 Igor Thiago withLudogorets Razgrad in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Gama, Federal District, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gremio Ocidental | |||
| Verê | |||
| Cruzeiro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Cruzeiro | 60 | (9) |
| 2022 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 4 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 34 | (16) |
| 2023–2024 | Club Brugge | 34 | (18) |
| 2024– | Brentford | 20 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:42, 22 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues (born 26 June 2001), known asIgor Thiago or justThiago, is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forPremier League clubBrentford.
Born inGama, administrative region ofBrasília, Thiago was 13 years old when he lost his father, and supported his street-cleaner mother María Diva by working in construction as a bricklayer, odd-jobbing at fairs, and by handing out flyers.[2][3]
He did not consider a career in football, but began playing at Gremio Ocidental, where his brother was already a player. He started playing futsal and had trials at several teams before joining the under-17 team of Verê, from the interior of Paraná. He later joined Cruzeiro's academy.[4]
On 22 January 2020, Thiago made his professional debut as an 18-year-old when he started for Cruzeiro in theirCampeonato Mineiro match againstBoa Esporte.[5]
During his three years with the club, Thiago scored 10 goals in 64 appearances.[6]
After a series of rumours, on 2 March 2022, Thiago finally signed with the Bulgarian championsLudogorets Razgrad.[7] He joinedLudogorets II in order to adapt to the Bulgarian league and made his debut on 18 April in a league match againstLitex Lovech, scoring his first goal.[8] A week later, he scored a brace in a 3–2 away defeat againstDobrudzha Dobrich.[9]
Thiago's good start for the second team granted him a call-up to the first team where he made his debut in a league match againstCSKA Sofia, coming on as a substitute and marking his debut for the first team with a goal.[10]
With Ludogorets, Thiago won back-to-backBulgarian First League titles for2021–22 and2022–23, as well as the2023 Bulgarian Cup and2022 Bulgarian Supercup, contributing to the club's success with 21 goals in 55 games.[citation needed]
On 12 June 2023, Thiago signed forBelgian Pro League clubClub Brugge on a four-year contract.[11] The €7.9 million fee received by Ludogorets was a record for a Bulgarian club.[12]
Having started in a 3–0 win overAarhus in theUEFA Conference League qualifiers on 27 July 2023, Thiago scored in his first two league games for Club Brugge, a late equaliser to earn a 1–1 draw againstMechelen,[13] then netting the only goal in a 1–0 win atWesterlo to put the club near the top of the table early in the season.[14]
Scoring the opening goal in a 4–2 win overCharleroi on 16 September 2023 saw him reach six goals in all competitions,[15] but Thiago didn't score in Club's next nine games, finally breaking his duck in a 6–0Belgian Cup victory atBeerschot on 1 November.[16] However, there were no more league goals until December of that year.
Netting a double in a 5–0 away win overBeşiktaş in the Conference League sparked a major goalscoring run from the Brazilian striker,[17] going on to fire 18 goals in his next 12 games across December 2023 and January 2024. Thiago was only shut out in one of those matches, against Mechelen where a header he scored was erroneously ruled out for offside.[18][19] After that blank, Thiago scored in his next eight games.[20]
On 14 February 2024,Premier League clubBrentford announced an agreement for the signing of Thiago on a five-year deal, which would come into effect on 1 July.[21] The fee was undisclosed by the club, but reported to be in the region of a club-record £30 million.[22] In Belgian terms, this was a new Pro League record sale of €38 million.[23]
On 20 July 2024, Thiago suffered ameniscus injury on his Brentford debut in a pre-season friendly, and was subsequently expected to be out of action for the remainder of the year.[24] However, on 23 November, Thiago made his first appearance for the club againstEverton, when he replacedYoane Wissa in the 72nd minute.[25] Despite the brief return, he missed most of the remainder of the2024–25 season, only making his return on 4 May 2025 in Brentford's 4–3 home victory againstManchester United in the league.[26]
On 17 August 2025, Thiago scored his first goal for Brentford in a 3–1 away defeat againstNottingham Forest in the club's opening game of the2025–26 season.[27] On 27 September, Thiago scored a first half double in a 3-1 victory againstMan United.[28]
Born in Brazil, Thiago received aBulgarian passport in 2023, which made him available to play for bothBrazil andBulgaria.[29][30] In January 2024 he received a call-up forBrazil U23, but declined it, despite the fact he said it would be a dream to represent Brazil on international level.[31]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | League cup[c] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2020 | Série B | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | Série B | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 64 | 10 | |||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2021–22 | Bulgarian Second League | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2021–22 | Bulgarian First League | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bulgarian First League | 32 | 15 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 15[e] | 4 | — | 52 | 20 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 16 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 21 | ||||
| Club Brugge | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 18 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 16[f] | 7 | — | 55 | 29 | |||
| Brentford | 2024–25 | Premier League | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 12 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 10 | |||||
| Career total | 135 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 73 | ||
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