Tiago Silva

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For other persons of the same name, see Tiago Treichel Moraes da Silva.

Personal information
Tiago Silva
Full name	Tiago Silva dos Santos
Date of birth	April 4, 1979 (1979-04-04) (age 29)
Place of birth	Rio Taquari, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Genk
Youth clubs
1990-1998	Juventude
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2005-2007 2007-2008	Palmeiras Portuguesa PFC Litex PFC CSKA Sofia Genk	30 (0) 23 (2) 75 (4) 54 (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 is currently playing for Genk 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 was undergoing a two-week trial period at A.S. Roma and was to sign with the club if approved.[1]

Last month he was frequently connected to Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, before signing a 3-year contract with Belgian First Division Club Racing Genk on July 18th.

[edit] International career

He made one appearance in Bulgaria national football team against Turkey in friendlies, in a 3-1 win on 17 August 2005.

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 of nationality. [2]

He still can be call-up by Brazil national football team despite his dual Brazilian-Bulgarian nationality.