Tiago Sá

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Magalhães and the second or paternal family name is 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 30)[1]
Place of birth	Moure, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	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	38	(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-up 2014 Hungary
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:27, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Developed at Braga, where he was mainly a reserve and back-up, he made over 50 first-team appearances and won the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and two Taça da Liga.

Club career

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

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

As of match played 19 October 2023^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Braga B	2013–14	Liga Portugal 2	17	0	—		—		—		—		17	0
	2014–15	Liga Portugal 2	33	0	—		—		—		—		33	0
	2015–16	Liga Portugal 2	35	0	—		—		—		—		35	0
	2016–17	Liga Portugal 2	31	0	—		—		—		—		31	0
	2017–18	Liga Portugal 2	12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
	Total		128	0	—		—		—		—		128	0
Braga	2015–16	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016–17	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2018–19	Primeira Liga	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	1	0	1	0	1	0	1[a]	0	0	0	4	0
	2020–21	Primeira Liga	2	0	3	0	0	0	2[a]	0	0	0	7	0
	2021–22	Primeira Liga	1	0	2	0	2	0	1[a]	0	0	0	6	0
	2022–23	Primeira Liga	3	0	3	0	1	0	1[b]	0	0	0	8	0
	2023–24	Primeira Liga	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		38	0	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	58	0
Career total			166	0	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	186	0

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Braga

• Taça de Portugal: 2020–21^[20]
• Taça da Liga: 2019–20,^[21] 2023–24^[22]