Thiago Gentil

Thiago Gentil
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Gentil
Date of birth	8 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1997–1999	Palmeiras
2000	Santa Cruz
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Náutico
2001–2004	Palmeiras
2002–2003	→ Al-Ittihad Jeddah (loan)
2005	Daegu
2005–2006	Santa Cruz
2006–2007	Alavés
2007	Figueirense
2008–2009	Aris Thessaloniki
2009	Coritiba
2010–2011	Nacional
2012	Grêmio Barueri
2013	Guarani
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:17, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Thiago Gentil (born 8 April 1980) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

Playing career

Aris

In his 16 matches of the season 2007/08 (its second half), generally playing as a substitute, he scored 2 goals- where the first one was notable as a last-minute diagonal shot and equalizer against AEK FC in Athens. His contract was up in summer 2009.

European and Asian Experiences

The first European experience was in the Spanish "La Liga". In the summer time of 2006 he signed a 3-year contract with Deportivo Alavés, of the annual wages at least 800.000 euros. He gave very good appearances in Spain, but the financial problems that faced, in that period, Alaves with their owner Dimitri Pitterman, forced him to come back to his homeland at the club of Figueirense. There scouted him the persons of Aris and then proposed him a solid contract that soon made him a resident of Thessaloniki.

Alaves and Aris may be the only European clubs in his career account so far, but Gentil also had experiences from other continents. He played in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ittihad (Jeddah), contracted for more than 1 million euros for each year of collaboration. Still, played for Daegu FC in South Korea. Did not adapt well there, so returned to his homeland again.

Thiago Gentil signed for Nacional in Portugal during the January transfer window in 2010 on a free transfer.

External links

Thiago Gentil at Soccerway
Thiago Gentil at Sambafoot (archived)
Thiago Gentil – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
goalday.gr, article about Gentil (in Greek)
greeksoccer.com forums, topic about Gentil