Thiago Quirino da Silva or simply Quirino (born 4 January 1985 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian football striker, who last played for Malaysian side Felda United. Quirino holds a Timor-Leste passport, which he used during the later stage of his career, but he still hasn't represented the Timor-Leste national team.
Career From 2003 to 2005, he played for Atlético Mineiro. On signing for Djurgårdens IF before the 2006 season, the club made it clear to the media and competing clubs that they had found themselves their very own "golden boy". However, Thiago's impact at Stockholms Stadion was far from impressive and during the 2006 season, he scored only one goal and was regularly used as a substitute, if at all being part of the match squad. While this may be true, it is clear to see that the transfer from the Brazilian way of futbol to the Swedish football way took its toll on his game. Quirino did score in the derby against AIK on 24 September, making it 1–0 to his side.
On 21 November 2008 it was revealed that Quirino had officially been transferred to the newly relegated J. League team Consadole Sapporo. The reported transfer sum was 2,5 million SEK, far less than the 14 million SEK it was reported that Djurgården themselves spent 3 years earlier.
On 17 January 2011, Daegu FC was officially announced his signing of a 1-year loan contract. on 23 January 2012, he loaned back to Consadole Sapporo.
In the 2019 Malaysia Super League season, he played under a Timor-Leste passport, putting him under the ASIAN player quota at Felda United.
Career statistics Updated to 23 February 2018.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 253 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 67 out of 289)
Season Club League League Cup League Cup Continental Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals2006DjurgårdenAllsvenskan18131-30242200713820-20178200822220-202622009Consadole SapporoJ2 League481921--5020201017200--1722011Daegu F.C.K-League1231020-1732012Consadole SapporoJ1 League700040-1102012Shonan BellmareJ2 League17710--1872013J1 League1320010-1422013–14Al-ShaabUAE PL102-31-1332014Ventforet KofuJ1 League7010--802015Shonan Bellmare500000-50201650-20-70Oita TrinitaJ3 League5020--70 Career total199461341217023151
References
External links Profile at Kagoshima United FC Player profile at dif.se Stats Centre: Thiago Quirino da SilvaFacts