Iago Azevedo dos Santos (born 22 May 1992), best known as Iago Santos, is a Brazilian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for Shabab Al Ahli.

Career

Born in

Itaboraí Itaboraí (, ) is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, that belongs to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. It was founded in 1672. In 2020, it had a population of 242,543. Around the year 1000, Tupi-speakin ...

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, Santos joined Académica in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

on 14 July 2014, arriving from

Duque de Caxias Duque is a Spanish surname meaning "duke". People Notable people with the name include: * Duque (footballer), nickname of Davi Ferreira (1926–2017), Brazilian footballer and manager * Jaime Enrique Duque Correa (1943–2013), Colombian Roman ...

. He made his professional debut at 16 August 2014, in a one-all draw against Sporting. In June 2017, after spending a year in the

UAE Division One UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates. As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each t ...

with

Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn (, ''white Dibba'') is a pene-exclave of the emirate of Al-Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates. It is bordered by the Gulf of Oman from the East, Dibba Al-Baya (a province of Oman in Musandam) from the North, and Dibb ...

, Iago returns to Portugal signing a 3-year deal with

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim d ...

. On 5 July 2020 Iago signing a 2-year deal with Al-Taawoun. On 30 January 2022, Iago joined Al-Shabab on a two-and-a-half-year contract. On 14 August 2024, Santos joined UAE club Shabab Al Ahli.

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1992 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Primeira Liga players UAE First Division League players Saudi Pro League players UAE Pro League players Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Dibba Al-Hisn SC players Moreirense F.C. players Al Taawoun FC players Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Shabab Al Ahli Club players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state) People from Itaboraí 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub