Tadeu Antônio Ferreira (born 4 February 1992), simply known as Tadeu, is a Brazilian

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who plays for

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as a

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Club career

Coritiba

Born in

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, Tadeu was a

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

youth graduate, after joining the club at the age of 15. In February 2013, he was loaned to Tupi, and made his senior debut on 3 March by starting in a 1–1

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home draw against

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. Tadeu subsequently represented Junior Team and

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on loan before leaving ''Coxa'' in 2015, after his contract expired.

Ceará

On 7 January 2016, Tadeu agreed to a one-year deal with

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. He left the club in July, however, after making no official appearances.

Ferroviária

In late 2016, Tadeu was invited by a former personal coach to join Ferroviária, initially as a third-choice behind Matheus Nogueira and César. He shared the starting spot with Nogueira during his first full year, and later became an undisputed starter after Nogueira and César both left. Tadeu scored his first senior goal on 24 March 2018, netting his team's third through a

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in a 3–1 home defeat of

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for the

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championship; by doing so, he became the first goalkeeper to score a goal for Ferroviária in the club's history.

Loan to Oeste

On 6 April 2018, Tadeu agreed to a loan deal with Série B side Oeste until the end of the year. An immediate first-choice, he only missed one league match due to suspension as the club narrowly avoided relegation.

Goiás

Returning to ''AFE'' for the 2019 campaign, Tadeu was again a regular starter for the club before joining

of the Série A on 4 April 2019, on loan until December. He made his top tier debut on 28 April, starting in a 1–0 away defeat of

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. In December 2019, after being an undisputed starter for Goiás, Tadeu signed a permanent four-year contract with the club. On 6 April 2022, he further extended his link until 2026. On 12 August 2024, Tadeu once again made major headlines after scoring two goals from penalty kicks to seal a 2-1 comeback against EC Ceará. The feat made him to be the first goalkeeper in Brazilian football to score twice in the same match since Rogerio Ceni, to be the first goalkeeper to score twice in the Brazilian Série B, to be the first goalkeeper to score twice for Goiás EC and to become the club’s top scoring goalkeeper of all time.

Career statistics

List of goals scored

Following, is the list with the goals scored by Tadeu:

Honours

Coritiba *

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: 2013 Ferroviária *

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: 2017 Goiás *

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Individual

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Best XI:

References

External links

Goiás EC profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tadeu 1992 births Living people Footballers from Paraná (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Tupi Football Club players Maringá Futebol Clube players Ceará Sporting Club players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Oeste Futebol Clube players Goiás Esporte Clube players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen