Tiago Manuel Oliveira Mesquita (born 23 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 3 club Lusitânia.

Club career

Mesquita was born in Ribeirão,

Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão () is a Portuguese town with a population of approximately 133,048 inhabitants () in an area of 201,59 km2, subdivided into 49 parishes (Administrative Division of 11 Unions of Parishes and 23 Parish Councils,). Insert ...

. After emerging through

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's youth academy, he made his professional debut with hometown side G.D. Ribeirão in the 2007–08 season, in the third division. In the summer of 2009, having appeared in only 16 matches with the main squad over the course of two seasons, Mesquita signed – not yet aged 19 – with

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in Spain, playing in the same level. In his

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, he took part in less than half of the league matches as the

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failed to regain their lost status of the previous campaign. Mesquita returned to his country in the 2011 off-season, joining

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of Segunda Liga. Two years later, he signed with his very first club Trofense in the same tier, and he split 2014–15 between the second and third divisions, with Ribeirão and

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. On 17 June 2015, Mesquita moved to

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. He made his

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debut on 20 September, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away win against Académica de Coimbra. Three years later, he joined C.D. Feirense of the same league on a two-year contract. Until his retirement, Mesquita represented Académico de Viseu FC (second tier) and

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( Liga 3).

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