| Tiago Alves | |
| Fullname: | Tiago Alves Sales |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1993 |
| Birth Place: | São João do Araguaia, Brazil |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Tokushima Vortis |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2014 |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Boa Esporte (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | → América Mineiro (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2014 |
| Clubs4: | → Penapolense (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | → Paraná (loan) |
| Caps5: | 26 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs6: | Penapolense |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2015 |
| Clubs7: | → Pohang Steelers (loan) |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 2016 |
| Clubs8: | → Seongnam FC (loan) |
| Caps8: | 19 |
| Goals8: | 13 |
| Years9: | 2016–2018 |
| Caps9: | 10 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Clubs10: | → Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) |
| Caps10: | 17 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Years11: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps11: | 20 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 2019 |
| Clubs12: | → Sagan Tosu (loan) |
| Caps12: | 4 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2020 |
| Caps13: | 13 |
| Goals13: | 3 |
| Years14: | 2021 |
| Caps14: | 17 |
| Goals14: | 2 |
| Years15: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps15: | 61 |
| Goals15: | 22 |
| Years16: | 2024– |
| Caps16: | 9 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22:16, 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
Tiago Alves Sales, known as Tiago Alves (pronounced as /pt-BR/; born 12 January 1993), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Tokushima Vortis.
Born in São João do Araguaia, Pará, Tiago Alves graduated from Santos' youth setup. He made his professional debut on 2 February 2011, coming on as a second half substitute for Keirrison in a 2–2 away draw against Ponte Preta for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 27 March 2011, in the 3–2 away victory against Ituano.
On 16 May 2012 Tiago Alves was loaned to Série B club Boa Esporte,[2] but returned to his parent club only three months later. On 3 December 2012, he was loaned to América Mineiro until the end of 2013 season.[3]
Tiago Alves was subsequently loaned to Penapolense and Paraná, only appearing regularly with the latter. On 4 January 2015 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for K League 1 side Pohang Steelers.[4]
Tiago Alves made his debut for the club on 15 March, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his side's second in a 2–4 home loss against Ulsan Hyundai FC.
At the beginning of 2016, Tiago was loaned to Seongnam FC. He scored 13 goals and offered 5 assists to keep Seongnam in the K League 1.
On 1 August 2016, Thiago Alves transferred to Al-Hilal FC, signing a 3 year contract for an undisclosed fee.
In March 2017 Shimizu S-Pulse announced the signing of Tiago Alves on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal.[5]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Santos | 2011 | Série A | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Boa Esporte (loan) | 2012 | Série B | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| América-MG (loan) | 2013 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Penapolense (loan) | 2014 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Paraná (loan) | 2014 | Série B | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 6 | ||||||
| Pohang Steelers | 2015 | K League Classic | 25 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Seongnam FC | 2016 | 19 | 13 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 13 | ||||||
| Al-Hilal | 2016–17 | Saudi Professional League | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2017 | J1 League | 17 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 1[6] | 0 | — | — | 21 | 5 | ||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2018 | K League 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4[7] | 1 | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |||
| Sagan Tosu (loan) | 2019 | J1 League | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Sagan Tosu | 2020 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 2021 | 17 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[8] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| Fagiano Okayama | 2022 | J2 League | 34 | 16 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[9] | 0 | 36 | 16 | ||||
| Career total | 214 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 258 | 57 | |||