Tiago Pereira da Silva (born 28 October 1993), better known as Tiago Orobó, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including ...

Professional career

Orobó joined the Araripina youth academy at age 16. Orobó made his professional debut with Araripina in a 1-0

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

loss to

Belo Jardim Belo Jardim (''Beautiful Garden'') a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. It has an estimated population in 2020 of 76,687 and a total area of 647.7 km2. It is located at 608 meters above the sea level and 182 km away fr ...

on 16 February 2012. He spent most of his early career with various semi-pro clubs in Brazil, before signing with

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in 2020. Prior to joining Fortaleza, he was in a fine goalscoring form at América de Natal and, previously, spent the latter part of 2019 unemployed and even having a informal job at a bakery. Before the suspension of all football matches in Brazil and worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was the top goalscorer of 2020 in Brazil, all competitions counted. On 17 August 2021, Orobó joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain. He was released on 13 January 2022. On 27 December 2023, Orobó joined

side

on a permanent deal, following two seasons with fellow South Korean clubs

Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in South Gyeongsang Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Its home stadium is the Changwon Football Center, located in Changwon ...

and

Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen FC () is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon, competing in K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon was the first community-owned club in South K ...

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Pernambuco Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Araripina Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético do Porto players Associação Atlética Coruripe players Associação Desportiva Confiança players Campinense Clube players Qadsia SC players Maringá Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Londrina Esporte Clube players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Esporte Clube Jacuipense players Al-Jabalain FC players Gyeongnam FC players Daejeon Hana Citizen players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Kuwait Premier League players Saudi First Division League players K League 1 players K League 2 players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub