{{short description|Portuguese footballer}} {{Portuguese name|Oliveira|Lopes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tiago Lopes | image = | full_name = Tiago Jorge Oliveira Lopes<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/tiago-lopes/kayserispor/2118-19-19634|title=Tiago Lopes|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|4|df=yes}}<ref name=Bio/> | birth_place = Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal<ref name=Bio/> | height = 1.78 m<ref name=Bio/> | position = Right-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2000–2005 | youthclubs1 = Coimbrões | youthyears2 = 2005–2006 | youthclubs2 = Padroense | youthyears3 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs3 = Candal | years1 = 2008–2010 | clubs1 = Valle d'Aosta | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = Espinho | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = Tondela | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Trofense | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = Covilhã | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2014–2017 | clubs6 = CFR Cluj | caps6 = 88 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2017–2019 | clubs7 = Kayserispor | caps7 = 58 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2019–2021 | clubs8 = Denizlispor | caps8 = 47 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = Denizlispor | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = Covilhã | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0 | totalcaps = 313 | totalgoals = 12 | nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = }} '''Tiago Jorge Oliveira Lopes''' (born 4 January 1989) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
==Club career== Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Lopes started his senior career in Italian amateur football. Returned to his country in 2010, he spent one season apiece in the third division with Espinho and Tondela.
In the summer of 2012, Lopes signed with Segunda Liga club Trofense. He played his first game as a professional on 12 August, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against Aves.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/detalhe/d-aves-trofense-2-0-golos-a-abrir-e-a-fechar-773032.html|title=D. Aves-Trofense, 2–0: Golos a abrir e a fechar|trans-title=D. Aves-Trofense, 2–0: Early and late goals|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=12 August 2012|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>
Lopes joined fellow second-tier side Covilhã for the 2013–14 campaign. On 19 January 2014, as his contract was about to expire, the 25-year-old moved abroad after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year deal at CFR Cluj in the Romanian Liga I.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/covilha/noticias/interior/tiago-lopes-nos-romenos-do-cluj-3640021.html|title=Tiago Lopes nos romenos do Cluj|trans-title=Tiago Lopes to Romania's Cluj|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=19 January 2014|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> He scored his first top-flight goal on 29 September 2014, the game's only in a home win over Universitatea Cluj.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/video-cfr-universitatea-cluj-1-0-gazdele-cistiga-cu-un-gol-marcat-in-minutul-94-si-egaleaza-steaua-in-fruntea-clasamentului-435424.html|title=VIDEO CFR – Universitatea Cluj 1–0 » Gazdele cîştigă cu un gol marcat în minutul 94 şi egalează Steaua în fruntea clasamentului|trans-title=VIDEO CFR – Universitatea Cluj 1–0 » Hosts win with goal scored in the 94th minute and equal Steaua at the top of the table|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=29 September 2014|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>
In July 2017, Lopes moved on a free transfer to Kayserispor in Turkey's Süper Lig, on a one-year deal with the option of a second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/transferencias/made-in/oficial-tiago-lopes-assina-pelo-kayserispor|title=OFICIAL: Tiago Lopes assina pelo Kayserispor|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Tiago Lopes signs for Kayserispor|publisher=TVI 24|language=pt|date=18 July 2017|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> After two years of regular game time, he transferred to Denizlispor in the same competition, on a contract of the same length.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kayserispor.gen.tr/haberdetay.php?id=1432|title=Kayserispor'lu Tiago Lopes Denizlispor'da|trans-title=Tiago Lopes from Kayserispor to Denizlispor|publisher=Kayserispor|language=tr|date=18 June 2019|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Lopes's twin brother, Hélder, was also a footballer and a defender.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/ardeal/criza-fara-sfarsit-la-cfr-jucatori-din-liga-a-ii-a-portugheza-tiago-lopes-ultimul-venit-in-gruia.html|title=Criza fara sfarsit la CFR, jucatori din liga a II-a portugheza, Tiago Lopes ultimul venit in Gruia|trans-title=Crisis without end at CFR, players from the second Portuguese league, Tiago Lopes the last one that arrived in Gruia|publisher=Stirile Pro TV|language=ro|date=27 January 2014|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/foto-exclusiv-e-dorit-de-caini-si-e-rivalul-fcsb-dar-anunta-steaua-n-are-cum-sa-rateze-titlul-508226.html|title=FOTO EXCLUSIV E dorit de "caini" si e rivalul FCSB, dar anunta: "Steaua n-are cum sa rateze titlul"|trans-title=EXCLUSIVE PHOTO He is wanted by "the dogs" and he is the rival of FCSB but announces: "Steaua cannot miss the title"|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=19 April 2017|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
==Honours== '''CFR Cluj''' *Cupa României: 2015–16<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/paises/outros/detalhe/romenia-cluj-de-antonio-conceicao-conquista-a-taca|title=Roménia: Cluj de António Conceição conquista a Taça|trans-title=Romania: António Conceição's Cluj conquer Cup|newspaper=Record|first=Diogo|last=Jesus|language=pt|date=17 May 2016|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{RomanianSoccer|2541/tiago-jorge-oliveira-lopes}} *{{TFF player|2017794}} *{{FPF national player|630138}} *{{Soccerway|tiago-jorge-oliveira-lopes/166046}} *{{WorldFootball.net|tiago-lopes_3}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Tiago}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:Portuguese twins Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Vila Nova de Gaia Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Segunda Divisão players Category:Padroense F.C. players Category:S.C. Espinho players Category:C.D. Tondela players Category:C.D. Trofense players Category:S.C. Covilhã players Category:Liga I players Category:CFR Cluj players Category:Süper Lig players Category:TFF 1. Lig players Category:Kayserispor footballers Category:Denizlispor footballers Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey