Tiago Azulão

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lima and the second or paternal family name is Leal.

Tiago Azulão

Personal information
Full name	Tiago Lima Leal
Date of birth	(1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Petro de Luanda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	Tombense	0	(0)
2008–2009	→ Gazişehir Gaziantep (loan)	4	(0)
2009	→ Guarani-MG (loan)	0	(0)
2010	→ Tricordiano (loan)
2011	→ Uberlândia (loan)
2011	→ Oeste (loan)	8	(1)
2012	→ Johor DT (loan)
2012	→ Boa (loan)	5	(0)
2013	→ Madureira (loan)	16	(4)
2014	CRB	3	(0)
2014–2015	Villa Nova	4	(1)
2015–2016	Caldense	0	(0)
2015	→ Fortaleza (loan)	11	(0)
2016–2019	Petro de Luanda	90	(57)
2019–2020	Olympiakos Nicosia	12	(0)
2020–	Petro de Luanda	98	(68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Tiago Lima Leal (born 26 March 1986), commonly known as Tiago Azulão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Angolan club Petro Luanda. He earned his nickname, "Azulão", after wearing all blue clothes to play football when he was ten.^[1]

Career

In 2016, Tiago Azulão signed in with Petro de Luanda for two seasons at the end of which one more season was renewed.^[2] In 2017, he received an invitation to play for the Angola national team, but he was never called up.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 15 December 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tombense	2012	–			15[a]	7	0	0	–		0	0	15	7
	2013				10[b]	1	0	0	–		0	0	10	1
	2014	Série D	0	0	11[b]	1	1[c]	0	–		0	0	12	1
	Total		0	0	36	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	9
Gazişehir Gaziantep (loan)	2008–09	TFF First League	4	0	–		0	0	–		0	0	4	0
Guarani-MG (loan)	2009	–			2[b]	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Oeste (loan)	2011	Série D	8	1	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	8	1
Boa (loan)	2012	Série B	5	0	0	0	0	0	–		1[d]	0	6	0
Madureira (loan)	2013	Série C	16	4	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	16	4
Clube de Regatas	2013		3	0	3[e]	0	0	0	–		0	0	6	0
Villa Nova	2014	Série D	4	1	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	4	1
Caldense	2015		0	0	15[b]	3	0	0	–		0	0	15	3
	2016		0	0	11[b]	2	2[c]	0	–		0	0	13	2
	Total		0	0	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	5
Fortaleza (loan)	2015	Série C	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	11	0
Petro de Luanda	2016	Girabola	15	9	–		2[f]	1	–		0	0	17	10
	2017		23	17	–		5[f]	3	–		0	0	28	20
	2018		26	20	–		0	0	4[g]	1	0	0	30	21
	2018–19		26	13	–		3	2	12[g]	5	0	0	41	20
	Total		90	59	0	0	10	6	16	6	0	0	116	71
Olympiakos Nicosia	2019–20	CFD	12	0	–		1	0	–		0	0	13	0
Petro de Luanda	2020–21	Girabola	27	16	–		5	1	10[g]	2	0	0	42	19
	2021–22		25	21	–		3	4	14[g]	7	1	0	43	32
	2022–23		27	20	–		2	2	10[g]	5	1	0	40	27
	2023–24		19	11	–		3	0	10[g]	1	3	1	35	13
	Total		98	68	0	0	13	7	44	15	5	1	160	91
Career total			232	130	67	14	24	13	59	20	6	1	401	184

Notes

1. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro II
2. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro
3. Appearances in the Copa do Brasil
4. Appearances in the Taça Minas Gerais
5. Appearances in the Campeonato Alagoano
6. Appearances in the Taça de Angola
7. Appearances in the CAF Confederation Cup

Honours

Petro Atlético

• Angola Cup: 2017

Individual

• Girabola top scorer: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023^[5][6]
• CAF Champions League top scorer: 2021–22

References

1. GRANDE ENTREVISTA... TIAGO AZULÃO EM PRIMEIRA MÃO Archived 19 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine facebook.com
2. "GIRABOLA: TIAGO AZULÃO NO VICE-CAMPEÃO ANGOLANO ATÉ 2020" (in Portuguese). desporto.sapo.ao. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
3. Tiago Azulão concede entrevista ao MF mercadodofutebol.com
4. Tiago Azulão at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. List of Top scorers of Girabola^[usurped] (in Portuguese)
6. "Palmarés dos melhores marcadores do Girabola were:desde a primeira edição em 1979 (Top scorers list)" (in Portuguese). portalangop.co.ao. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.