Thiago Santos Santana (born 4 February 1993), known as Thiago Santana, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a striker for J2-League side

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Club career

São Carlos

Born in

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, Thiago Santana began his career with

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, making his senior debuts in 2011

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. In 2012, he moved to

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, returning to youth football. On 13 February 2014 Thiago Santana joined Caxias. On 15 January of the following year he signed for Atlético Ibirama. Thiago Santana was the club's top scorer in the year's

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(the second best overall), with ten goals. On 8 May 2015 he joined Série A club

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. Thiago Santana made his debut in the main category of Brazilian football on 7 June 2015, starting and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over

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. The following January he was loaned to Náutico of the

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, and was released in June before the Série B season due to a poor scoring rate.

Vitória Setúbal

On 11 June 2016, Thiago Santana moved abroad for the first time when he signed for

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in Portugal's

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. In 23 total games, he scored once to open a 2–0 win at

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in the fourth round of the

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on 20 November.

Santa Clara

In June 2017, Thiago Santana moved to Santa Clara of the

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. He scored 15 times in 33 games in his first season in the

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as they won promotion as runners-up to

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; this put him behind only

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and compatriot

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in the overall top scorers. He scored his first goal in Portugal's top flight on 19 August 2018, starting a comeback from 0–3 down at half time to draw at home to

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. On 1 April 2019, Thiago Santana signed a new three-year deal with Santa Clara. He scored six times in the upcoming season as they retained their place in the league, including two on 5 June 2020 in a 3–2 home win over Braga, played in Oeiras near

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due to COVID-19 complications. Thiago Santana scored in a 2–1 home loss to

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on 24 October 2020. He therefore surpassed Zé Manuel's record of 12 top-flight goals for Santa Clara.

Shimizu S-Pulse

On 13 December 2020, Thiago Santana moved to

of the Japanese

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, for a fee of €1 million.

Honours

Individual *

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: 2022

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santana, Thiago 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger players Figueirense FC players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Vitória F.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players Shimizu S-Pulse players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan