Thiago

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Thiago
UEFA EURO qualifiers Sweden vs Spain 20191015 Thiago Alcantara 13.jpg
in the jersey of the national team (2019)
Personnel
Surname Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento
birthday April 11, 1991
place of birth San Pietro Vernotico ,  Italy
size 174 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1997-2000 Priegue CF
2000-2001 Kelme CF.
2001-2004 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
2004-2005 Ureca Nigrán
2005-2007 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2011 FC Barcelona B 54 0(3)
2009-2013 FC Barcelona 68 0(7)
2013– FC Bayern Munich 150 (17)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2008 Spain U17 8 0(5)
2009 Spain U18 1 0(1)
2009-2010 Spain U19 12 0(4)
2010-2013 Spain U21 23 0(6)
2011– Spain 37 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 6, 2020

2 As of November 15, 2019

Thiago ( Spanish Thiago Alcántara do Nascimento ; born April 11, 1991 in San Pietro Vernotico , Italy ) is a Spanish - Brazilian soccer player . After eight years at FC Barcelona , he has been under contract with FC Bayern Munich since 2013, with whom he won the triple of championship , cup and Champions League in 2020 . He has also been a Spanish national player since 2011 and previously played in various junior national teams.

Career

Youth and childhood

Thiago was born in 1991 as the son of the football player Mazinho , who became world champion with Brazil in 1994 , and the former Brazilian volleyball player Valéria Alcântara in San Pietro Vernotico, Italy, when his father was under contract with the Apulian club US Lecce . Thiago soon moved to Brazil with his father, where his younger brother Rafinha was born in São Paulo in 1993 , while the father worked for Palmeiras São Paulo . At the age of five, Thiago came to Spain, where his father had played for Celta Vigo since 1996 . He has Brazilian and Spanish citizenship.

Thiago spent most of his childhood in Spain and started playing soccer at Priegue CF near Vigo . In 2000 he moved to Kelme CF from the Valencian city ​​of Elche after his father signed a contract with FC Elche . A year later, Thiago went back to Brazil and joined Flamengo Rio de Janeiro , in whose youth department he played until 2004. He then worked for a year with Ureca Nigrán from Nigrán in Galicia , Spain , before being discovered by FC Barcelona and accepted into their famous youth academy La Masia in 2005.

FC Barcelona

After going through the youth teams of FC Barcelona, ​​he started in 2007 for FC Barcelona B , the club's second team. He made his debut in the first team on May 17, 2009 in the 2-1 defeat in the away game against RCD Mallorca . In the following season he was used in a league game: On February 20, 2010, he scored his first goal with the goal to make it 4-0 in the 84th minute in the home game against Racing Santander .

In the 2010/11 season , Thiago played 23 league games for Barcelona, ​​eleven for the second team in the Segunda División and twelve for the first team in the Primera División . In addition, he played a game for the Supercopa de España and a game in the Champions League in the 2-0 win against Rubin Kazan in the last group game on December 7, 2010 at Camp Nou .

At the end of the season, FC Barcelona extended his contract to 2015. In the two following seasons, Thiago played 27 of 38 league games and scored two goals each time.

FC Bayern Munich

Thiago during a training session on the grounds of FC Bayern Munich (2016)

Thiago's contract ( negotiated by Pep Guardiola's brother Pere) with FC Barcelona stipulated a transfer fee of 90 million euros should it be used in 60% of the games for at least 30 minutes. Otherwise, the fee decreased to 18 million euros. Since he did not reach the half hour in 15 of the 36 games, he was able to move to FC Bayern Munich for the 2013/14 season for a transfer fee of 25 million euros . His contract ran until June 30, 2017 and was extended to June 30, 2019 in August 2015.

He made his Bundesliga debut on August 17, 2013 in a 1-0 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt after substituting for Xherdan Shaqiri in the 65th minute of the game. On the following match day he made his home and starting debut for Bayern against Nuremberg , where he tore the syndesmosis tape and was out for three months. On November 23, 2013, Thiago made his comeback in Bayern's 3-0 away win against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga when he came on for Jérôme Boateng in the 64th minute . He gave the template to 2-0 by Arjen Robben . He scored his first goal for Bayern in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup final against Raja de Casablanca to make it 2-0. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on January 29, 2014 with a side pull to score a 2-1 winner in stoppage time in the away game against VfB Stuttgart . On February 2, 2014, he set a new Bundesliga record with 185 ball contacts in the 5-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. His team-mate Xabi Alonso surpassed this record on September 27, 2014 in a 2-0 away win against 1. FC Köln with 206 ball contacts.

During the Bundesliga match against TSG Hoffenheim on March 29, 2014, Thiago suffered a partial tear in his right knee. He started running on April 27, 2014. On May 12, 2014, he suffered another torn ligament in his right knee during team training, which meant that he missed the DFB Cup final and was also unable to participate in the World Cup . On October 14, 2014, he again suffered a partial rupture of the inner ligament in the same knee during team training, so that he was again out for a long time. On March 22, 2015, he was back in the squad for the first time. On April 4, 2015, he came on for Philipp Lahm in the 1-0 away win against Borussia Dortmund in the 69th minute and made his comeback after 371 days. On August 27, 2015, he prematurely extended his contract to 2019. During the international match against England on November 13, 2015, he suffered a capsule injury to his knee and was out for several weeks. On May 7, 2016 (33rd matchday), the German championship was defended again. In his third year in Munich, Thiago won the third championship in a row. With the cup win in 2016 , he also managed the second double . In 2017 he won the German championship again .

