Thiago Santana

Thiago Santos Santana (born 4 February 1993), known as Thiago Santana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse as a forward.

Club Career

Sao Carlos

Born in Serrinha, Bahia, Thiago Santana began his career with Sao Carlos, making his senior debuts in 2011 Campeonato Paulista Serie A3. In 2012, he moved to Internacional, returning to youth football.

On 13 February 2014 Thiago Santana joined Caxias. On 15 January of the following year he signed for Atletico Ibirama.

Thiago Santana was the club's top scorer in the year's Campeonato Catarinense (the second best overall), with ten goals. On 8 May 2015 he joined Serie A club Figueirense.

Thiago Santana made his debut in the main category of Brazilian football on 7 June 2015, starting and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over Palmeiras. The following January he was loaned to Nautico of the Campeonato Pernambucano, and was released in June before the Serie B season due to a poor scoring rate.

Vitoria Setubal

On 11 June 2016, Thiago Santana moved abroad for the first time when he signed for Vitoria de Setubal in Portugal's Primeira Liga. In 23 total games, he scored once to open a 2–0 win at Benfica Castelo Branco in the fourth round of the Taca de Portugal on 20 November.

Santa Clara

In June 2017, Thiago Santana moved to Santa Clara of the LigaPro. He scored 15 times in 33 games in his first season in the Azores as they won promotion as runners-up to Nacional; this put him behind only Ricardo Gomes and compatriot Carlos Vinicius in the overall top scorers. He scored his first goal in Portugal's top flight on 19 August 2018, starting a comeback from 0–3 down at half time to draw at home to Braga.

On 1 April 2019, Thiago Santana signed a new three-year deal with Santa Clara. He scored six times in the upcoming season as they retained their place in the league, including two on 5 June 2