| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thiago Heleno Henrique Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | August 17, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sete Lagoas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Palmeiras | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Cruzeiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 | Cruzeiro | 89 | (4) |
| 2010– | Deportivo Maldonado | ||
| 2010 | → Corinthians (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2011– | → Palmeiras (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U-17 | ||
| 2007 | Brazil U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Thiago Heleno Henrique Ferreira, known as Thiago Heleno (born 17 August 1988 in Sete Lagoas), is a Brazilian central defender who plays for Palmeiras.
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Thiago Heleno was brought up from the Cruzeiro youth squad.
He made his professional debut in a 2–0 home win for Cruzeiro against Juventude in the Campeonato Brasileiro on May 7, 2006.[2]
Thiago Heleno scored his first professional goal for Cruzeiro against Fortaleza in a 2–0 away win on June 3, 2006.[3] In August 2010 he was sold to Deportivo Maldonado, a proxy club for investor and football agent.[4][5]
Thiago joined Corinthians on August 2010, but he failed to play regularly and ended up leaving the team at the end of the 2010 season.
He joined Palmeiras on January 2011.
Thiago Heleno is capped at Brazil U-17 level. With the Brazil Under-17 squad he won the 2005 South American Under 17 Football Championship.
He was also part of the Brazil U-20 squad. He was called up to play in the 2007 South American Youth Championship and was involved in six of the nine matches that Brazil had to compete in. He played every minute in the games he was involved in, except for the one against Paraguay, were he was substituted in the 81st minute. Thiago Heleno also played in the final, where Brazil won 2–0 against Colombia; Brazil won the cup for the 9th time in history.
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