Tiago Carlos Morais Valente
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Tiago Carlos Morais Valente (born 24 April 1985 in Macedo de Cavaleiros
) is a Portuguese
footballer who plays for Clube Desportivo das Aves as a central defender.
team Gondomar Sport Clube
, subsequently returning to Paços.
In January 2008, Valente was linked with a move to England second division
's Charlton Athletic
, with a reported fee of £
1.5 million, but nothing came of it. On the same month of the following year, he was loaned to C.D. Aves until the end of the season, and the move was made permanent in July 2009.
Macedo de Cavaleiros
Macedo de Cavaleiros is a municipality in northeastern Portugal, in Bragança District.-History:During antiquity, the region was occupied by the Celts, then Romans and finally the Arab forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, who dominated the region until the Christian Reconquista...
) is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
footballer who plays for Clube Desportivo das Aves as a central defender.
Football career
Valente started his career with F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the junior levels, and was promoted to the first team in 2004, making 16 appearances with two goals during his first campaign. In 2005–06, he was loaned to second divisionLiga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
team Gondomar Sport Clube
Gondomar S.C.
Gondomar Sport Clube is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the Portuguese third division, holding home games at Estádio de São Miguel, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators.-History:...
, subsequently returning to Paços.
In January 2008, Valente was linked with a move to England second division
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
's Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
, with a reported fee of £
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1.5 million, but nothing came of it. On the same month of the following year, he was loaned to C.D. Aves until the end of the season, and the move was made permanent in July 2009.