Tiago Alves (footballer, born 1993)

Tiago Alves
Personal information
Full name Tiago Alves Sales
Date of birth (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993
Place of birth São João do Araguaia, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Jeju SK
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2011 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Santos 17 (1)
2012 → Boa Esporte (loan) 9 (1)
2013 → América Mineiro (loan) 13 (2)
2014 → Penapolense (loan) 5 (0)
2014 → Paraná (loan) 26 (6)
2015–2016 Penapolense 0 (0)
2015 → Pohang Steelers (loan) 25 (4)
2016 → Seongnam FC (loan) 19 (13)
2016–2018 Al-Hilal FC 10 (1)
2017 → Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) 17 (4)
2018–2019 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 20 (2)
2019 → Sagan Tosu (loan) 4 (0)
2020 Sagan Tosu 13 (3)
2021 Gamba Osaka 17 (2)
2022–2023 Fagiano Okayama 61 (22)
2024 Tokushima Vortis 19 (1)
2025 Uthai Thani 15 (2)
2025– Jeju SK 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025, 12:00 (UTC)

Tiago Alves Sales, known as Tiago Alves (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu ˈawvis]; born 12 January 1993), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club, Jeju SK.

Career

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 4–2 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 Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

In March 2017 Shimizu S-Pulse announced the signing of Tiago Alves on a season-long loan from Al Hilal.[5]

On 22 July 2025, Tiago Alves signed to K League 1 club, Jeju SK for mid 2025 season.

Career statistics

As of 21 September 2025.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2011 Série A 903100—00—121
2012 005000—00—50
Total 908100000000171
Boa Esporte (loan) 2012 Série B 91—————91
América-MG (loan) 2013 Série B 1122040———172
Penapolense (loan) 2014 Série D 0050————50
Paraná (loan) 2014 Série B 266—————266
Pohang Steelers 2015 K League Classic 254—10———264
Seongnam FC 2016 K League Classic 1913—10———2013
Al-Hilal 2016–17 Saudi Professional League 101—30———131
Shimizu S-Pulse 2017 J1 League 174—311[a]0——215
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2018 K League 1 182—10—4[b]1—233
2019 20—10—2[b]0—50
Total 2020020006100283
Sagan Tosu (loan) 2019 J1 League 40—100[a]0——50
Sagan Tosu 2020 J1 League 133——1[a]0——143
Gamba Osaka 2021 J1 League 172—300[a]00[b]01[c]0212
Fagiano Okayama 2022 J2 League 3416—10——1[d]03616
2023 276—10———286
Total 612200200000106422
Chapecoense 2024 Série B —90————90
Tokushima Vortis 2024 J2 League 191—00———191
Uthai Thani 2024–25 Thai League 1 152—22———174
Jeju SK 2025 K League 1 40—00———40
Career total 2816324122320612033568
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in J.League Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Japanese Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in J1 League Promotion Playoffs

References

  1. ↑ Ponte Preta 2–2 Santos
  2. ↑ "Santos FC acerta o empréstimo de três atletas para equipes que vão disputar a Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro". Santos FC Official web site.
  3. ↑ "Sem espaço, Tiago Alves é emprestado para o América-MG". Lancenet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ 포항, 전천후 공격수 티아고 영입...외국인 삼각편대 구성 완료 [Pohang, Tiago Alves attacking addition... Foreign comes to complete squad] (in Korean). Pohang Steelers' official website. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "S-Pulse sign striker Tiago Alves:J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Tiago Alves at Soccerway