Tiago Filipe dos Santos Pires (born 2 January 1987) is a

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professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Italy

Born in Lisbon, Pires spent ten years at the Sporting Clube de Portugal academy, but could never represent the club as a senior. He signed with Italian side

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in the 2006 summer, but was limited to

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football during his spell, also being loaned to AC Lugano in the Swiss Challenge League along with Alessandro Di Maio, Rivaldo González and Diogo Tavares and to Potenza S.C. alongside

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. Tiago was an unused substitute for Potenza at the start of 2008–09 season.

Portugal

Pires returned to his country in the 2009 off-season, going on to have one-season spells in the third division with

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, Juventude Sport Clube, Atlético SC,

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and Associação Naval 1º de Maio. He moved back to Switzerland in 2014, joining amateurs (sixth level) AC Vallemaggia.

References

External links

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Gazzetta dello Sport profile
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Fullsoccer
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pires, Tiago 1987 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Genoa CFC players FC Lugano players Potenza SC players Juventude Sport Clube players U.D. Leiria players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players Swiss Challenge League players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland