Tales Schütz (born 22 August 1981 in

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) is a Brazilian ex-footballer. He is also of

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ancestry.

Honours

* Hong Kong First Division League :''Winner (4):'' 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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:''Winner (2):'' 2006–07, 2009–10

Career

Schütz started his career his Brazilian club Botafogo before loan spells at Atlético Paranaense,

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and Maccabi Netanya in Israel and Akratitos in Greece. Schütz also had a brief spell playing in

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for Jagiellonia Białystok.

Hong Kong

On 14 August 2006, Schütz went on loan to Hong Kong First Division League side South China for the 2006–07 season. During his first season in Hong Kong, he obtained 3 out of the 4 Top Scorer Awards in local competition, including the main Hong Kong First Division League Top Scorer Award. He wore the No. 28 jersey in South China which represents the date on which he first met his wife. In January 2008, Schütz signed permanently on a four-year contract with South China for a transfer fee of more than HK $1 million, a record breaking fee for Hong Kong. Schutz returned to Brazil in early 2011 for injury treatment before not having his contract renewed by South China in the summer.

Azerbaijan

Following his release in the summer of 2011, Schütz moved to

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side AZAL. After one season with AZAL, scoring 10 goals in 23 games, Schütz moved to fellow Baku based team Inter Baku where he scored twice in 15 games, both of which came in their Second qualifying round matches against Asteras Tripoli of

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Return to Hong Kong

After being released by Inter Baku, Schütz signed with

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on 19 September 2013.

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at HKFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Schutz, Tales 1981 births Living people Brazilian emigrants to Poland Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Club Athletico Paranaense players F.C. Ashdod players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players Jagiellonia Białystok players Clube Atlético Juventus players Leixões S.C. players South China AA players Shamakhi FK players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Esporte Clube São José players Primeira Liga players Israeli Premier League players Hong Kong First Division League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Hong Kong League XI representative players Footballers from Porto Alegre