Rodrigo Bonifácio da Rocha (born 4 December 1985 in

Taboão da Serra Taboão da Serra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 293,652 (2020 est.) in an area of 20.39 km². It is the second smallest city in area in the Sã ...

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), nicknamed Tiuí, is a Brazilian

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who plays for Clube Atlético Barra da Tijuca as a forward.

Football career

At Fluminense FC, Tiuí broke into the first team at the age of 18. In his first full season, he scored five goals in 18 Série A appearances, but only managed to find the net on three occasions the following campaign, having appeared in 29 league matches. In 2006, Tiuí went on loan to Esporte Clube Noroeste from the Série C. He had another loan spell the same year with

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, thus returning to the top level. Tiuí signed with

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in January 2008, with the club buying half of the player's rights from C.A. Rentistas (his rights were in fact held by an investing company). His debut for the ''Lions'' came on 3 February in a 0–1 away loss to C.F. Os Belenenses; in one rare start, in the Portuguese classic against S.L. Benfica at home, he provided the assist in

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's goal as the

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finished 1–1 at the '' Estádio José Alvalade''. Tiuí scored his only

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goal on 11 May 2008, against Boavista F.C. for the season's last matchday, with the 2–1 home win guaranteeing the second place and a direct qualifying position for the

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. A week later, he came from the bench at the beginning of

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to net twice in the team's 2–0 final victory over

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for the

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. After an unassuming 2008–09 – only five matches in 79 minutes of play – Sporting exchanged 50% of its rights on Tiuí for the remaining 50% of Pedro Silva. On 20 September, the former signed a three-month contract with Clube Atlético Paranaense and, in January of the following year, the

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ans loaned him to Clube Atlético Goianiense; in August, he left for Russia's FC Terek Grozny in a 3+2 deal. From then onwards, Tiuí competed in several levels of Brazilian football, with little impact. He also played in Japan, joining

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in early 2015 and switching to Fukushima United FC the following year.

Honours

Sporting *

: 2007–08 *

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Atlético Goianiense * Campeonato Goiano: 2010

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiui, Rodrigo 1985 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Fluminense FC players Esporte Clube Noroeste players Santos FC players Club Athletico Paranaense players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Brasiliense Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Russian Premier League players FC Akhmat Grozny players J2 League players J3 League players FC Gifu players Fukushima United FC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan