Tiago Jonas

Tiago Jonas
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Jonas Ferraz Rodrigues
Date of birth	1 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1997	Porto
1997–2002	Infesta
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Infesta
2005–2007	Falkirk
2008–2009	Cinfães
2009–2011	Académico Viseu
2011	Infesta
2011–2012	Cinfães
2012–2013	Infesta
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tiago Jonas Ferraz Rodrigues (born 1 December 1983), known as Jonas, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Jonas was born in Porto. In his country, he never competed in higher than the third division. On 15 June 2005, the free agent joined Scottish Premier League side Falkirk alongside his compatriot Vítor Lima, being discovered by the club's player-coach Russell Latapy who had spent several seasons in Portugal as a player.^[1] He made his official debut on 6 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Livingston.^[2]

On 29 May 2006, Jonas was awarded a new one-year contract with the Bairns, having taken part in 37 competitive games in his first season.^[3] He would never appear, however, for the first team again, leaving in December 2007 and returning to Portugal.^[4]

References

^ Falkirk move for Portuguese pair; BBC Sport, 15 June 2005
^ Livingston 0–2 Falkirk; BBC Sport, 6 August 2005
^ Falkirk give Tiago a new contract; BBC Sport, 29 May 2006
^ Futebol: Ricardo Pinto fecha o plantel (Football: Ricardo Pinto completes squad); F.C. Infesta, 2012 (in Portuguese)

External links

Tiago Jonas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Tiago Jonas at Soccerbase

[1] Falkirk move for Portuguese pair; BBC Sport, 15 June 2005

[2] Livingston 0–2 Falkirk; BBC Sport, 6 August 2005

[3] Falkirk give Tiago a new contract; BBC Sport, 29 May 2006

[4] Futebol: Ricardo Pinto fecha o plantel (Football: Ricardo Pinto completes squad); F.C. Infesta, 2012 (in Portuguese)

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