign in the under-23 team, scoring once and assisting twice in 20 games, while training with the first team under manager Ian Cathro. [2] [3]

Parente signed a new contract on 10 July 2025, linking him to the Canarinho until 2029. [3] On 11 August, the new season began with Estrela again the visitors to the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota; Parente played the full game and scored the first goal of a 1–1 draw, assisted by right-back Pedro Carvalho. [4]

International career

Parente was part of the Portugal under-18 team that competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria. [5] After playing three times for the under-20 team in late 2023, he had his first call-up to the under-21 team in August 2025, in new manager Luís Freire's first squad. [6] He made his debut on 5 September by playing the entirety of a 5–0 home win over Azerbaijan in Barcelos in 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification. [7]

References

  1. "Tiago Parente assina pelo Sporting" [Tiago Parente signs for Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. Batista Reis, Rafael (19 May 2025). "Estoril: Tiago Parente convence Cathro e fará pré-época" [Estoril: Tiago Parente convinces Cathro and will do pre-season]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "OFICIAL: Estoril renova com jovem defesa até 2029" [OFFICIAL: Estoril renew with young defender until 2029] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  4. "Estoril e E. Amadora abrem Liga com empate" [Estoril and E. Amadora open League with draw]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. "Mais de centena e meia de atletas portugueses competem em Oran" [More than 150 Portuguese athletes competing in Oran]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. "Seleção sub-21: Mora e Quenda na primeira convocatória de Luís Freire" [Under-21 national team: Mora and Quenda in Luís Freire's first squad] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  7. Ribeiro, Gonçalo (5 September 2025). "Tiago Parente: «Sempre bom ver o nosso trabalho ser recompensado com a vitória»" [Tiago Parente: "It's always good to see our work being rewarded with victory"] (in Portuguese). SAPO . Retrieved 9 September 2025.