Tiago Jonas Explained

Tiago Jonas
Fullname:Tiago Jonas Ferraz Rodrigues
Birth Date:1 December 1983
Birth Place:Porto, Portugal
Position:Centre-back
Youthyears1:1993–1997
Youthyears2:1997–2002
Youthclubs1:Porto
Youthclubs2:Infesta
Years1:2002–2005
Years2:2005–2007
Years3:2008–2009
Years4:2009–2011
Years5:2011
Years6:2011–2012
Years7:2012–2013
Clubs3:Cinfães
Clubs4:Académico Viseu
Clubs5:Infesta
Clubs6:Cinfães
Clubs7:Infesta
Caps1:60
Caps2:32
Caps3:35
Caps4:57
Caps5:3
Caps6:4
Caps7:18
Totalcaps:209
Goals1:4
Goals2:0
Goals3:3
Goals4:6
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:1
Totalgoals:14

Tiago Jonas Ferraz Rodrigues (born 1 December 1983), known as Jonas, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Jonas was born in Porto. In his country, he never competed in higher than the third division. On 15 June 2005, the free agent joined Scottish Premier League side Falkirk alongside his compatriot Vítor Lima, being discovered by the club's player-coach Russell Latapy who had spent several seasons in Portugal as a player.[1] He made his official debut on 6 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Livingston.[2]

On 29 May 2006, Jonas was awarded a new one-year contract with the Bairns, having taken part in 37 competitive games in his first season.[3] He would never appear, however, for the first team again, leaving in December 2007 and returning to Portugal.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/4095878.stm Falkirk move for Portuguese pair
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/4748397.stm Livingston 0–2 Falkirk
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/5027406.stm Falkirk give Tiago a new contract
  4. https://fcinfesta.com/futebol-ricardo-pinto-fecha-o-plantel/ Futebol: Ricardo Pinto fecha o plantel (Football: Ricardo Pinto completes squad)