Tiago Manuel da Silva Maia (born 18 September 1992) is a Portuguese

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who plays as a

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for

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

Club career

Born in Gondomar,

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, Maia was brought up at

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

. He spent the vast majority of his senior career in the third division, representing S.C. Espinho, S.C. Praiense and Louletano DC. The exception to this happened in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, when Maia played with

in the Segunda Liga. His first appearance in the competition took place on 9 August 2014, in a 2–0 home win against Leixões SC. In 2012–13, he was not part of any club.

International career

Maia was part of the Portugal under-20 squad that finished second at the 2011 FIFA World Cup, playing no matches in the tournament held in Colombia.

Honours

Portugal U20 *

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runner-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Orders *

Knight of the

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References

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maia, Tiago 1992 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Gondomar, Portugal Men's association football goalkeepers Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Liga 3 (Portugal) players FC Porto players Padroense F.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Espinho players S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Praiense players Louletano D.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers