Tiago César Moreira Pereira (born 4 July 1975), known simply as Tiago (), is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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. He amassed

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totals of 282 matches and six goals over 12 seasons, mainly in representation of

União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

(five years) and Boavista (three). He started and ended his extensive career with Trofense.

Club career

Born in

Trofa Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 38,999, in an area of 72.02 km². Trofa has a strong industrial park, with various types of industr ...

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, tough-tackling Tiago started his professional career with F.C. Famalicão in 1993, and went on to represent in his country C.S. Marítimo,

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', B ...

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, 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 football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Por ...

(winning the

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with the club and finishing the following campaign on loan with Leiria) and

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

. In July 2007, the 32-year-old returned to União Leiria. Two years later, after being instrumental in its

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to the

after one year out, only missing one game, he moved to another team in the Segunda Liga, C.D. Trofense, which had just moved in the opposite direction. He remained in the second tier of Portuguese football with the latter side for several seasons, playing into his 40s. Tiago also had abroad stints with

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La ...

( 1998–99) and

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( 1999–2000, both in the Spanish Segunda División), helping the

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club promote to

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Honours

Porto *

: 2002–03, 2003–04 *

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: 2002–03 *

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: 2002–03 Leiria *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiago Pereira 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Trofa Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.D. Trofense players F.C. Famalicão players C.S. Marítimo players S.L. Benfica footballers U.D. Leiria players FC Porto players UEFA Cup winning players Boavista F.C. players Segunda División players CD Tenerife players Rayo Vallecano players Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain