Tiago Filipe Sousa Nóbrega Rodrigues (born 29 January 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Gençlerbirliği.

Club career

Born in

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, Rodrigues played youth football with three clubs, including

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and Vitória de Guimarães. Loaned by the latter, he made his senior debut with

Amarante F.C. Amarante Futebol Clube ''(abbreviated as Amarante FC)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Amarante in the district of Porto. Background Amarante FC currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal which is the fourth tier of Portuguese foot ...

in the

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. Returned to the Minho side for 2012–13, Rodrigues initially represented both the A and B teams, the latter competing in the Segunda Liga. He made his

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debut for the former on 21 September 2012, playing the second half in the 1–0 away win against

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. He also featured the full 90 minutes in that season's

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final, a 2–1 victory over S.L. Benfica which was Vitória's first-ever win in the tournament. On 16 April 2013, before the campaign was over, Rodrigues agreed to join

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on 1 July, moving alongside teammate Ricardo. He never represented the first team in competitive games, going on to appear for their reserves as well as being loaned to Guimarães, C.D. Nacional (twice) and C.S. Marítimo. Rodrigues signed a two-year deal with

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n club

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on 1 July 2017. On 14 January 2019, he extended his contract until June 2022; he eventually became the highest-scoring foreign player (alongside Fernando Karanga) in The Eternal Derby, totalling three goals. Rodrigues continued playing abroad the following seasons, with Al-Hazem F.C. in the

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and

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in the

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. On 5 January 2023, Rodrigues joined

club Gençlerbirliği on a one-and-a-half-year deal.

Career statistics

Club

¹ Includes

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and

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matches. ² Includes

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

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and

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matches.

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães *

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CSKA Sofia *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues, Tiago 1992 births Living people People from Vila Real, Portugal Sportspeople from Vila Real District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Amarante F.C. players Vitória S.C. B players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto B players C.D. Nacional players C.S. Marítimo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players Saudi Professional League players Al-Hazem F.C. players Russian Premier League players FC Ufa players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers TFF First League players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia