Thiago Alcântara

spanish football player
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Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento ( spanish : Alcántara ; born 11 April 1991 ), [ 1 ] or plainly Thiago ( spanish : [ ˈtjaɣo ] ; portuguese : [ tʃiˈaɡu ] ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] is a master football player who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League baseball club Liverpool and represents the Spain national team. Born in Italy to brazilian parents, he is the eldest child of erstwhile actor Iomar do Nascimento Mazinho. Thiago joined Barcelona aged 14, and made his first base team debut in 2009. After winning honours including four La Liga titles, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup for Barcelona, he was signed by Bayern Munich for €25 million in 2013. In Germany, Thiago won 16 trophies, including the Bundesliga seven times in a quarrel, and the UEFA Champions League as partially of a continental ternary in his final examination year at the club. In 2020, he signed for Liverpool in a transfer worth an initial £20 million. After helping Spain to European Championships at under-19 and under-21 levels, he made his full external introduction in 2011. Thiago was separate of the probationary team for Spain in the 2014 World Cup but withdrew due to a knee injury. Thiago was selected for UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

early on career [edit ]

Thiago was born in San Pietro Vernotico, Italy, when his don Mazinho ( player for the brazilian national team from 1989 to 1994 ) was playing for nearby U.S. Lecce. He started at the lower levels of Flamengo in Brazil, and, at the senesce of five, moved to Spain with his father, and started playing with Galician team Ureca in Nigrán. In 2001, he played with Kelme CF when his father played for Elche CF. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He returned to Flamengo aged 10 and, in 2005, once again moved back to Spain, signing with FC Barcelona. [ 7 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

Thiago celebrates scoring for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2012 On 17 May 2009, aged 18, Thiago made his introduction for the beginning team when he came on as a alternate for Eiður Guðjohnsen in the 74th moment at RCD Mallorca for his only appearance of the season. [ 8 ] Barcelona, having already been declared champions of La Liga for the season, lost 1–2. [ 9 ] On 20 February 2010, after coming on as a substitute for Yaya Touré in the 76th minute, Thiago scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 4–0 home succeed against Racing de Santander. [ 10 ] He scored his third goal against Real Sociedad in a get down on 29 April, although Barcelona lost 2–1. [ 11 ] He ended the 2010–11 season with 17 games, three goals, and three assists, and was an unused substitute as Barcelona won the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. [ 12 ] Thiago started the 2011–12 season with the first leg of the spanish Supercopa match against rivals real Madrid, being substituted for Xavi after 58 minutes, and was an fresh substitute as they defeated FC Porto for the 2011 UEFA Super Cup. He then scored in Barcelona ‘s foremost La Liga match of the season in a 5–0 home succeed against Villarreal CF. [ 13 ] On 18 December, he started as Barcelona won 4–0 in the Club World Cup Final at International Stadium Yokohama. [ 14 ] Thiago besides netted Barcelona ‘s one-fifth in a 7–0 succeed against Rayo Vallecano on 29 April from a close-range header. [ 15 ] And did a dance with Dani Alves then stopped by Carles Puyol. [ 16 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

2013–15 : debut season and injury [edit ]

I spoke to club [ sic ] about my concept and told them why I want Thiago. He is the only actor I want. It ‘ll be him or no one .

