| Intro | Brazilian footballer | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Brazil | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 12 January 1993, São João do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil | ||||
| Age: | 27 years | ||||
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Tiago Alves Sales, known as Tiago Alves (born 12 January 1993), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for J-League Club Shimizu S-Pulse. on loan from Al-Hilal FC as a forward.
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. He made 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, 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.
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 Classic side Pohang Steelers.
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.
In the beginning of 2016, Thiago was loaned to Seongnam FC. He marked his best in Seongnam, 13 goals and 5 assists to keep the team the upper class in the K League Classic.
After short time DL then some trouble between Al Wahda and Seongnam, on 1 August 2016, Thiago Alves has signed a 3 years contract with the top rated Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC.
In March 2017 Shimizu S-Pulse announced the signing of Tiago Alves on a season-long rental from Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | State League | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Subtotal | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Boa Esporte (loan) | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| América-MG (loan) | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| Penapolense (loan) | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Paraná (loan) | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 6 | ||
| Pohang Steelers | 2015 | — | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| Seongnam FC | 2016 | — | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 13 | |||
| Al-Hilal FC | 2016–17 | — | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2017 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 111 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 136 | 29 | ||