Tiago Pires (footballer)

Tiago Pires
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires
Date of birth	2 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1996–2006	Sporting CP
2006–2007	Genoa
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Genoa
2007–2008	→ Lugano (loan)
2008–2009	→ Potenza (loan)
2009–2010	Operário
2010–2011	Juventude Évora
2011–2012	Atlético Reguengos
2012–2013	União Leiria
2013–2014	Naval
2014–2015	Vallemaggia
International career
2004–2005	Portugal U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2016

Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires (born 2 January 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Pires spent ten years at the Sporting Clube de Portugal academy, but could never represent the club as a senior. He signed with Italian side Genoa C.F.C. in the 2006 summer,^[1] but was limited to reserve team football during his spell, also being loaned to AC Lugano in the Swiss Challenge League along with Alessandro Di Maio, Rivaldo González and Diogo Tavares and to Potenza S.C. alongside José Mamede.^[2]

Tiago was an unused substitute for Potenza at the start of 2008–09 season.^[3]

Pires returned to his country in the 2009 off-season, going on to have one-season spells in the third division with CD Operário, Juventude Sport Clube, Atlético SC, U.D. Leiria and Associação Naval 1º de Maio. He moved back to Switzerland in 2014, joining amateurs (sixth level) AC Vallemaggia.

^ "Allenamento a Pegli per la squadra (ore 16)" [Training at Pegli for the squad (16:00)] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
^ "Il Genoa e' pronto a chiudere" [Genoa ready to close] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
^ "FOGGIA - POTENZA 1 - 0". santagatesi nel mondo (in Italian). 1 September 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2017.