Tiago Coimbra

Tiago de Freitas Guimarães Coimbra (born January 17, 2004), also known as Canadá, is a soccer player who plays for HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in Brazil, he represents Canada at youth international level.

Tiago Coimbra
Personal information
Full name Tiago de Freitas Guimarães Coimbra
Date of birth (2004-01-17) January 17, 2004
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 HFX Wanderers
Number 19
Youth career
Escolinha do Flamengo
Faly Academy
2020–2021 Juazeiro
2021–2022 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– HFX Wanderers 2 (0)
International career‡
2022 Canada U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 22, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 1, 2023

Early life

Coimbra began playing youth soccer at age three in Brazil with Escolinha do Flamengo.[1] When he was nine years old, he moved to Vancouver, Canada with his family.[1] In Canada, he played with Faly Academy for four years.[2] In 2020, he returned to Brazil and joined Juazeiro.[3] In June 2021, he joined the youth system of Palmeiras.[4][5] He departed the club in December 2022.[6]

Club career

In December 2022, he signed a two-year professional contract with a club option for 2025 with Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers beginning in the 2023 season.[7][8]

International career

Born in Brazil, Coimbra spent his youth in Canada, and is a dual citizen, eligible for both national teams.[9]

In April 2022, he was called up to the Canada U20 team for a pair of friendlies against Costa Rica U20.[10][11] In June 2022, he was named to the squad for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[12] He scored his first goal on June 22 against Saint Kitts and Nevis U20.[13]

Personal

While with Palmeiras, he was given the nickname Canadá, in reference to his dual nationality.[14]

References
  1. Tiago Coimbra at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. "Tiago Coimbra Signs Contract with Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras". Faly Academy. June 8, 2021.
  3. Eduardo, Marcos (June 1, 2021). "Tiago Coimbra, ex-Juazeiro, é aprovado por Galiotte e assina com o Palmeiras" [Tiago Coimbra, ex-Juazeiro, is approved by Galiotte and signs with Palmeiras]. Palmeiras Web (in Portuguese).
  4. "Palmeiras contrata atacante Tiago Coimbra, com passagem no Canadá" [Palmeiras hires striker Tiago Coimbra, with passage in Canada]. TNT Sports (in Portuguese). June 3, 2021.
  5. "Palmeiras contrata atacante com passagem pelo futebol canadense" [Palmeiras hires striker with experience in Canadian football]. Lance! (in Portuguese).
  6. Galassi, André (December 14, 2022). "Canadense deixa base do Palmeiras e acerta com novo clube: 'Super empolgado'" [Canadian leaves Palmeiras base and agrees with new club: 'Super excited']. Nosso Palestra (in Portuguese).
  7. "'Promising young Canadian talent' Wanderers sign U-20 international Tiago Coimbra". HFX Wanderers FC. December 14, 2022.
  8. Myrer, George (December 14, 2022). "HFX Wanderers sign talented young forward Tiago Coimbra". SaltWire Network.
  9. Camargo, Matheus (April 6, 2022). "Palmeiras libera e atacante é convocado pela seleção do Canadá" [Palmeiras releases and striker is called up by the Canadian national team]. Torcedors (in Portuguese).
  10. Galassi, André (April 6, 2022). "Atacante do Palmeiras é convocado para defender o Canadá" [Palmeiras striker is called up to defend Canada]. Nosso Palestra (in Portuguese).
  11. "Líder em convocados para Seleções de base, Palmeiras tem jovem chamado pelo Canadá" [Leader in squads for youth teams, Palmeiras has a young man called up by Canada]. Lance! (in Portuguese). April 7, 2022.
  12. "Atacante do Sub-20 do Verdão, Tiago Coimbra disputa torneio de base pela seleção canadense" [Verdão under-20 striker Tiago Coimbra competes in the youth tournment for the Canadian national team]. Palmeiras (in Portuguese). June 23, 2022.
  13. "Tiago Coimbra, do time sub-20 do Palmeiras, celebra momento na seleção canadense" [Tiago Coimbra, from the Palmeiras under-20 team, celebrates moment in the Canadian national team]. Jogada10 (in Portuguese). June 23, 2022.
  14. Jacques, John (December 14, 2022). "Wanderers Add Canada U-20 Tiago Coimbra". Northern Tribune.
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