Azulão

Tiago Lima Leal (born 26 March 1986), commonly known as Tiago Azulão, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for Cypriot side Olympiakos Nicosia.

Tiago Azulão

Personal information
Full name	Tiago Lima Leal
Date of birth	26 March 1988
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	Tombense	0	(0)
2008–2009	→ Gazişehir Gaziantep (loan)	4	(0)
2009	→ Guarani-MG (loan)	0	(0)
2010	→ Tricordiano (loan)
2011	→ Uberlândia (loan)
2011	→ Oeste (loan)	8	(1)
2012	→ Johor DT (loan)
2012	→ Boa (loan)	5	(0)
2013	→ Madureira (loan)	16	(4)
2014	Clube de Regatas	3	(0)
2014–2015	Villa Nova	4	(1)
2015–2016	Caldense	0	(0)
2015	→ Fortaleza (loan)	11	(0)
2016–2019	Petro de Luanda	87	(55)
2019–2020	Olympiakos Nicosia	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:56, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

He earned his nickname, "Azulão", after wearing all blue clothes to play football when he was ten.[1]

Career

In 2016, he signed in with Petro de Luanda for two seasons at the end of which one more season was renewed.[2] In 2017, he received an invitation to play for the Angola national football team, but he was never called up.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 March 2019.[4]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tombense	2012	–			15[lower-alpha 1]	7	0	0	–		0	0	15	7
	2013				10[lower-alpha 2]	1	0	0	–		0	0	10	1
	2014	Série D	0	0	11[lower-alpha 2]	1	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	–		0	0	12	1
	Total		0	0	36	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	9
Gazişehir Gaziantep (loan)	2008–09	TFF First League	4	0	–		0	0	–		0	0	4	0
Guarani-MG (loan)	2009	–			2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Oeste (loan)	2011	Série D	8	1	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	8	1
Boa (loan)	2012	Série B	5	0	0	0	0	0	–		1[lower-alpha 4]	0	6	0
Madureira (loan)	2013	Série C	16	4	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	16	4
Clube de Regatas	2013		3	0	3[lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	–		0	0	6	0
Villa Nova	2014	Série D	4	1	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	4	1
Caldense	2015		0	0	15[lower-alpha 2]	3	0	0	–		0	0	15	3
	2016		0	0	11[lower-alpha 2]	2	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	–		0	0	13	2
	Total		0	0	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	5
Fortaleza (loan)	2015	Série C	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	11	0
Petro de Luanda	2016	Girabola	15	9	–		2[lower-alpha 6]	1	–		0	0	17	10
	2017		23	15	–		5[lower-alpha 6]	3	–		0	0	28	18
	2018		26	20	–		0	0	4[lower-alpha 7]	1	0	0	30	21
	2018–19		23	11	–		0	0	12[lower-alpha 7]	5	0	0	35	16
	Total		87	55	0	0	7	4	16	6	0	0	110	65
Career total			119	58	67	14	10	4	16	6	1	0	222	86

Notes

1. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro II
2. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro
3. Appearances in the Copa do Brasil
4. Appearances in the Taça Minas Gerais
5. Appearances in the Campeonato Alagoano
6. Appearances in the Taça de Angola
7. Appearances in the CAF Confederation Cup

Honours

Petro Atlético

• Angola Cup: 2017

Individual

• Girabola Top Scorer: 2017, 2018[5][6]

References

1. GRANDE ENTREVISTA... TIAGO AZULÃO EM PRIMEIRA MÃO facebook.com
2. "GIRABOLA: TIAGO AZULÃO NO VICE-CAMPEÃO ANGOLANO ATÉ 2020" (in Portuguese). desporto.sapo.ao. 5 Sep 2018. Retrieved 23 Dec 2018.
3. Tiago Azulão concede entrevista ao MF mercadodofutebol.com
4. Azulão at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. List of Top scorers of Girabola (in Portuguese)
6. "Palmarés dos melhores marcadores do Girabola were:desde a primeira edição em 1979 (Top scorers list)" (in Portuguese). portalangop.co.ao. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.