Bruno Tiago Fernandes Andrade (born 1 April 1981), known as Bruno Tiago, is a Portuguese former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. Following two seasons in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

with

Gil Vicente Gil Vicente (; c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often refe ...

and unassuming experiences in Spain, he retired still in his 20s due to injury.

Club career

Bruno Tiago was born in

Santo Tirso Santo Tirso () is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry. The population in 2021 was 67,709, in ...

Porto District The Districts of Portugal, District of Porto ( ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro (district), Aveiro and Viseu (distric ...

. Having grown through the ranks of

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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 * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

, he moved to Spain in 2000–01, joining

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

club

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

where he would remain two and a half seasons (with a loan to lowly

Real Ávila CF Real Ávila Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ávila, Spain, Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Esta ...

in between), without any impact. Bruno Tiago returned to Portugal in January 2003 where, after a stint with S.C. Dragões Sandinenses, he signed a three-year contract with Gil Vicente F.C. for the 2004–05 campaign. He made his

debut on 28 August 2004 in a 3–2 away loss against

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, and finished his first year with 25 league appearances. In June 2007, Bruno Tiago joined Vitória's neighbours

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. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

. He broke his leg one week into pre-season, being ruled out for the season's duration; following a two-year spell on the sidelines, he was forced to retire from the game at only 28.

International career

Bruno Tiago appeared in two editions of the

Toulon Tournament The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the ''Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello''), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a Association football, football tournament, which traditionally features invit ...

with the Portugal under-20 team, winning the 2001 edition.Torneio Toulon (Final): PORTUGAL-COLÔMBIA, 2–1 (Postiga 5m, Ricardo Costa 52m; Valdés 27m [gp]) Toulon Tournament (Final): PORTUGAL-COLOMBIA, 2–1 (Postiga 5m, Ricardo Costa 52m; Valdés 27m [pk]))
Record, 2 June 2001 (in Portuguese)

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