Thiago Eduardo do Amaral (born 25 January 1992), commonly known as Thiago Amaral, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Youth career

Born and raised in

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, Brazil, Thiago began his footballing career in 2006 with the U-15 team of Brazilian top side, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio. In 2007, he moved to

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where he signed a long-term contract with Figueirense FC and played there until in 2012 when he moved to Florianópolis's Avaí FC.

Brazil

Thiago began his professional footballing career in 2012 with Coritiba-based, Corinthians Alagoano club,

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. In January 2013, he moved to Brasília, the capital of Brazil where he signed a short-term contract with Legião FC club. He made 4 appearances in the 2013 Campeonato Brasiliense. He then moved to Jaraguá do Sul where he signed a short-term contract with Grêmio Esportivo Juventus club. He scored 2 goals in 6 appearances in the 2013 Copa Santa Catarina. In 2014, he moved to São Paulo where he signed a short-term contract with VOCEM club. He scored 4 goals in 12 appearances in the 2014 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão. Later in the same year, he moved to Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso where he trained with the first team of

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

He first moved out of Brazil in 2015 to Europe and more accurately to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he signed a one-year contract with

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club. He scored 9 goals in 15 appearances in the 2015 Druga Druga Liga

Oman

On 17 January 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Oman Professional League side,

Salalah SC Salalah Sport Club ( ar, نادي صلالة الرياضي; also known locally as ''Al-Nimoor'', or "The Tiger(s)", or just plainly as Salalah) is an Omani football club based in Salalah, Oman. Their home ground is Al-Saada Stadium, but they ...

on a six-month contract. He made his Oman Professional League debut on 22 January 2016 in a 1-1 draw against

2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup The 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup is the 42nd edition of the Sultan Qaboos Cup ( ar, كأس السلطان قابوس), the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Oman. The competition began on 9 October 2014 with the qualification round ...

runners-up, Sur SC.

Indonesia

In September 2016, he left for Indonesia and signed a one-year contract for

Indonesia Soccer Championship A Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League. Persipura won the title on ...

side, PS Barito Putera.

Lebanon

He moved to Lebanon in September 2017 where on 7 September he signed a one-year contract with Lebanese Premier League side

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. He made his Lebanese Premier League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 17 September 2017 in a 5-1 loss against

Al-Ansar SC Al Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار الرياضي, lit=The Supporters Sporting Club) is a football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . Formed in 1951, the club did not win its ...

Kurdistan

In January 2018, he received a good proposal to play in the Kurdistan Premier League representing Zeravani SC. He made an impact, helping the team raise the champion's cup and being the league's top scorer, scoring 10 goals in 10 official games. Soon after finishing the league season, he joined Erbil SC and made history, raising the team to the elite of Iraqi football, also winning the golden ball of the Kurdistan Premier League.

Return to Lebanon

Amaral returned to Lebanon in 2019, signing for newly promoted side Bourj FC.

Return to Indonesia

Since the last time in Indonesia in 2016, Amaral returned to Indonesia in 2020, On January 21, he signed a year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 side Persipura Jayapura.

References

External links

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