Tiago Cintra

Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra (born 5 July 1989) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Cintra.
Tiago Cintra
Personal information
Full name Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989[1]
Place of birth Matosinhos, Portugal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–2000 Futsal
2000–2006 Leixões
2006–2008 Porto
2006–2007 → Leixões (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Leixões 37 (3)
2008–2009 → Amarante (loan) 29 (10)
2012–2014 Beira-Mar 31 (4)
2013 → Aves (loan) 13 (1)
2014–2015 Freamunde 14 (1)
2015–2016 Varzim B 19 (7)
2016–2017 Pinhalnovense 14 (2)
2017–2018 Leixões B 8 (2)
2018–2019 Pedras Rubras 21 (1)
2019–2020 Maia Lidador 6 (0)
2021–2022 Grijó
International career
2006 Portugal U17 7 (4)
2006–2007 Portugal U18 9 (2)
2009 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:52, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Porto metropolitan area, Cintra played futsal before spending most of his youth career with hometown club Leixões SC, while also having a spell FC Porto. Loaned to Amarante F.C. of the third division in the 2008–09 season, he made his senior debut.[2]

Cintra played 17 times and scored once[3] in the Primeira Liga in the 2009–10 campaign, as Leixões were relegated. A year later, he moved to S.C. Beira-Mar also in the top flight, where he was a fringe player for his first two seasons and was loaned to Segunda Liga side C.D. Aves in January 2013.[4]

In July 2014, Cintra signed a one-year deal with second-division S.C. Freamunde.[5] Both he and fellow unemployed player Tiago Terroso were taken on by Varzim S.C. in November 2015, to play in the reserve team in the third tier.[6] He later represented in that league C.D. Pinhalnovense and F.C. Pedras Rubras, as well as Leixões' reserves in amateur football.[7]

International career

Cintra won one cap for Portugal at under-21 level, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute in the 1–0 away loss against England for the 2011 UEFA European Championship qualifiers on 13 November 2009.[8]

References
  1. "Tiago Cintra" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. "Leixões: Pouga chega por empréstimo do Sevilha" [Leixões: Pouga arrives on loan from Sevilla] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. "Leixões e Olhanense empatam" [Leixões and Olhanense draw] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. "Aves garante empréstimo de Tiago Cintra" [Aves confirm loan of Tiago Cintra]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. Carvalho, Miguel (23 July 2014). "Tiago Cintra e Djo Djo reforçam ataque do Freamunde" [Tiago Cintra and Djo Djo bolster Freamunde's attack] (in Portuguese). Tâmega Sousa. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. "Varzim anuncia Tiago Cintra e Tiago Terroso" [Varzim announce Tiago Cintra and Tiago Terroso] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. Cunha, Pedro Jorge (4 September 2018). "Entrevista a Tiago Cintra: "Autodestruí-me no futebol"" [Interview to Tiago Cintra: "I self-destroyed in football"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. Saffer, Paul (13 November 2009). "Rose the thorn in Portugal's side". UEFA. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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