Tiago João Targino da Silva (born 6 June 1986), known as Targino, is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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Alentejo
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. The son of a Brazilian who played for a host of Portuguese clubs such as
C.D. Beja
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,
Portimonense S.C.
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and
S.C. Olhanense
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, he started his professional career in 2004 with
Vitória de Guimarães
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, having joined their youth academy two years before. He made his
Primeira Liga
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debut on 12 December 2004 in a 3–1 away win against
F.C. Penafiel
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Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...
, and finished his first season with two goals, notably in a 1–0 home victory over
S.C. Beira-Mar
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where he scored in the 90th minute.
In January 2008, Targino was loaned to Turkish
Süper Lig
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's
Manisaspor
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C.D. Nacional
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Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...
on 17 September 2007, but received relatively little playing time.
On 11 July 2008, Targino was again loaned, joining
Danish Superliga
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side
Randers FC
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. He made his league debut against
Brøndby IF
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as a late substitute in a 3–0 away win, again coming from the bench in the next game with
FC Nordsjælland
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. After teammate
Mikkel Beckmann
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was injured against
FC Midtjylland
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, he featured in the starting lineup the following three matches, as a
right winger
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. He scored his only goal on 19 April 2009, in a 2–0 victory at the same opponent.
Targino returned to Guimarães for 2009–10 but, midway through the season, suffered a serious
cruciate ligament
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injury which put him out of action for nearly one year. On 8 November 2010, in his second appearance after returning, he came from the bench and scored twice to help his team come from behind to win 3–2 at
Sporting CP
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Lisbon
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in 14 years.
Targino' last season in the Portuguese top tier was
2012–13
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, with Olhanense.
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was spent in the
Cypriot First Division
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with
AEL Limassol
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after leaving the
Algarve
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due to unpaid wages and, subsequently, from the age of 28 until his retirement, he played mostly in the Portuguese amateur leagues, with a brief spell in the Andorran
Primera Divisió
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as well.
International career
On 11 September 2007, Targino won his first
cap
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for
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Paulo Machado
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Formed at Porto, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 103 matches and eight goals over five seasons, ...
early into the second half of an eventual 4–0 win against
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