Tiquinho Soares

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Tiquinho Soares
Personal information
Full name Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos [1]
Date of birth (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Sousa, Brazil [1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2008 Palmeiras das Rocas
2008 Corinthians Alagoano
2009 América de Natal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 América de Natal 14 (2)
2010 Botafogo-PB 0 (0)
2011 Sousa 0 (0)
2012–2016 CSP 17 (10)
2012 → Caicó  [ pt ] (loan) 7 (1)
2012 → Visão Celeste  [ pt ] (loan) 6 (0)
2013 → Cerâmica (loan) 9 (2)
2013 → Treze (loan) 9 (0)
2014 → Veranópolis (loan) 16 (4)
2014 → Pelotas (loan) 3 (0)
2014 → Lucena (loan) 7 (3)
2014–2016 → Nacional (loan) 42 (12)
2016–2017 Vitória Guimarães 16 (7)
2017–2020 Porto 97 (45)
2020 Tianjin TEDA 4 (0)
2021–2022 Olympiacos 33 (9)
2022–2024 Botafogo 94 (35)
2025– Santos 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:28, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos (born 17 January 1991), known as Soares or Tiquinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Santos.

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Having started his career in the lower leagues of his homeland, he moved to Portugal aged 23. He played 155 Primeira Liga games for Nacional, Vitória de Guimarães and Porto, scoring 64 goals and winning two league titles with the last of those clubs. After winning the Super League Greece with Olympiacos in 2022, he joined Botafogo in Série A.

Club career

Early career

Born in Sousa, Paraíba, but raised in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Soares started his career with Palmeiras FC das Rocas. [2] After impressing with the side he moved to América de Natal in 2009, [3] initially assigned to the youth setup.

Soares made his professional debut for the latter club on 14 August 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 Série B home loss against Vila Nova. [4] He only appeared in one further match in the championship, before being released on 3 September of that year. [5]

Soares subsequently represented Botafogo da Paraíba, Sousa, CSP, Caicó  [ pt ], [6] Visão Celeste  [ pt ], Cerâmica, [7] Treze, [8] Veranópolis, [9] Pelotas [10] and Lucena. [11]

Nacional

On 27 January 2015, Soares moved abroad for the first time in his career after signing with Primeira Liga side Nacional, still owned by CSP. [12] He made his debut for the club on 21 February, replacing Lucas João in a 3–1 away loss against Braga. [13]

Soares scored his first goal abroad on 20 April 2015, equalising the 1–1 Madeira derby at Marítimo. [14] The following 20 March, he scored a brace in a 3–2 home win over Vitória de Guimarães. [15]

Vitória Guimarães

On 25 May 2016, Soares signed for Vitória de Guimarães. [16] He made his debut for his new team on 14 August, starting in a 1–0 home loss to Braga, [17] [18] and scored his first goal 12 days later in a 5–3 win against Paços de Ferreira also at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, through a penalty. [19]

On 4 November 2016, Soares scored a double in a 2–1 home defeat of former club Nacional. [20] He finished his spell in Minho with 22 official appearances and nine goals. [21]

Porto

On 23 January 2017, Soares signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Porto, with a €40 million clause. [22] His first match took place on 4 February, when he started and netted twice in a 2–1 home victory over Sporting CP. [23]

Soares made his UEFA Champions League debut on 22 February 2017, starting in a 2–0 home loss to Juventus in the round of 16. [24] In his first full season, he scored eight goals from 24 games to help the club to win the national championship after a five-year wait. [25]

Soares was not initially included in the 2018–19 Champions League squad by manager Sérgio Conceição, due to injury. [26] On 18 January 2019, he put three past Chaves in a 4–1 away victory, [27] his tally of 15 over the campaign eventually being the best for Porto and fourth-best in the league. [28] On 25 May he opened the scoring in the final of the Taça de Portugal and also converted his team's first shot in the penalty shootout after the 2–2 draw, but Sporting were victorious; he dedicated his goal to goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who had suffered a heart attack weeks earlier. [29]

On 27 February 2020, Soares was sent off for the first time in his career as the side lost 3–1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen (5–2 aggregate) in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League, for elbowing Jonathan Tah in the face. [30]

Tianjin TEDA

Soares moved to the Chinese Super League in September 2020, agreeing to a three-year and three-month deal at Tianjin TEDA. The transfer fee was estimated at around €10 million, as was his total salary. [31]

Olympiacos

On 31 May 2021, Soares joined Olympiacos of the Super League Greece on a three-year contract. [32] On 22 September, he scored twice in a 4–1 home win against Apollon Smyrnis. [33] On 22 December, he repeated the feat in the 2–0 defeat of Levadiakos in the round of 16 of the Greek Football Cup, following assists from Mathieu Valbuena. [34]

Botafogo

Soares returned to Brazil in August 2022 after seven years, with the 31-year-old signing for Botafogo. [35] He made his Campeonato Brasileiro Série A debut at the age of 31 on 4 September, starting in a 3–1 win at Fortaleza; [36] thirteen days later he scored his first goal to conclude a 2–0 win over Coritiba at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos. [37] He finished the season with six goals from 14 games, the Glorioso's second top scorer with one behind Erison despite his late arrival. [38]

In 2023, Soares scored a career-best 29 goals despite struggling with injuries in the latter stages of the season. [39] In the following campaign, he won both the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian League, but lost his starting spot after Igor Jesus was acquired. [40]

Santos

On 24 January 2025, Soared joined Santos on a three-year deal. [41] He made his debut the following day in a 2–1 away loss to Velo Clube, [42] and scored his first goal on 5 February, opening the 1–1 home draw against Botafogo-SP through a penalty. [43]

Career statistics

As of 20 February 2025 [44]
ClubSeasonLeagueState league [a] National cup [b] League cup [c] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América de Natal 2009 Série B 001000———10
2010 2011200——00132
Total2012200——00142
Botafogo-PB 2010 Paraibano —————10 [d] 3103
Sousa 2011 [45] —00———3 [d] 131
CSP 2012 —————6 [d] 363
2013 —1710————1710
Total—1710———632313
Caicó  [ pt ] (loan) 2012 Potiguar —71————71
Visão Celeste  [ pt ] (loan) 2012 Potiguar 2ª Divisão —60————60
Cerâmica (loan) 2013 Gaúcho —92————92
Treze (loan) 2013 Série C 90—————90
Veranópolis (loan) 2014 Gaúcho—164————164
Pelotas (loan) 2014 Série D 30—————30
Lucena (loan) 2014 Paraibano 2ª Divisão —73————73
Nacional (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 122—2000——142
2015–16 3010—2120——3411
Total4212—4120——4813
Vitória Guimarães 2016–17 Primeira Liga167—3230——229
Porto 2016–17 1512———2 [e] 0—1712
2017–18 248—41313 [e] 1—3411
2018–19 2815—54334 [e] 11 [f] 04123
2019–20 3010—52548 [g] 3—4819
Total9745—1471181751014065
Tianjin TEDA 2020 Chinese Super League 40—42———82
Olympiacos 2021–22 Super League Greece 339—62—8 [h] 3—4714
2022–23 00—00—4 [i] 0—40
Total339—62—128—5114
Botafogo 2022 Série A 146—————146
2023 331711445—6 [j] 3—5429
2024 2759310—13 [k] 1—509
Total742820755—194—11844
Santos 2025 Série A008200———82
Career total2801011023136191684817207502183
  1. ↑ Includes Campeonato Potiguar, Campeonato Paraibano, Campeonato Gaúcho, Campeonato Carioca
  2. ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Chinese FA Cup, Greek Football Cup
  3. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Paraíba
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  7. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  11. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Botafogo-PB

CSP

Lucena

Porto

Olympiacos

Botafogo

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tiquinho Soares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Pires, Sérgio (6 February 2017). "Soares: um "tico de gente" que brotou nas areias da caixa d'água" [Soares: a "half-pint" who emerged from the sands of the water tank] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Lopes, Marcos (23 December 2008). "Artilheiro do Palmeiras está treinando no América" [Palmeiras' goalscorer is training in América]. Tribuna do Norte (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "América-RN 1 x 2 Vila Nova – Lanterna vence o vice-lanterna em Natal" [América-RN 1–2 Vila Nova – Last-placed defeat second-last in Natal] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Contrato de Soares é rescindido" [Soares' contract is rescinded] (in Portuguese). Vermelho de Paixão. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Presidente do CSP e atacante Soares estiveram em Sousa nesta terça" [CSP president and forward Soares were in Sousa this Tuesday] (in Portuguese). Só Esporte. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "CSP empresta o artilheiro Soares ao Cerâmica-RS" [CSP loan goalscorer Soares to Cerâmica-RS] (in Portuguese). Só Esporte. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Treze modifica completamente o elenco para a Série C" [Treze completely change squad for the Série C] (in Portuguese). Só Esporte. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Keren, Larissa (11 December 2013). "CSP empresta Soares e atacante vai disputar o Gauchão pelo Veranópolis" [CSP loan Soares and forward will play the Gauchão for Veranópolis] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte . Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Janke, Thaigor (23 May 2014). "Soares espera resposta da direção para acertar com o Pelotas" [Soares waits for board reply to sign for Pelotas] (in Portuguese). Rede Esportiva. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Com Carioca e Mael regularizados, Lucena anuncia atacante Soares" [With Carioca and Mael registered, Lucena announce forward Soares] (in Portuguese). Lucena SC. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Francisco Soares é reforço" [Francisco Soares is an addition]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Sp. Braga-Nacional, 3–1 (resultado final)" [Sp. Braga-Nacional, 3–1 (final score)] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Freitas Teixeira, Sérgio (20 April 2015). "Marítimo–Nacional, 1–1 (crónica)" [Marítimo–Nacional, 1–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nacional–V. Guimarães, 3–2 (crónica)" [Nacional–V. Guimarães, 3–2 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Soares e Nolan Mbemba garantidos para a próxima época" [Soares and Nolan Mbemba guaranteed for next season]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "V. Guimarães-Sp. Braga, 0–1 (resultado final)" [V. Guimarães-Sp. Braga, 0–1 (final score)] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  18. ↑ Pinto, Vítor (15 August 2016). "V. Guimarães-Sp. Braga, 0–1: Revolta sufocada à porta do castelo" [V. Guimarães-Sp. Braga, 0–1: Rebellion smothered at the castle's gates]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  19. ↑ Dias, Francisco (26 August 2016). "Avalanche goleadora no Afonso Henriques: Vitória SC bate Paços por 5–3" [Goal avalanche at the Afonso Henriques: Vitória SC beat Paços 5–3] (in Portuguese). Vavel . Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "V. de Guimarães vence Nacional com reviravolta no marcador" [V. de Guimarães come from behind to beat Nacional] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "A visita de Soares e uma conversa especial em Guimarães" [Soares' visit and a special conversation in Guimarães]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Soares reforça Dragões" [Soares bolsters Dragons] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  23. ↑ Cole, Richard (4 February 2017). "Tiquinho's brace puts Porto top". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  24. ↑ "Expulsão e suplentes de luxo abatem dragão" [Ejection and deluxe backups take dragon down] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  25. ↑ Frias, Rui (5 May 2018). "Os jogadores que ficam na história do regresso portista aos títulos" [The players who made history in Porto's return to titles]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  26. ↑ "FC Porto deixa Soares e Mbemba fora da lista para a Liga dos Campeões" [FC Porto leave Soares and Mbemba out of list for Champions League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  27. ↑ "FC Porto vence em Chaves por 4–1 com 'hat-trick' de Soares" [FC Porto win 4–1 in Chaves with Soares hat-trick] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  28. ↑ "GOLEADORES: Seferovic é o melhor marcador da Liga" [GOALSCORERS: Seferovic is the League's top scorer] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  29. ↑ "Iker Casillas left in tears at Soares tribute". Diario AS . 25 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  30. ↑ "Kai Havertz shines as Bayer Leverkusen secure Europa League last-16 spot with win at Porto". Bundesliga. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  31. ↑ Casaca, Manuel; Morais, André (21 September 2020). "Soares fechado na China: confira os pormenores do negócio" [Soares confirmed in China: check out details of the deal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  32. ↑ Avgoustakis, Kostas (31 May 2021). "Ολυμπιακός: Ανακοινώθηκε ο Τικίνιο έως το 2024" [Olympiacos: Tiquinho confirmed until 2024] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  33. ↑ Avgoustakis, Kostas (22 September 2021). "Ολυμπιακός – Απόλλων 4–1: Ερυθρόλευκη τεσσάρα με δύο γκολ του Τικίνιο" [Olympiacos – Apollon 4–1: Red and white hit four goals with two from Tiquinho] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  34. ↑ Tomaras, Dimitris (22 December 2021). "Ολυμπιακός-Λεβαδειακός 2–0: Κέρασε ο Βαλμπουενά, καθάρισε ο Τικίνιο και... καλή χρονιά!" [Olympiakos-Levadiakos 2–0: Valbuena provided, Tiquinho accepted and... happy new year!] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  35. ↑ "Centroavante na área" [Centre-forward in the box] (in Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  36. ↑ Santana, Sergio (5 September 2022). "Tiquinho Soares é participativo em estreia pelo Botafogo mesmo sem gol" [Tiquinho Soares is active on Botafogo debut even without a goal]. Lance! (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  37. ↑ "Botafogo bate o Coritiba, quebra sequência ruim em casa e fica longe do Z4" [Botafogo beat Coritiba, break poor run of home form and stay far from relegation zone] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  38. ↑ "Tiquinho Soares aproveita folga no Botafogo e prestigia amistoso de clube que o formou em João Pessoa" [Tiquinho Soares enjoys time off at Botafogo and attends the friendly match of the club that trained him in João Pessoa] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  39. ↑ "Tiquinho Soares, do Botafogo, se despede de 2023 e decreta: "O melhor está por vir"" [Tiquinho Soares, from Botafogo, bids farewell to 2023 and states: "The best is yet to come"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  40. ↑ "Acertado com o Santos, Tiquinho Soares se despede do Botafogo: 'Fui muito feliz'" [Signed by Santos, Tiquinho Soares bids farewell to Botafogo: 'I was very happy'] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brazil. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  41. ↑ "Tiquinho Soares é o novo reforço do Santos FC" [Tiquinho Soares is the new addition of Santos FC] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  42. ↑ "Na estreia de Tiquinho Soares, Velo Clube bate o Santos em Rio Claro" [In debut of Tiquinho Soares, Velo Clube beat Santos in Rio Claro]. Lance! (in Portuguese). 25 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  43. ↑ Musetti Perazolli, Lucas; Liskai, Renan; Brino, Gabriela (5 February 2025). "Neymar estreia, mas Santos leva empate do Botafogo na Vila cheia de famosos" [Neymar makes debut, but Santos allow Botafogo draw at celebrity-packed Vila] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  44. 1 2 3 4 Tiquinho Soares at Soccerway
  45. ↑ Madruga, Expedito (29 December 2011). "Sousa tem 'ano burocrático' e fica longe dos títulos ao longo de 2011" [Sousa have a 'bureaucratic year' and stay far from titles throughout 2011] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  46. ↑ "FC Porto é campeão nacional 2017/2018" [FC Porto are 2017/2018 national champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  47. ↑ "FC Porto conquista Supertaça pela 21.ª vez" [FC Porto conquer Supercup for the 21st time] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  48. ↑ Fernandes, Nuno (8 December 2024). "29 anos depois, o português Artur Jorge leva o Botafogo ao título de campeão brasileiro" [29 years later, Portuguese Artur Jorge takes Botafogo to Brazilian champions title]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  49. ↑ Pataco, Miguel (30 November 2024). "Artur Jorge: "Muito feliz por dar um troféu desta dimensão ao Botafogo"" [Artur Jorge: "Very happy for giving such an important trophy to Botafogo"]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  50. ↑ "Pedro, Tiquinho Soares, Alef Manga e Lorran são os artilheiros da Copa do Brasil 2023" [Pedro, Tiquinho Soares, Alef Manga and Lorran are gunners of 2023 Brazilian Cup] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  51. ↑ "Tiquinho Soares recebe prêmio da CBF de jogador do mês de abril" [Tiquinho Soares gets BFC award for April player of the month] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  52. ↑ "Tiquinho, do Botafogo, é eleito melhor jogador do mês no Brasileirão pela segunda vez seguida" [Tiquinho, of Botafogo, voted player of the month in Brasileirão for second time in a row] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  53. ↑ "Tiquinho Soares, do Botafogo, é eleito craque do mês no Brasileirão pela terceira vez seguida" [Tiquinho Soares, of Botafogo, voted star of the month in Brasileirão for third time in a row] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  54. ↑ "Botafogo: Tiquinho Soares é eleito melhor do Brasileirão no mês de julho" [Botafogo: Tiquinho Soares voted best in Brasileirão in month of July] (in Portuguese). Terra. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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