Tiago Silva

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Tiago Silva
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Silva dos Santos
Date of birth	4 April 1979
Place of birth	Rio Taquari, Brazil
Height	1.82m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	PFC CSKA Sofia
Number	27
Youth clubs
1990-1998	Juventude
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2005-	Palmeiras Portuguesa PFC Litex PFC CSKA Sofia	30 (0) 23 (2) 75 (4) 39 (7)
National team2
1996-1998 2006	Brazil U-20 Bulgaria	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 1, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 31, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Tiago Silva dos Santos (born April 4, 1979 in Rio Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian footballer with a Bulgarian passport.

He currently playing for CSKA Sofia as a defender.

[edit] Football career

He joined CSKA Sofia from PFC Litex Lovech in 2005. He has also previously played for Palmeiras, with whom he has won the Copa Mercosur and Copa Libertadores trophies.

In January 2007, he is undergoing a two-week trial period at A.S. Roma and is to sign with the club if approved.[1]

[edit] International career

He made one appearance in Bulgaria national football team against Turkey in friendlies, in a 3-1 win on 17 August 2006.

However, Tiago Silva had already been capped for the Brazilian Youth team in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, so FIFA cancelled the request for a change nationality. [2]

He still can call-up by Brazil national football team.

[edit] External links

• (Portuguese) Brazilian FA database

PFC CSKA Sofia - Current Squad
1 Kovačević | 3 Tunchev | 4 Morales | 5 Kotev | 7 Sakaliev | 8 Dimitrov | 10 Georgi Iliev | 11 Dah Zadi | 12 Ivaylo Petrov | 14 Valentin Iliev | 15 Robert Petrov | 16 Branekov | 17 Yordanov | 18 Petre | 19 Trică | 20 Yurukov | 21 Udoji | 22 Pirgov | 23 Kabous | 24 Alexandrov | 25 Ivanov | 26 Chipev | 27 Tiago | 28 Piţurcă | 30 Todorov | 77 Furtado | Manager: Mladenov