Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos (born 17 January 1991), known as Soares or Tiquinho, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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. Having only played in the lower leagues of his homeland, he moved to Portugal aged 23. He played 155 Primeira Liga games for

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and

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, scoring 64 goals and winning two league titles with the last of those clubs.

Club career

Brazil

Born in

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, but raised in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Soares started his career with Palmeiras FC das Rocas. After impressing with the side he moved to

América Futebol Clube (RN) América Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as América de Natal, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 14 July 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian fo ...

in 2009, initially assigned to the youth setup. Soares made his professional debut for the latter club on 14 August 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 Série B home loss against

Vila Nova Futebol Clube Vila Nova Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Vila Nova, is a Brazilian professional club based in Goiânia, Goiás founded on 29 July 1943. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as ...

. He only appeared in one further match in the championship, before being released on 3 September of that year. Soares subsequently represented

Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo da Paraíba, Botafogo-PB or simply Botafogo is a Brazilian professional club based in João Pessoa, Paraíba founded on 28 September 1931. Botafogo is the top ranked team from Paraíba ...

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, Centro Sportivo Paraibano, , ,

Cerâmica Atlético Clube Cerâmica Atlético Clube, usually known as simply as Cerâmica, is a Brazilian football club from Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul state, founded by the workers of the Ceramic of Gravataí. They competed in the Série D once. History On April 19 ...

Treze Futebol Clube Treze Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Campina Grande in Paraíba, founded on September 7, 1925. Historically, the club has competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times. Recently, the club has competed only in ...

, Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural,

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and Lucena Sport Clube.

Nacional

On 27 January 2015, Soares moved abroad for the first time in his career after signing with Primeira Liga side C.D. Nacional, still owned by CSP. He made his debut for the club on 21 February, replacing Lucas João in a 3–1 away loss against

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. Soares scored his first goal abroad on 20 April 2015, equalising the 1–1

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. The following 20 March, he scored a brace in a 3–2 home win over

Vitória Guimarães

On 25 May 2016, Soares signed for Vitória de Guimarães. He made his debut for his new team on 14 August, starting in a 1–0 home loss to Braga, and scored his first goal 12 days later in a 5–3 win against

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

also at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, through a

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. On 4 November 2016, Soares scored a double in a 2–1 home defeat of former club Nacional. He finished his spell in Minho with 22 official appearances and nine goals.

Porto

On 23 January 2017, Soares signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with FC Porto, with a

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40 million clause. His first match took place on 4 February, when he started and netted twice in a 2–1 home victory over

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. Soares made his

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debut on 22 February 2017, starting in a 2–0 home loss to

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in the

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. In his first full season, he scored eight goals from 24 games to help the club to win the national championship after a five-year wait. Soares was not initially included in the 2018–19 Champions League squad by manager

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, due to injury. On 18 January 2019, he put three past

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in a 4–1 away victory, his tally of 15 over the campaign eventually being the best for Porto and fourth-best in the league. On 25 May he opened the scoring in

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of the

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and also converted his team's first shot in the

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after the 2–2 draw, but Sporting were victorious; he dedicated his goal to

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Iker Casillas, who had suffered a

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weeks earlier. On 27 February 2020, Soares was

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for the first time in his career as the side lost 3–1 at home to Bayer 04 Leverkusen (5–2 aggregate) in the last 32 of the

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, for elbowing Jonathan Tah in the face.

Tianjin TEDA

Soares moved to the

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in September 2020, agreeing to a three-year and three-month deal at

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. The transfer fee was estimated at around €10 million, as was his total salary.

Olympiacos

On 31 May 2021, Soares joined

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of the Super League Greece on a three-year contract. On 22 September, he scored twice in a 4–1 home win against Apollon Smyrnis FC. On 22 December, he repeated the feat in the 2–0 defeat of Levadiakos F.C. in the

of the

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, following assists from

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Botafogo

Soares returned to Brazil in August 2022 after seven years, with the 31-year-old signing for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.

Career statistics

Honours

Botafogo-PB *

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: 2010 CSP *Campeonato Paraibano: 2012 Lucena *Campeonato Paraibano Segunda Divisão: 2014 Porto * Primeira Liga: 2017–18, 2019–20 *

: 2019–20 *

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Olympiacos * Super League Greece: 2021–22

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soares, Tiquinho 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Paraíba Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players Centro Sportivo Paraibano players Cerâmica Atlético Clube players Treze Futebol Clube players Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural players Esporte Clube Pelotas players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Primeira Liga players C.D. Nacional players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto players Chinese Super League players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Super League Greece players Olympiacos F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece