Tales Schütz

Tales Schütz

Personal information
Full name	Tales Schütz
Date of birth	(1981-08-22) 22 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Botafogo	0	(0)
2002	→ Atlético Paranaense (loan)	0	(0)
2002	→ Ashdod (loan)	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Maccabi Netanya (loan)	9	(2)
2003–2004	→ Akratitos (loan)	2	(0)
2004	Cianorte	1	(0)
2004–2005	Jagiellonia Białystok	8	(2)
2005	Atlético Juventus	0	(0)
2005–2008	Grêmio Inhumense	6	(1)
2006–2007	→ South China (loan)	18	(17)
2007–2008	→ Leixões (loan)	10	(0)
2008–2011	South China	51	(23)
2011–2012	Azal	22	(10)
2012–2013	Inter Baku	10	(0)
2013–2014	Rangers	12	(5)
2015	São José	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tales Schütz (born 22 August 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer of German descent who played as a striker.

Club career

Schütz started his career his Brazilian club Botafogo before loan spells at Atlético Paranaense, Ashdod and Maccabi Netanya in Israel and Akratitos in Greece. Schütz also had a brief spell playing in Poland for Jagiellonia Białystok.

Hong Kong

Tales Schütz

On 14 August 2006, Schütz went on loan to Hong Kong First Division League club South China for the 2006–07 season. During his first season in Hong Kong, he obtained 3 out of the 4 Top Scorer Awards in local competition, including the main Hong Kong First Division League Top Scorer Award. He wore the No. 28 jersey in South China which represents the date on which he first met his wife.^[1] In January 2008, Schütz signed permanently on a four-year contract with South China for a transfer fee of more than HK $1 million, a record breaking fee for Hong Kong. Schutz returned to Brazil in early 2011 for injury treatment before not having his contract renewed by South China in the summer.

Azerbaijan

Following his release in the summer of 2011, Schütz moved to Azerbaijan Premier League side AZAL. After one season with AZAL, scoring 10 goals in 23 games, Schütz moved to fellow Baku based team Inter Baku where he scored twice in 15 games, both of which came in their Second qualifying round matches against Asteras Tripoli of Greece.^[2][3]

Return to Hong Kong

After being released by Inter Baku,^[4] Schütz signed with Rangers on 19 September 2013.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 July 2014^[6][7]

Club statistics

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Hong Kong			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Senior Shield		Total
2006–07	South China	Hong Kong First Division League	18	17	4	4	4	1	-		4	2	30	24
2007–08			7	4	1	0	5	3	5	1	0	0	18	8
2008–09			20	6	2	0	0	0	6	3	2	1	30	8
2010–11			14	8	1	0	0	0	3	2		2	18	11
2009–10			10	5									10	5
Azerbaijan			League		Azerbaijan Cup		League Cup		Europe		Azerbaijan Supercup		Total
2011–12[8]	AZAL	Azerbaijan Premier League	22	10	1	0	-		0	0	-		23	10
2012–13[9]	Inter Baku		10	0	1	0	-		4	2	-		15	2
Hong Kong			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Senior Shield		Total
2013–14	Rangers	Hong Kong First Division League	15	5	1	0	2	1					18	6
Total	Hong Kong		84	45	9	4	11	5	14	6	6	5	124	65
	Azerbaijan		32	10	2	0	-		4	2	0	0	38	12
Career total			116	55	11	4	11	5	18	8	6	5	162	77

Honours

South China

• Hong Kong First Division League: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2006–07, 2009–10

References

1. Calling the Schutz – Tales is back at South China and loving it Archived 24 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Scaafc.com, 20 March 2008
2. "Inter Baku 1–1 Asteras". UEFA. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
3. "Asteras 1–1 Inter Baku". UEFA. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
4. "Inter, legionary, with four more farewell" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
5. "流浪馬其仕轉投元朗", Oriental Daily, 19 September 2013
6. "Tales Schütz". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
7. "Tales Schütz". www.90minut.pl/ (in Polish). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
8. "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
9. "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Retrieved 25 September 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Tales Schütz at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Tales Schütz at HKFA