Thiago Brito

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is de Brito.

Thiago Brito

Personal information
Full name	Thiago Esmerindo de Souza de Brito
Date of birth	(1992-08-20) August 20, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sport London e Benfica
Number	77
Youth career
	Figueirense
	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Pinheiros
2011–2012	Uberaba	5	(0)
2012	→ Grêmio Barueri (loan)	18	(2)
2013–2014	Grêmio Barueri	18	(0)
2014	Portuguesa	2	(0)
2015	Santos	0	(0)
2015	→ Al-Nasr (loan)	?	(4)
2015	→ Al-Musannah (loan)
2016	Vila Nova	2	(1)
2016	Campinense	2	(0)
2017	URT	11	(0)
2018	Patrocinense	0	(0)
2019	Manaus	4	(0)
2018–2019	Birkirkara	13	(0)
2019–2020	Manaus	0	(0)
2020	Nacional-AM	1	(0)
2021	Nacional-PB	3	(0)
2022	NW London
2023–	Sport London e Benfica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:54, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Thiago Esmerindo de Souza de Brito, known as Thiago Brito (born 20 August 1992), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Sport London e Benfica as a forward.

Club career

Born in Eldorado dos Carajás, Pará, Brito graduated with Santos' youth setup, after starting it out at Figueirense. He made his senior debuts with Pinheiros in the Campeonato Catarinense's third level, and moved to Uberaba in November 2011.^[1]

In July 2012 Brito moved to Grêmio Barueri, on loan until the end of the season.^[2] He made his debut as a professional on the 7th, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–4 away loss against Joinville.

Brito scored his first professional goals six days later, netting a brace in a 3–0 away success against Ipatinga.^[3] He was bought outright at the end of the season.

On 22 September 2014 Brito was presented at Portuguesa.^[4] He only appeared rarely, and was released in December.

On 4 February 2015 Brito returned to Santos, signing a two-year contract and being immediately loaned to Al-Nasr SC.^[5]

References

1. Gabriel Davis e Thiaguinho se apresentam ao USC (Gabriel Davis and Thiaguinho present themselves to USC); JM Online, 30 November 2011 (in Portuguese)
2. Após estreia com revés, reforços do Grêmio Barueri são apresentados pela diretoria (After backstroke debut, Grêmio Barueri's additions are presented by the board); BOL, 12 July 2012 (in Portuguese)
3. Ipatinga 0 x 3 Grêmio Barueri - Primeira vitória e adeus lanterninha (Ipatinga 0–3 Grêmio Barueri – First victory and goodbye to last place); Futebol Interior, 13 July 2012 (in Portuguese)
4. Portuguesa contrata atacante Thiago Brito (Portuguesa signs forward Thiago Brito) Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine; Portuguesa's official website, 22 September 2014 (in Portuguese)
5. Santos contrata atacante, e o empresta ao mundo árabe (Santos signs forward, and loans him to the Arab world) Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; A Tribuna, 4 February 2015 (in Portuguese)

External links

• Thiago Brito at Soccerway
• LTT Soccer profile (in Portuguese)
• Thiago Brito at ZeroZero