Marco Tiago

Marco Tiago Faustino (born 23 March 1984), known as Tiago, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a left back.

Marco Tiago
Personal information
Full name Marco Tiago Faustino
Date of birth (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Grêmio 0 (0)
2006 Ipatinga 8 (0)
2006 Estrela do Norte 14 (0)
2006–2007 Feirense 14 (2)
2007–2008 Chaves 23 (4)
2008–2009 Estoril 6 (1)
2009–2010 Freamunde 23 (4)
2010–2011 Cherno More 22 (2)
2011 Portimonense 2 (0)
2012 Pelotas 10 (3)
2012 Juventude 0 (0)
2013 Villa Nova 6 (0)
2013 Treze 5 (0)
2014 ASA 9 (1)
2014 Icasa 2 (0)
2015 Mamoré 4 (1)
2015 CSA 5 (0)
2015 Villa Nova 4 (0)
2016 Uberlândia 10 (1)
2016 Comercial
2017–2018 Cascavel 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Tiago began his professional career at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, but never broke into the first team. Subsequently, he represented Ipatinga Futebol Clube and amateurs Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube in his homeland, moving to Portugal in 2006.

During his first spell in the country, Tiago played in three Segunda Liga seasons, successively appearing for C.D. Feirense, G.D. Chaves, G.D. Estoril Praia and S.C. Freamunde. His best individual output came in 2009–10, when he scored four goals in 23 games for the latter club, helping it to the 12th place.

Tiago joined PFC Cherno More Varna in Bulgaria on 27 May 2010, on a free transfer.[1] He marked his First Professional Football League debut with a goal, in a 2–1 win against PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad on 31 July; on 14 November he scored his second league goal of the campaign, opening the scoring in a 3–0 home victory over PFC Minyor Pernik.

After leaving the Eastern Europe nation, and following a very brief spell in Portugal, Tiago spent the vast majority of his career in his country's lower leagues. He made his professional debut in Brazil in 2014 at the age of 30, with Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa in the Série B.

References
  1. Petrov, Nedko (17 June 2010). "Черно море взе бразилеца Тиаго" [Cherno More gets Brazilian Tiago] (in Bulgarian). 7 Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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