Schumacher (footballer)

Schumacher
Personal information
Full name Thiago Maier dos Santos
Date of birth (1986-08-31) 31 August 1986
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Operário Ferroviário U20 (head coach)
Youth career
2001–2004 Atlético Paranaense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Atlético Paranaense 11 (3)
2006Ascoli (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2007 Udinese 1 (0)
2006–2007Ciudad de Murcia (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2008 Dijon 16 (3)
2008–2009 Austria Kärnten 18 (6)
2009–2011 Austria Wien 53 (7)
2011–2013 Volyn Lutsk 36 (4)
2014 Ferroviária 7 (0)
2014–2015 Académica 16 (1)
2015 Malucelli 3 (0)
2015–2016 Castiadas 6 (0)
2016 Linense 3 (0)
2017 Uberlândia 8 (1)
2017–2021 Operário Ferroviário 137 (19)
2022 Botafogo-PB 6 (0)
2023 Capão Raso 0 (0)
Total 325 (44)
Managerial career
2024 Operário Ferroviário U20 (assistant)
2025 Operário Ferroviário U17
2025– Operário Ferroviário U20
2026 Operário Ferroviário (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thiago Maier dos Santos (born 31 August 1986), known as Schumacher, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a striker.[1] He is the current head coach of Operário Ferroviário's under-20 team.

Playing career

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Schumacher began playing with hometown side Atlético Paranaense. On 31 August 2009, he was loaned to the Austrian side Austria Wien.

On 25 July 2014, Schumacher moved to Portuguese Académica.[2] After playing for the Brazilian club Malucelli, he was signed to Italian club Castiadas from September 2015 to January 2016 and to Linense from January to April 2016.

Honours

Operario Ferroviário

References

  1. ^ "Lembra dele? Atacante do Athletico com nome de campeão de F1 se aposenta" [Remember him? Athletico striker homonymous with F1 champion retires]. Banda B (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Thiago Santos é o novo reforço da Académica". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.