Tiago Cintra

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Cintra.

Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra (born 5 July 1989) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward.

Tiago Cintra

Personal information
Full name	Tiago Manuel Pinto Cintra[1]
Date of birth	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Matosinhos, Portugal[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1997–2000	Futsal
2000–2006	Leixões
2006–2008	Porto
2006–2007	→ Leixões (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Leixões	37	(3)
2008–2009	→ Amarante (loan)	29	(10)
2012–2014	Beira-Mar	31	(4)
2013	→ Aves (loan)	13	(1)
2014–2015	Freamunde	14	(1)
2015–2016	Varzim B	19	(7)
2016–2017	Pinhalnovense	14	(2)
2017–2018	Leixões B	8	(2)
2018–2019	Pedras Rubras	21	(1)
2019–2020	Maia Lidador	6	(0)
2021–2022	Grijó
International career
2006	Portugal U17	7	(4)
2006–2007	Portugal U18	9	(2)
2009	Portugal U21	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:52, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Porto metropolitan area, Cintra played futsal before spending most of his youth career with hometown club Leixões SC, while also having a spell FC Porto. Loaned to Amarante F.C. of the third division in the 2008–09 season, he made his senior debut.^[2]

Cintra played 17 times and scored once^[3] in the Primeira Liga in the 2009–10 campaign, as Leixões were relegated. A year later, he moved to S.C. Beira-Mar also in the top flight, where he was a fringe player for his first two seasons and was loaned to Segunda Liga side C.D. Aves in January 2013.^[4]

In July 2014, Cintra signed a one-year deal with second-division S.C. Freamunde.^[5] Both he and fellow unemployed player Tiago Terroso were taken on by Varzim S.C. in November 2015, to play in the reserve team in the third tier.^[6] He later represented in that league C.D. Pinhalnovense and F.C. Pedras Rubras, as well as Leixões' reserves in amateur football.^[7]

International career

Cintra won one cap for Portugal at under-21 level, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute in the 1–0 away loss against England for the 2011 UEFA European Championship qualifiers on 13 November 2009.^[8]