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Tiago Rodrigues
	Rodrigues with CSKA Sofia in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Filipe Sousa Nóbrega Rodrigues
Date of birth	29 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Vila Real, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Penafiel
Number	20
Youth career
2000–2006	Diogo Cão
2006–2008	Sporting CP
2008–2011	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2013	Vitória Guimarães
2011–2012	→ Amarante (loan)
2012–2013	Vitória Guimarães B
2013–2017	Porto
2013–2014	Porto B
2013–2014	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)
2015	→ Nacional (loan)
2015–2016	→ Marítimo (loan)
2016–2017	→ Nacional (loan)
2017–2021	CSKA Sofia
2021–2022	Al-Hazem
2022	Ufa
2023–2024	Gençlerbirliği
2024–	Penafiel
International career
2009–2010	Portugal U18
2010–2011	Portugal U19
2012–2013	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2025

Tiago Filipe Sousa Nóbrega Rodrigues (born 29 January 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Penafiel.

Club career

Born in Vila Real, Vila Real District, Rodrigues played youth football with three clubs, including Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães.^[2] Loaned by the latter, he made his senior debut with Amarante F.C. in the third division.^[3]

Returned to the Minho side for 2012–13, Rodrigues initially represented both the A and B teams, the latter competing in the Segunda Liga. He made his Primeira Liga debut for the former on 21 September 2012, playing the second half in the 1–0 away win against Moreirense FC.^[4] He also featured the full 90 minutes in that season's Taça de Portugal final, a 2–1 victory over S.L. Benfica which was Vitória's first-ever win in the tournament.^[5]

On 16 April 2013, before the campaign was over, Rodrigues agreed to join FC Porto on 1 July, moving alongside teammate Ricardo.^[6] He never represented the first team in competitive games, going on to appear for their reserves as well as being loaned to Guimarães,^[7] C.D. Nacional (twice)^[8] and C.S. Marítimo.^[9]

Rodrigues signed a two-year deal with Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia on 1 July 2017.^[10] On 14 January 2019, he extended his contract until June 2022;^[11] he eventually became the highest-scoring foreign player (alongside Fernando Karanga) in The Eternal Derby, totalling three goals.^[12]

Rodrigues continued playing abroad the following seasons, with Al-Hazem F.C. in the Saudi Professional League^[13] and FC Ufa in the Russian Premier League.^[14] On 5 January 2023, he joined TFF First League side Gençlerbirliği S.K. on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[15]

In August 2024, Rodrigues returned to Portugal seven years after leaving, agreeing to a one-year contract at second-tier F.C. Penafiel.^[16]

Career statistics

As of 7 January 2022^[17]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória Guimarães	Primeira Liga	2011–12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amarante (loan)	Segunda Divisão	2011–12	17	3	0	0	–		0	0	17	3
Vitória Guimarães B (loan)	Segunda Liga	2012–13	17	3	–		–		–		17	3
Vitória Guimarães	Primeira Liga	2012–13	20	4	4	0	–		1	0	25	4
Porto	Primeira Liga	2013–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Porto B (loan)	Segunda Liga	2013–14	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
Vitória Guimarães (loan)	Primeira Liga	2013–14	21	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	27	2
Porto B (loan)	Segunda Liga	2014–15	13	2	–		–		–		13	2
Nacional (loan)	Primeira Liga	2014–15	18	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	22	4
Marítimo (loan)		2015–16	18	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	23	3
Nacional (loan)		2016–17	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
CSKA Sofia	First League	2017–18	34	9	3	0	–		–		37	9
		2018–19	33	8	2	0	5	1	–		40	9
		2019–20	24	8	5	0	3	1	–		32	9
		2020–21	27	3	6	1	10	3	–		43	7
	Total		118	28	16	1	18	5	0	0	152	34
Al-Hazem	Saudi Professional League	2021–22	16	1	1	0	–		–		17	1
Career total			268	52	21	1	22	5	7	2	321	56

¹ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

² Includes Taça da Liga, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães

Taça de Portugal: 2012–13^[5]

CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian Cup: 2020–21^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tiago Rodrigues" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Tiago Rodrigues já passou pelo Sporting" [Tiago Rodrigues has already had Sporting spell]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Equipa B do Vitória avança com decisões no plantel" [Vitória B-team moving forward with squad decisions] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Moreirense 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães (Final)" [Moreirense 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães (End)] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Guimarães claim famous cup win". PortuGOAL. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ "Ricardo e Tiago Rodrigues reforçam dragões" [Ricardo and Tiago Rodrigues strengthen dragons]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ Ruela, João (3 September 2013). "Abdoulaye e Tiago Rodrigues emprestados ao Vitória" [Abdoulaye e Tiago Rodrigues loaned to Vitória]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ Freitas, Marco (7 June 2016). "FC Porto volta a emprestar Tiago Rodrigues" [FC Porto loan Tiago Rodrigues again]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "Tiago Rodrigues reforça Marítimo" [Tiago Rodrigues bolsters Marítimo]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "ЦСКА подписа и с Тиаго Родригес" [CSKA also signed with Tiago Rodrigues] (in Bulgarian). CSKA Sofia. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ "Тиаго продължи договора си с клуба" [Tiago extended his contract with the club] (in Bulgarian). CSKA Sofia. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "Чужденците на ЦСКА по-резултатни от тези на Левски във Вечното дерби" [CSKA's foreigners better than Levski's in The Eternal Derby] (in Bulgarian). First Professional Football League. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Al-Hazem de Hélder Cristóvão continua sem vencer na Liga saudita" [Hélder Cristóvão's Al-Hazem still winless in Saudi League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Тьяго Родригес, добро пожаловать в ФК "Уфа"!" [Tiago Rodrigues, welcome to FC Ufa!] (in Russian). FC Ufa. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "Kırmızı Karalarımızdan Bir Golcü Bir Orta Saha Transferi" [Our new red-and-black, attack and midfield additions] (in Turkish). Gençlerbirliği S.K. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Marques dos Santos, Pedro (6 August 2024). "Oficial: Tiago Rodrigues apresentado no Penafiel" [Official: Tiago Rodrigues presented at Penafiel]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ Tiago Rodrigues at Soccerway
^ "Tiago Rodrigues conquista Taça da Bulgária" [Tiago Rodrigues conquers Bulgarian Cup] (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Jogadores. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.