— Pep Guardiola to the crush anterior to the sign. [ 17 ]
On 14 July 2013, Thiago signed a four-year distribute with Bundesliga golf club Bayern Munich, for a € 25 million tip. [ 18 ] Bayern would pay €20 million to Barcelona directly with the remainder being covered by the proceeds of a friendly to be played between the two teams at some bespeak in the watch four years and by Thiago foregoing some money owed to him by Barcelona. [ 19 ] The transportation came despite a modern contract that Barcelona had given Thiago in 2011 which set his turn article at €90 million. [ 20 ] Barcelona failed to fulfil clauses in the contract relating to the sum of playing time that Thiago received, and as a resultant role his buy-out article dropped to €18m. [ 20 ] Guardiola had made Thiago a priority sign. [ 21 ] Thiago made his Bayern introduction in a 4–2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 DFL-Supercup on 27 July. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He made his debut in the Bundesliga in a 0–1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 11 August 2013. [ 24 ] On 21 December 2013, he scored his first competitive goal for Bayern Munich, in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final against Raja Casablanca of Morocco, sealing the 2–0 acquire for the german club. [ 25 ] On 29 January 2014, he scored his first Bundesliga finish, the scissor-kicked achiever in blockage time against VfB Stuttgart which was voted the Goal of the Month. [ 26 ] He besides had an help to Claudio Pizarro for Bayern ‘s first goal in the 2–1 winnings. [ 27 ] Four days late, in a equal against Eintracht Frankfurt, he set a Bundesliga record with 185 touches of the ball. [ 28 ] On 23 February, in a 4–0 succeed over Hannover 96, Thiago scored his irregular and survive goal of the Bundesliga season. [ 29 ] His season ended due to a knee ligament tear against 1899 Hoffenheim six days belated, [ 30 ] although Bayern went on to win the league and cup. He finished the season with two goals in 16 Bundesliga matches, [ 31 ] two german Cup matches, [ 31 ] four Champions League matches, [ 31 ] a finish in two FIFA Club World Cup, [ 8 ] and an appearance in the german Super Cup. [ 8 ]
Thiago at a educate school term in 2015 After over a class out injured, Thiago returned on 4 April 2015, replacing Philipp Lahm for the stopping point 21 minutes of a 1–0 gain at Borussia Dortmund. [ 32 ] Four days by and by, he again replaced Lahm in a DFB-Pokal quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen, scoring the winning finish in the penalty gunfight after a scoreless withdraw. [ 33 ] On 15 April, he scored in the team ‘s Champions League quarter-final first leg away to FC Porto, albeit in a 1–3 get the better of. [ 34 ] Six days later, he headed in Juan Bernat ‘s crisscross for the opening goal of a 6–1 rout to overturn the inaugural peg deficit against Porto, helping Bayern advance to the Champions League semi-finals. [ 35 ] On 26 April, after VfL Wolfsburg lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach, Thiago won his second Bundesliga title for Bayern. [ 36 ] He finished the season with two goals in 13 appearances. [ 37 ]

2015–17 : domestic double and individual achiever [edit ]

On 27 August 2015, Thiago signed a modern four-year contract with Bayern. [ 38 ] On 10 February 2016, he contributed a goal in 3–0 win over VfL Bochum in the DFB-Pokal quarterfinal pit. [ 39 ] He scored twice in a 5–0 home victory over Werder Bremen on 12 March. [ 40 ] On 17 March, Thiago scored a goal in a brilliant rejoinder against Juventus as his side came from 2–0 polish to gain a 4–2 victory in the Champions League round of sixteen tie. [ 41 ] He finished the season with four goals and seven assists. [ 42 ] In accession to playing in the german Super Cup, [ 8 ] Thiago scored two goals in 27 Bundesliga matches, [ 43 ] a finish in five german Cup matches, [ 43 ] and a goal in nine Champions League matches. [ 43 ] Thiago started the 2016–17 season under fresh club coach Carlo Ancelotti by winning the 2016 DFL-Supercup with a 2–0 victory against his club ‘s rival Borussia Dortmund on 15 August 2016. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] On 21 September, he scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 victory over Hertha BSC. [ 46 ] Thiago contributed one goal and one help in a 3–0 victory over RB Leipzig and was named Man of the match on 22 December. [ 47 ] On 16 February 2017, he scored two goals and provided one assist as Bayern defeated Arsenal with a 5–1 victory in the first stage of the Champions League round of sixteen tie. [ 48 ] On 28 April, he signed a new four-year condense until 2021. [ 49 ] He scored nine goals and had nine assists throughout the temper. [ 50 ]

2017–20 : consistent silverware, European triple [edit ]

Thiago during a Bundesliga game with Bayern in 2019 Because of an injury, Thiago could not play his golf club ‘s first gear competitive match of the season, in the 2017 DFL-Supercup where Bayern won against Borussia Dortmund 5–4 on penalties on 6 August 2017. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] On 26 October, he scored an equalizing finish against RB Leipzig to make it 1–1 and late Bayern went on to win the DFB-Pokal second-round couple 5–4 on penalties. [ 53 ] On 23 November, he was substituted in the 44th hour of the match as he suffered a serious muscleman wound in his second joint in Bayern ‘s 2–1 off victory over R.S.C. Anderlecht in the Champions League group stage couple and was confirmed by his club director Jupp Heynckes that he will be out for a hanker period of clock. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Thiago was back in the starting batting order and made his first appearance since his injury in November in a 2–1 off victory over VfL Wolfsburg on 17 February 2018. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On 4 April, he scored a header which secured Bayern Munich a 2–1 away victory over Sevilla FC in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. [ 58 ] He finished the season with seven goals in 31 appearances. [ 59 ]

He ’ s a coach ’ second dream. He ’ s the blink of an eye of our midfield, a musician who can do everything with the ball .

— Niko Kovač on Thiago after the double-winning 2018–19 season. [ 60 ]
On 12 August 2018, Thiago played the first competitive peer of the season under the modern club director Niko Kovač and besides scored a goal in a 5–0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt as Bayern won the 2018 DFL-Supercup. [ 61 ] On 18 May 2019, Thiago won his sixth consecutive Bundesliga claim as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points. A workweek belated, Thiago won his third base DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. [ 62 ] Amidst heavy media speculation linking him with a electric potential act to Liverpool, [ 63 ] Thiago played for Bayern in the Champions League quarter-final against his former team Barcelona, participating in an 8–2 demolition of the Catalan equip. [ 64 ] Thiago started for Bayern in the 2020 Champions League final examination against Paris Saint-Germain, playing 86 minutes before being substituted, as Bayern won their one-sixth Champions League, and completed a triple, having earlier clinched that season ‘s Bundesliga and defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal final. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ]

liverpool [edit ]

On 18 September 2020, Premier League club Liverpool announced the sign of Thiago on a four-year shrink. With the player only having a class left on his Bayern contract, Liverpool were able to purchase Thiago for fair £20 million, with the electric potential for a promote £5m in add-ons. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Thiago made his debut for Liverpool on 20 September, coming off the bench at half-time as Liverpool won 2–0 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. [ 70 ] With 75 successful passes, Thiago had the most passes completed by a player who played a maximum of 45 minutes in the Premier League since Opta started producing passing statistics in 2003. He has set the new record for most passes in 45 minutes as a substitute. [ 71 ] On 29 September, Liverpool confirmed Thiago had tested positive for COVID-19. [ 72 ] On 17 October 2020, Thiago played his second game for Liverpool in a 2–2 away league reap against local rivals Everton. He suffered a knee wound towards the end of the crippled as Richarlison made a tackle that would give him a straightaway crimson card after the challenge. Thiago ended up playing the stopping point few minutes of the game. He would not play again for several months. [ 73 ] He returned to make a substitute appearance in Liverpool ‘s 0–0 draw with Newcastle United on 30 December. [ 74 ] On 8 May 2021, Thiago scored his first goal for Liverpool to seal a 2–0 home league win over Southampton. [ 75 ] On 24 November 2021, Thiago cut across the ball to score with a 25-yard strike ( his first goal of the 2021–22 season ) in a 2–0 home winnings for Liverpool against FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League group phase. [ 76 ]

International career [edit ]

As he is brazilian, born in Italy and grew up in Spain, he is available to represent for Brazil, Italy and Spain, ultimately chose the latter .

youth [edit ]

Thiago in an under-21 international, 2011 He participated in the 2008 UEFA european Under-17 Championship with Spain, helping his state to eventual victory in the tournament, and scoring in the concluding. [ 77 ] Thiago was ever-present during Spain ‘s victorious 2011 UEFA european Under-21 Championship campaign, scoring the second goal of a 2–0 victory with a 40-yard spare kick in the final examination against Switzerland. [ 78 ] He was awarded the man of the match of the concluding. On 18 June 2013, he scored a hat-trick in the 2013 UEFA european Under-21 Championship Final as Spain defeated Italy 4–2 to win their fourth championship. [ 79 ]

aged [edit ]

Thiago playing for Spain in October 2015 He made his first appearance for Spain ‘s senior squad in a friendly against Italy on 10 August 2011, while his first gear competitive equal was on 6 September 2011, in a Euro 2012 qualifying match 6–0 gain against Liechtenstein. Due to injury he missed Euro 2012 and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [ 80 ] Thiago was named in Spain ‘s 30-man probationary squad for the 2014 World Cup on 13 May of that year. [ 81 ] however, two days late, he withdrew from the squad ascribable to a knee ligament injury obtained while playing for Bayern in March. Bayern Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said, “ A young man who wanted to come back at the World Cup, and on the spur of the moment his dreams are burst. We will take care of him now and make certain he is fit at the depart of the season. ” [ 82 ] On 2 October 2015, with the team ‘s place in the tournament already assured, Thiago was re-called by director Vicente del Bosque for the inaugural time since his injury, [ 83 ] and ten days late featured in their 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win away to Ukraine. On 6 October 2017, he scored his foremost goal for his national team in the 26th infinitesimal against Albania in a World Cup modifier. Álvaro Odriozola sent in a crabbed from the right english of the box and Thiago directed the ball into the bottom corner from conclusion stove with his promontory. [ 84 ] In May 2018, he was named in Spain ‘s 24-men team for the quick up matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 85 ] Thiago was selected in the final 23-man team for the 2018 World Cup. [ 86 ] Thiago appeared in two matches, against Portugal and Morocco. [ 87 ] In May 2021, Thiago was included in the 24-man police squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 88 ]

style of dally [edit ]

Thiago on the ball for Spain against Sweden in 2019 Thiago is a highly creative and technically talented playmaker, with excellent dribbling skills and ball control, which allows him to operate efficaciously in a deep-rooted playmaking role as a central midfielder, although he is besides capable of playing in a more boost function as an attacking midfielder. Called “ an extraordinary musician ” by Xavi in 2013, [ 60 ] Thiago has been noted for his accurate distribution of the ball, as he possesses capital pass technique and vision, and maintained a 90.2 % travel by success rate throughout the 2016–17 Bundesliga temper, higher than any early musician in Germany. [ 89 ]

personal life [edit ]

Thiago is the son of the brazilian erstwhile football player and 1994 World Cup winner Mazinho. [ 90 ] His mother, Valéria Alcântara, was a former brazilian volleyball player. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] His younger brother, Rafinha, plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the brazilian national team. [ 94 ] Rodrigo, who besides played for Spain, is a lifelong friend and not a cousin as has been mistakenly reported. [ 95 ] On 27 June 2015, he married his girlfriend, Júlia Vigas, in a ceremony in Sant Climent de Peralta, Catalonia, Spain. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] He possesses dual citizenship : brazilian citizenship along with spanish citizenship. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] Thiago is multilingual ; he is fluent in five languages : spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, and English. [ 100 ] [ 101 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 4 December 2021[1]

International [edit ]

As of match played 6 July 2021[106]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Spain

2011
3
0

2012
0
0

2013
1
0

2014
1
0

2015
2
0

2016
11
0

2017
7
1

2018
9
1

2019
3
0

2020
2
0

2021
7
0

Total
46
2

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Spain’s goal tally first.

Honours [edit ]

Barcelona [ 107 ]
Bayern Munich [ 1 ]
Spain U17 [ 77 ]
Spain U21 [ 1 ]
Individual