Tiago André Coelho Lopes (born 25 July 1989), known as Rabiola, is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Rabiola was born in

Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...

. A product of

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Steven Vitória (b ...

' youth system, he made his professional debut in the 2006–07 season. He helped the club to return to the

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with five games and one goal, which came in a 6–0 home rout of

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

on 6 May 2007. Subsequently bought by

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

on a three-year contract, with an option for another two, Rabiola spent the first half of the 2007–08 campaign on loan to Vitória. He rarely appeared again, playing four matches for the eventual third-placed team and adding a goal as a late substitute against

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

. He returned to Porto in January 2008, but waited 15 months to make his first league appearance for them, playing one minute in the 2–0 home win over

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after having replaced Lisandro López. Rabiola was loaned again for 2009–10, now to

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

which had just returned to the top division. He alternated between the first and the second tiers the following years, representing

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

(two spells),

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

(where he seriously injured his knee) and

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

(originally signed to a four-and-a-half-year deal, he only appeared for the reserves during his spell). On 8 June 2015, after suffering relegation from the Primeira Liga with

F.C. Penafiel Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel. Brief history Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...

, Rabiola moved to Académica de Coimbra on a two-year contract. He scored only twice in his only season as his team met the same fate. The following summer, he joined

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 ...

in the same league, but missed the entire

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due to an

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injury and subsequently was not re-signed. Having not played a match for over two years, Rabiola dropped into the third tier for the first time in July 2018, signing for

F.C. Felgueiras 1932 Futebol Club de Felgueiras 1932 is an association football club based in Felgueiras, Porto District, Portugal founded in 2006 after F.C. Felgueiras ended in 2005 due to financial problems. They got promoted to play in the Liga 3 (Portugal), Li ...

. He scored 15 goals from 25 appearances in his first season, including a

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the following 17 March in the first half-hour of a 5–1 home defeat of

A.D. Limianos Associação Desportiva Os Limianos ''(abbreviated as AD Os Limianos)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Ponte de Lima in the district of Viana do Castelo. Background AD Os Limianos currently plays in the Segunda Divisão Série Norte, t ...

. On 20 January 2020, as leading goalscorer in Felgueiras' group, Rabiola transferred to

F.C. Vizela Futebol Clube de Vizela is a Portuguese football club based in Vizela, Braga District. Founded in 1939, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal Bwin, holding home games at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, with a capacity for 6,100 spect ...

, leaders of another group. On 8 June, he joined

AD Fafe Associação Desportiva de Fafe (abbreviated as AD Fafe) is a Portuguese football club based in Fafe in the district of Braga in northern Portugal. Background AD Fafe currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores – Série A whi ...

for the upcoming season.

International career

Rabiola won 26

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for Portugal in three youth age groups, and scored six goals. He made his debut for the under-21s on 4 June 2009, playing 33 minutes after replacing Braga's Yazalde in a 1–0 loss against

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in that year's

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Career statistics

Honours

Porto *

: 2008–09 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

: 2008–09

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabiola 1989 births Living people Footballers from Guimarães Portuguese footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto players S.C. Olhanense players C.D. Aves players C.D. Feirense players S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players F.C. Penafiel players Académica de Coimbra (football) players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players F.C. Felgueiras 1932 players F.C. Vizela players AD Fafe players AC Vila Meã players Ekstraklasa players Piast Gliwice players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland