Marco Tiago Faustino (born 23 March 1984), known as Tiago, is a former Brazilian professional

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

, Tiago began his professional career at

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (), commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série ...

, but never broke into the first team. Subsequently, he represented

Ipatinga Futebol Clube Ipatinga Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Ipatinga, state of Minas Gerais, founded on 21 May 1998. During the 2013 season, the club played in Betim, shortly after returned to Ipatinga in 2015. On May 22, 2022, the club was ac ...

and amateurs

Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube, commonly known as Estrela do Norte, is a Brazilian football club based in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espírito Santo state. They competed twice in the Copa do Brasil, once in the Série B, seven times in the Sé ...

in his homeland, moving to

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in 2006. During his first spell in the country, Tiago played in three Segunda Liga seasons, successively appearing for

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Está ...

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

and

S.C. Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at ...

. His best individual output came in 2009–10, when he scored four goals in 23 games for the latter club, helping it to the 12th place. Tiago joined

PFC Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

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on 27 May 2010, on a free transfer. He marked his

First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

debut with a goal, in a 2–1 win against

PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad. History Makedonska slava Club was founded in 1928 as Makedonska Slava (" Macedonian Glory"). In 1948 the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendz ...

on 31 July; on 14 November he scored his second league goal of the campaign, opening the scoring in a 3–0 home victory over

PFC Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

. After leaving the

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nation, and following a very brief spell in Portugal, Tiago spent the vast majority of his career in his country's lower leagues. He made his professional debut in Brazil in

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at the age of 30, with

Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa, or simply Icasa, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará. It competes in the Campeonato Cearense Série B, the second division of the Ceará state football ...

in the Série B.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiago, Marco 1984 births Living people Footballers from Belo Horizonte Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players Treze Futebol Clube players Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense players Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.D. Feirense players G.D. Chaves players G.D. Estoril Praia players S.C. Freamunde players Portimonense S.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Cherno More Varna players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria