Tiago Oliveira de Souza (born 5 February 1988), commonly known as Tiago Chulapa, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Rayong F.C. in the Thai League 2.

Club career

Youth career

Born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, Tiago began his career as a football player in 2001 with Paraná Clube. In 2001, he moved to Brazilian top club,

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. In 2002, he returned to Paraná Clube where he played till he became 19 years old.

Early career

Tiago began his professional career in Brazil with his parent club, based in his hometown, Curitiba, Paraná Clube in 2007. In his one-year spell at the Curtiba-based club, he helped them achieve the runners-up place in the

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. In 2008, he moved to Rio Claro, São Paulo, where he signed a one-year contract with

Rio Claro Futebol Clube Rio Claro Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Rio Claro, is a professional association football club based in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football l ...

. He then moved to Pato Branco-based Pato Branco Esporte Clube in 2009 where he helped them win the Campeonato Paranaense Third Level in 2009. In the same year, he moved to Mooca-based Clube Atlético Juventus. In 2010, he moved to Petrópolis-based

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Guaçuano

His next move was in 2011 to

Clube Atlético Guaçuano Clube Atlético Guaçuano, commonly known as Guaçuano, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club based in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo state. History The club was founded on February 26, 1929. They competed for the first time in a professional c ...

. He made his debut for the

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-based club on 29 January 2012 in a 2-0 win in a Campeonato Paulista Série A3 match against Marília Atlético Clube and scored his first goal on 5 February 2012 in a 2-2 draw against Esporte Clube São Bento. He scored 6 goals in his 21 appearances for the Mogi Guaçu-based club in the 2012 Campeonato Paulista Série A3.

Oeste

In 2012, he moved to Itápolis where he signed a one-year contract with Oeste Futebol Clube. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the Itápolis-based club on 30 June 2012 in a 4-1 loss in a

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match against

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helping them win the

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. He scored 1 goal in his 3 appearances in the

Bragantino

In the same season, he moved to

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-based

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. He made his debut for the Bragança Paulista-based club on 19 September 2012 in a 2-0 win in a

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match over

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and scored his first goal on 29 September 2012 in a 2-1 win over

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

He scored one goal in his 3 appearances for the Bragança Paulista-based club in the

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Treze

In 2013, he moved to

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-based Treze Futebol Clube. He made his debut for the Paraíba-based club on 18 August 2013 in a 2-0 win over his latter club Cuiabá Esporte Clube and scored his first goal on 26 August 2013 in a 4-2 loss against Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube. He scored 3 goals in his 12 appearances for the Paraíba-based club in the

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Sorocaba

He then moved to

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in 2014 where he signed a one-year contract with Clube Atlético Sorocaba. He made his debut for the Sorocaba-based club on 19 January 2014 in a 1-0 loss against one of his former clubs, Rio Claro Futebol Clube. He made 4 appearances for the Sorocaba-based club in the

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Cuiabá

In the same year, he signed a short-term contract with Cuiabá-based Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the Cuiabá-based club on 28 April 2014 in a 3-1 win over

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. He also made 2 appearances in the Quarter-finals of the

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, one in a 1-0 loss against

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in the away leg and another in a 0-0 draw in the return leg against the same club. He also made 2 appearances in the First Round of the

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, one in a 0-0 draw against Barbalha Futebol Clube in the away leg and another in which he also scored a goal in a 2-0 win over the same club in the return leg. The club couldn't progress beyond the Second Round after their 5-2 loss on aggregate to Brazilian top club, Sport Club Internacional. He also helped them win the

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in 2014. He scored 2 goal in his 7 appearances for the Cuiabá-based club.

Sur

He first moved out of Brazil in 2014 to the Middle East and more accurately to Oman. On 25 September 2014, he signed a one-year contract with

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club, Sur SC.

Al-Seeb

On 5 August 2015, he signed a one-year contract with

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club, Al-Seeb.

Club career statistics

Honours

Paraná *

runner-up: 2007 Pato Branco *Campeonato Paranaense Third Level: 2009 Oeste *

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Cuiabá *

: 2014 Sur *

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: runner-up: 2014–15 Individual * Thai League 2: Top Scorer

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chulapa, Tiago 1988 births Living people Footballers from Curitiba Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Paraná Clube players Rio Claro Futebol Clube players Pato Branco Esporte Clube players Clube Atlético Juventus players Serrano Football Club players Oeste Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Treze Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Sur SC players Al-Seeb Club players Expatriate men's footballers in Oman Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand

Tiago Chulapa Tiago Oliveira de Souza (born 5 February 1988), commonly known as Tiago Chulapa, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Rayong F.C. in the Thai League 2. Club career Youth career Born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, Tiago began ...