Tiago Valente

Tiago Valente
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Carlos Morais Valente
Date of birth	24 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Vitória Setúbal
Number	2
Youth career
1993–2004	Paços Ferreira
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2009	Paços Ferreira
2005–2006	→ Gondomar (loan)
2009	→ Aves (loan)
2009–2012	Aves
2012–2014	Paços Ferreira
2014–2016	Lechia Gdańsk
2015	→ Penafiel (loan)
2016–	Vitória Setúbal
International career
2005–2006	Portugal U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2016

Tiago Carlos Morais Valente (born 24 April 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança District, Valente started playing football with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, joining the club's youth system at the age of only eight and being promoted to the first team in 2004, making 16 Primeira Liga appearances with two goals during his first season. For the 2005–06 campaign he was loaned to second level team Gondomar SC, subsequently returning to Paços.

In January 2008, Valente was linked with a move to English Football League Championship side Charlton Athletic for a reported fee of £1.5 million, but nothing came of it. In the same month of the following year he was loaned to C.D. Aves until the end of the season, and the move was made permanent in July 2009.

In June 2012, after three full seasons in division two, playing all the games and minutes in 2011–12 to help his team finish in third position, narrowly missing out on promotion, Valente returned to Paços de Ferreira for a second spell.

External links

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Tiago Valente at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Tiago Valente at Soccerway