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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiagus_Petrus
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