Tiago Cintra

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Cintra.
Tiago Cintra
Personal information
Full name Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Matosinhos, Portugal[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–2000 Futsal
2000–2006 Leixões
2006–2008 Porto
2006–2007 → Leixões (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Leixões 37 (3)
2008–2009 → Amarante (loan) 29 (10)
2012–2014 Beira-Mar 31 (4)
2013 → Aves (loan) 13 (1)
2014–2015 Freamunde 14 (1)
2015–2016 Varzim B 19 (7)
2016–2017 Pinhalnovense 14 (2)
2017–2018 Leixões B 8 (2)
2018–2019 Pedras Rubras 21 (1)
2019–2020 Maia Lidador 6 (0)
2021–2022 Grijó
International career
2006 Portugal U17 7 (4)
2006–2007 Portugal U18 9 (2)
2009 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:52, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra (born 5 July 1989) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Porto metropolitan area, Cintra played futsal before spending most of his youth career with hometown club Leixões SC, while also having a spell FC Porto. Loaned to Amarante F.C. of the third division in the 2008–09 season, he made his senior debut.[2]

Cintra played 17 times and scored once[3] in the Primeira Liga in the 2009–10 campaign, as Leixões were relegated. A year later, he moved to S.C. Beira-Mar also in the top flight, where he was a fringe player for his first two seasons and was loaned to Segunda Liga side C.D. Aves in January 2013.[4]

In July 2014, Cintra signed a one-year deal with second-division S.C. Freamunde.[5] Both he and fellow unemployed player Tiago Terroso were taken on by Varzim S.C. in November 2015, to play in the reserve team in the third tier.[6] He later represented in that league C.D. Pinhalnovense and F.C. Pedras Rubras, as well as Leixões' reserves in amateur football.[7]

International career

Cintra won one cap for Portugal at under-21 level, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute in the 1–0 away loss against England for the 2011 UEFA European Championship qualifiers on 13 November 2009.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tiago Cintra" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Leixões: Pouga chega por empréstimo do Sevilha" [Leixões: Pouga arrives on loan from Sevilla] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Leixões e Olhanense empatam" [Leixões and Olhanense draw] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Aves garante empréstimo de Tiago Cintra" [Aves confirm loan of Tiago Cintra]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ Carvalho, Miguel (23 July 2014). "Tiago Cintra e Djo Djo reforçam ataque do Freamunde" [Tiago Cintra and Djo Djo bolster Freamunde's attack] (in Portuguese). Tâmega Sousa. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Varzim anuncia Tiago Cintra e Tiago Terroso" [Varzim announce Tiago Cintra and Tiago Terroso] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ Cunha, Pedro Jorge (4 September 2018). "Entrevista a Tiago Cintra: "Autodestruí-me no futebol"" [Interview to Tiago Cintra: "I self-destroyed in football"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. ^ Saffer, Paul (13 November 2009). "Rose the thorn in Portugal's side". UEFA. Retrieved 4 February 2020.