Thiago Carvalho de Oliveira (born 24 June 1988), known as Thiago Carvalho, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in Rio Verde,

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, Carvalho was a youth product of Vila Nova, but made his senior debut while on loan at Jataiense in 2006. He only started to feature with the main squad of Vila in the 2008 season, after another loan spell at Trindade. A regular starter in the 2009 season, Carvalho subsequently lost his starting spot and moved to América-SP for the 2011 campaign. On 1 November of that year, after being a regular starter for Boa Esporte, he joined Série A side Cruzeiro. Carvalho made his top tier debut on 29 July 2012, starting in a 2–1 home win over

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. The following 23 January, he renewed his contract until 2016, but returned to his former club Boa on loan on 20 August 2013. On 12 August 2015, Carvalho joined

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on loan until the end of the year. In 2017, he moved to Aparecidense after his contract with Cruzeiro expired, and retired with the club in the end of the 2018 season, aged 30.

Coaching career

After retiring, Carvalho became an assistant coach of his last club Aparecidense in 2020. In September of that year, he became the club's head coach, and led them to a first-ever promotion to the Série C in

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, as champions. Carvalho was sacked by the ''Camaleão'' on 7 March 2022, and was named head coach of Caxias on 18 May. He left the latter on 13 April 2023, after accepting an offer from América de Natal, but was sacked on 10 July. On 5 February 2024, Carvalho was appointed at the helm of Ypiranga-RS. He resigned on 20 October to return to his first club Vila Nova, now as head coach. On 25 November 2024, Carvalho was announced as head coach of Figueirense. He was dismissed the following 28 April, after a poor start of the 2025 Série C.

Honours

Aparecidense *

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References

External links

Futebol de Goyaz player profile

Futebol de Goyaz coach profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho, Thiago 1988 births Living people People from Rio Verde, Goiás Footballers from Goiás Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Trindade Atlético Clube players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Boa Esporte Clube players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Ceará Sporting Club players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Associação Atlética Aparecidense managers Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul managers América Futebol Clube (RN) managers Ypiranga Futebol Clube managers Vila Nova Futebol Clube managers Figueirense FC managers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen