Thiagus dos Santos

Thiagus dos Santos
Dos Santos in 2017
Personal information
Full name Thiagus Petrus
Gonçalves dos Santos
Born (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989
Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 22
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007–2012
 Esporte Clube Pinheiros
2012–2015
 La Rioja
2015–2018
 SC Pick Szeged
2018–2025
 FC Barcelona
2025–
 ONE Veszprém
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
 Brazil 139 (236)
Medal record
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team
2011 Guadalajara Team
2023 Santiago Team
2019 Lima Team
Pan American Championship
2016 Argentina
2012 Argentina
2018 Greenland
South and Central American Championship
2022 Brazil
2024 Argentina
2020 Brazil
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba Team

Thiagus Petrus Gonçalves dos Santos (born 25 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team, of which he is the captain.[1][2] He is known as a defensive specialist.[3]

Career

In 2002, Thiagus Dos Santos came into contact with handball through some friends. From 2004, he played for Olímpico Atlético Clube from his hometown.[4] In 2006, he joined EC Pinheiros from São Paulo, where he became a part of the senior team a year later. Here, he won three Brazilian championships and the Pan American club Championship.

In 2012, he moved to Europe to join Spanish club Naturhouse La Rioja.[4] His best result here was a second place in the Liga ASOBAL in 2014 and in 2015. Three years later, he joined Hungarian SC Pick Szeged, where he won the Hungarian championship in 2018. The following summer, he returned to Spain to join FC Barcelona, where he won the Spanish league and Cup.[4] He also won the EHF Champions League in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

He won the 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship with the Brazilian national team. He has represented Brazil at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympics.

In 2025, he was part of the Brazilian team that reached the quarterfinal of the World Championship for the first time, knocking out Sweden, Norway, and Spain.[5]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Experienced stalwarts get back to the IHF Men's World Championship at Poland/Sweden 2023". IHF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Barcelona präsentiert Thiagus Petrus offiziell als Neuzugang" (in German). Handball-world.news. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Magnificent Brazil win against another European opponent, with fairytale extended". IHF. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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