Tiago Valente

Tiago Valente
Personal information
Full name Tiago Carlos Morais Valente
Date of birth (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
Place of birth Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Varzim
Youth career
1993–2004 Paços Ferreira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Paços Ferreira 24 (1)
2005–2006 → Gondomar (loan) 31 (1)
2009 → Aves (loan) 11 (1)
2009–2012 Aves 85 (3)
2012–2014 Paços Ferreira 50 (2)
2014–2016 Lechia Gdańsk 12 (0)
2015 → Penafiel (loan) 13 (0)
2016 Vitória Setúbal 7 (0)
2016–2017 Aves 27 (2)
2017– Varzim
National team
2005–2006 Portugal U20 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.

Tiago Carlos Morais Valente (born 24 April 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Varzim S.C. as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança District, Valente started playing football with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, joining the club's youth system at the age of only eight and being promoted to the first team in 2004, making 16 Primeira Liga appearances with two goals during his first season. For the 2005–06 campaign, he was loaned to second division team Gondomar SC, subsequently returning to Paços.

In January 2008, Valente was linked with a move to English Football League Championship side Charlton Athletic for a reported fee of £1.5 million, but nothing came of it. In the same month of the following year, he was loaned to C.D. Aves until the end of the season, and the move was made permanent in July 2009.

In June 2012, after three full seasons in the second level, playing all the games and minutes in 2011–12 to help his team finish in third position, narrowly missing out on promotion, Valente returned to Paços de Ferreira for a second spell.

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