On April 28, 2017, Thiago extended his contract prematurely until 2021. In the 2017/18 season , Thiago had to take a break of around two and a half months due to a partial torn muscle in his thigh in the Champions League match against RSC Anderlecht in November 2017.

On June 6, 2020, Thiago played his 150th Bundesliga game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2 away win.

On August 24, 2020, Thiago and his team won the UEFA Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain . So he won the triple with FC Bayern through the German championship and the DFB Cup .

National team

Thiago in the jersey of the national team of Spain (2015)

After Thiago had already played for the Spanish U17 and U18 national teams , he made his debut on May 21, 2009 in Tallinn in the 5-1 victory of the Spanish U19 national team against the Czech Republic when he played for Fran Mérida in the 86 Minute was substituted on. His first of four goals for the Spanish U19s he scored two days later (also in Tallinn), in a 3-0 win against Estonia, with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 30th minute. In 2010 he reached the final of the European Championship in France with the Spanish U19 national team , which was lost 2-1 to the hosts.

Although he had already played for the Spanish national teams, he was still able to play for the Italian or Brazilian associations . Nevertheless, he decided early on for the Spanish national team .

For the U21 national team , he played 23 international matches and scored six goals. He made his debut on September 2, 2010 in Alcoy in a 2-1 win over the Netherlands , substituting for Rubén Pérez in the 46th minute. He scored his first of six goals on June 25, 2011 in Århus in a 2-0 win over Switzerland with a goal to the final score with a free kick from 40 meters in the 81st minute - in the final of the European Championship in Denmark . Thiago was voted the best player of the tournament. Two years later he defended the title in Israel again with the national team and was again voted the best player of the tournament.

On August 10, 2011, Thiago made his debut for the senior national team , which lost the international test match against Italy's selection 2-1 in Bari . Thiago came on for Andoni Iraola in the second half . After his protracted injury, which also caused him to miss the 2014 World Cup in his father's home country, he was nominated again for the last two qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championship . On October 12, 2015, he played his sixth international match against Ukraine .

For the EM in France he was included in the squad of Spain . He was used twice in the tournament as a substitute; against the national team of the Czech Republic in the opening match and in the third group match against the national team of Croatia , when it was both a draw. He and his team were eliminated from the tournament in the round of 16 against the Italian national team . He scored his first international goal for the senior national team on October 6, 2017 in the qualifying game for the 2018 World Cup in Russia in a 3-0 victory over the Albania national team with the goal of the final score in the 26th minute.

successes

societies

International
Germany
Spain

National team

Awards

Others

Thiagos brother Rafinha, who is almost two years younger than him, plays in Spain for FC Barcelona and - like his father - for Seleção.

On June 19, 2015, he married his long-time girlfriend in Sant Climent de Peralta , Catalonia ; together they have a son (* 2017) and a daughter (* 2020).

Web links

Commons : Thiago  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Youth: Thiago Alcántara . fcbtransfers.blogspot.com. February 19, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ Match scheme / line-up: FC Barcelona - Racing Santander (Primera Division 2009/2010) , weltfussball.de.
  3. ↑ 'Sport.es' analysis of Thiago Alcantara promotion ( Memento of August 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), totalbarça.
  4. ↑ Thiago renewed until 2015: "Now time for me to prove myself" ( Memento from July 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), FC Barcelona, ​​June 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ The midfielder hit three goals for Spain Under-21s in their 4-2 Euro win over Italy on Tuesday, but could be set to leave after his release clause was reduced from € 90 million , goal.com, June 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Move to Munich: Thiago becomes Bayer , Spiegel online, July 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ After Syndesmosis ligament rupture - Thiago successfully operated , FC Bayern Munich, August 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ After nuclear spin: Thiago has to take a break , April 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ Thiago starts running training , fcbayern-com, April 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ Thiago successfully operated (press release), website of FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ Thiago is back at fcbayern.de, accessed on March 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ Thiago extends until 2019 on fcbayern.com from August 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Capsule injury in the knee - Thiago is temporarily absent, fcbayern.de, accessed on November 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ FC Bayern extended with Thiago: "Everything just fits here" on transfermarkt.de from April 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ Thiago is missing Bavaria a little longer. kicker.de, January 3, 2018, accessed on April 2, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Heynckes thinks highly of returnees Thiago. kicker.de, February 13, 2018, accessed on April 2, 2018 .
  17. ↑ transfermarkt - injury history Thiago. transfermarkt.de, April 2, 2018, accessed April 2, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Barcelona Starlet Thiago Out For Two Months , goal.com, September 11, 2009.
  19. ↑ The U21s also underline Spain's exceptional position , uefa.com.
  20. ↑ Spain's 2-1 Defeat To Italy Shows Importance Of Xavi & Why Cesc Fabregas Is Seen As His Ready-Made Replacement For Barcelona & La Roja , goal.com.
  21. ↑ Spanish Brazilian debuts against Italy ( Memento from September 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), ftd.de, August 9, 2011.
  22. ↑ List of Golden Players on uefa.com.
  23. ↑ Goal of the month on sportschau .de.
  24. ↑ Thiago Alcantara from FC Bayern marries Julia Vigas. Thiago Alcantara secretly marries. sport1.de, June 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ Thiago Alcántara: the FC Bayern star has become a dad! t-online.de, May 3, 2017.
  26. ↑ Bayern-Star became the father of a daughter stern.de, accessed on January 25, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Thiago
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alcântara do Nascimento, Thiago (full name); Alcántara, Thiago (common name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hispanic-Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH San Pietro Vernotico , Italy