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Tiago Sá

Tiago Magalhães de Sá (born 11 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Braga.

Tiago Sá
Sá with Braga in 2016
Personal information
Full name Tiago Magalhães de Sá[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Moure, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Braga
Number 12
Youth career
2005–2014 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Braga B 128 (0)
2018– Braga 39 (0)
International career
2012−2013 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2013−2014 Portugal U19 13 (0)
2014−2015 Portugal U20 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2014 Hungary
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:54, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Developed at Braga, where he was mainly a reserve and back-up, he made over 60 first-team appearances and won the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and two Taça da Liga.

Club career

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Born in the village of Moure in Vila Verde, Braga District,[2] Sá joined S.C. Braga's youth system at the age of 10. He spent his first five seasons as a senior with the reserves in the Segunda Liga,[3] his first match in the competition being played on 11 August 2013 in a 1−2 home loss against C.D. Tondela.[4] He was called up to the first team for a home game against Académica de Coimbra on 6 January 2016 due to injury to regular back-up Matheus, and remained unused as Stanislav Kritsyuk played in the 3–0 win.[5]

Early into the 2018−19 campaign, Sá became the first team's first choice due to a serious knee injury contracted by the Brazilian.[6] His Primeira Liga debut took place on 31 August, in a 1−0 away victory over G.D. Chaves.[7]

Sá was voted Braga's Newcomer of the Year in January 2019.[8] Days later, he signed a new contract to tie himself to the club until 2023.[9] He lost his place after Matheus returned to fitness.[10]

Sá's one match as Braga won the Taça da Liga in 2019–20 was the final group game, a 4–1 win at F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[11] He played their first three rounds as they claimed the Taça de Portugal in the following season.[12][13][14] In June 2023, he extended his link for four more years.[15]

Subsequently, Sá played second-fiddle to Matheus and Czech Lukáš Horníček.[16][17]

International career

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Sá earned 22 caps for Portugal from under-18 to under-20 level, between 2012 and 2015. He was part of the under-19 team that came runners-up at the 2014 UEFA European Championship; his only game was in the semi-final against reigning champions Serbia, coming on as a substitute for the injured André Moreira in the fourth minute of extra time and saving from Sergej Milinković-Savić to win the penalty shootout.[18]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 April 2026[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Braga B 2013–14 Liga Portugal 2 170———170
2014–15 Liga Portugal 2 330———330
2015–16 Liga Portugal 2 350———350
2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 310———310
2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 120———120
Total 1280———1280
Braga 2015–16 Primeira Liga 000000—00
2016–17 Primeira Liga 000000—00
2017–18 Primeira Liga 0000100010
2018–19 Primeira Liga 310000000310
2019–20 Primeira Liga 1010101[a]040
2020–21 Primeira Liga 2030002[a]070
2021–22 Primeira Liga 1020201[a]060
2022–23 Primeira Liga 3030101[b]080
2023–24 Primeira Liga 0010000010
2024–25 Primeira Liga 0000000000
2025–26 Primeira Liga 1030000040
Total 3901305050620
Career total 167013050501900

Honours

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Tiago Sá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tiago Sá apadrinha a candidatura dos Lenços de Namorados às 7 Maravilhas da Cultura Popular" [Tiago Sá sponsors candidacy of Lovers' Hankies to 7 Wonders of Popular Culture]. O Vilaverdense (in Portuguese). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Sousa, Pascoal (10 October 2021). "Experiência não falta a Tiago Sá" [Tiago Sá has all the experience and then some]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sp. Braga B-Tondela, 1−2: Penálti polémico na decisão" [Sp. Braga B-Tondela, 1−2: Controversial penalty decides it]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 August 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Avançados e Djavan de regresso para a Académica" [Forwards and Djavan return for Académica]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Infelicidade de Matheus foi a sorte de Tiago Sá" [Matheus' misfortune was Tiago Sá's luck]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sp. Braga é líder isolado após vitória em Chaves (1−0)" [Sp. Braga are the undisputed leaders after win in Chaves (1−0)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  8. ↑ Mário, José (22 January 2019). "Tiago Sá: "Já estava atrás deste prémio há muito tempo"" [Tiago Sá: "I'd been chasing this award for a long time"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Guarda-redes Tiago Sá renova com o Sporting de Braga até 2023" [Goalkeeper Tiago Sá renews with Sporting de Braga until 2023]. Observador (in Portuguese). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Gonçalves, André (1 April 2020). "Tiago Sá: "Defendi três penáltis em dois minutos"" [Tiago Sá: "I saved three penalties in two minutes"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Taça da Liga: Trincão iluminou passagem do Braga à final four" [League Cup: Trincão lit up Braga's passage to the final four] (in Portuguese). Antena Minho. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Sp. Braga vence Trofense com golo nos descontos" [Sp. Braga defeat Trofense with goal in added time]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sp. Braga goleia Olímpico Montijo e avança na Taça" [Sp. Braga rout Olímpico Montijo and advance in the Cup]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 December 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sp. Braga-Torreense, 5–0". Record (in Portuguese). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Mendes, António (29 June 2023). "Oficial: Tiago Sá renova contrato com o Sp. Braga até 2027" [Official: Tiago Sá renews contract with Sp. Braga until 2027]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Casaca, Manuel (14 October 2023). "Hornicek vai render o totalista Matheus e estreia-se esta época" [Hornicek will fill in for ever-present Matheus and makes debut this season]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Tiago Sá totaliza 20 anos no Braga: "Toda a gente quer mostrar o valor"" [Tiago Sá totals 20 years at Braga: "Everybody wants to show their worth"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  18. ↑ Haslam, Andrew (28 July 2014). "Portugal prevail in shoot-out to end Serbia reign". UEFA. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Tiago Sá at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  20. ↑ Ribeiro, Patrick (23 May 2021). "Braga beat nine-man Benfica to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  21. ↑ "SC Braga conquista a décima terceira edição da Taça da Liga!" [SC Braga win thirteenth edition of the League Cup!]. Jornal do Luxemburgo (in Portuguese). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  22. ↑ Vaza, Marco (27 January 2024). "Sp. Braga vence a Taça da Liga pela terceira vez" [Sp. Braga win League Cup for the third time]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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