Thiago Alberto Constância (born 21 December 1984) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He was also known as Thiagão in his early career.

Playing career

Born in

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, Thiago left for

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in 2005. In June 2005 he signed a 3-year contract with Cabofriense. He played once for the club at

2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C In 2005, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was composed of five rounds. In the first one, the 64 teams were divided in 16 groups of 4 teams each. Teams in each group played against each other in home and away games. The two best ranked teams of e ...

, on 28 August 2005. He replaced Tenório at half time. The match Cabofriense won

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1–0. He failed to make any appearances in

2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 63 clubs, four of which eventually qualified to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, second division to be contested in 2007 Campeonato Brasile ...

. In August 2006, Thiago returned to

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, signed a -year contract with

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino () is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the highest level ...

. That calendar year Bragantino failed to qualify for national league and participated in 2006 Copa FPF. In October 2006 he completed a transfer to

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n side

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier o ...

along with Nadson José Ferreira. In June 2008 he left for

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n club

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, reported cost €450,000. In October 2010, Thiago moved to

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for Karpaty Lviv, signed a 3-year contract, re-joined Aleh Konanaw, former assistant coach of Sheriff. In late September 2012, Thiago joined

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side Sun Pegasus. He played 6 games and scored 2 goals for the club. In 2013, Thiago joined

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to play the second half of the

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. He played 6 games and scored 2 goals for the club.

Honours

Copa Paulista de Futebol The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

: 2006 (Bragantino) *

Moldovan National Division The Moldovan Liga, officially known as Liga 7777.md for sponsorship reasons, is an association football league that is the top division of Football in Moldova, Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when Moldov ...

: 2007, 2008 *

Moldovan Cup Cupa Moldovei (), officially known as Cupa Orange Group, Orange for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Finals Th ...

: 2008 *

Moldovan Super Cup The Moldovan Super Cup () is the national football (soccer), football super cup competition in Moldova, officially having the winners of the previous season's Moldovan Liga and Moldovan Cup face-off against each other. In case when the national cu ...

: 2007

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