Thiago Alcântara

Thiago Alcântara
	Thiago with Spain in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento
Date of birth	11 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	San Pietro Vernotico, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	6
Youth career
1995–1996	Flamengo
1996–2000	Ureca
2000–2001	Kelme
2001–2005	Flamengo
2005–2008	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Barcelona B
2009–2013	Barcelona
2013–2020	Bayern Munich
2020–	Liverpool
National team‡
2007	Spain U16
2007–2008	Spain U17
2009	Spain U18
2009–2010	Spain U19
2010–2013	Spain U21
2011–	Spain
Honours
Men's football
Representing Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 26 April 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Alcântara and the second is do Nascimento.

Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento (born 11 April 1991), commonly known as Thiago Alcântara, or simply Thiago is a Spanish professional footballer. He plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool, and the Spain national team. He is the son of former Brazilian player Mazinho. Thiago is considered as one of the best midfielders of all time.

Career statistics

As of match played 26 April 2023

Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Ref.
Barcelona B	2007–08	Tercera División	5	0	—		—		—		—		5	0
	2008–09	Segunda División B	25	0	—		—		—		—		25	0
	2009–10	Segunda División B	13	2	—		—		—		5^[c]	1	18	3
	2010–11	Segunda División	11	0	—		—		—		—		11	0
	Total		54	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	59	3	—
Barcelona	2008–09	La Liga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
	2009–10	La Liga	1	1	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	1
	2010–11	La Liga	12	2	3	1	—		1^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	17	3
	2011–12	La Liga	27	2	8	2	—		7^[d]	0	3^[f]	0	45	4
	2012–13	La Liga	27	2	7	1	—		2^[d]	0	0	0	36	3
	Total		68	7	19	4	0	0	10	0	4	0	101	11	—
Bayern Munich	2013–14	Bundesliga	16	2	2	0	—		4^[d]	0	3^[g]	1	25	3
	2014–15	Bundesliga	7	0	2	0	—		4^[d]	2	0	0	13	2
	2015–16	Bundesliga	27	2	5	1	—		9^[d]	1	1^[h]	0	42	4
	2016–17	Bundesliga	27	6	4	1	—		9^[d]	2	1^[h]	0	41	9
	2017–18	Bundesliga	19	2	3	2	—		10^[d]	3	0	0	32	7	^[1]
	2018–19	Bundesliga	30	2	6	0	—		5^[d]	0	1^[h]	1	42	3
	2019–20	Bundesliga	24	3	5	0	—		10^[d]	0	1^[h]	0	40	3	^[2]^[3]
	Total		150	17	27	4	0	0	51	8	7	2	235	31	—
Liverpool	2020–21	Premier League	24	1	2	0	0	0	4^[d]	0	0	0	30	1
	2021–22	Premier League	25	1	4	0	0	0	10^[d]	1	—		39	2
	2022–23	Premier League	18	0	3	0	1	0	5^[d]	0	1^[i]	0	28	0
	Total		67	2	9	0	1	0	19	1	1	0	97	3	—
Career total			340	28	56	8	1	0	80	9	12	3	487	48	—

As of match played 6 July 2021^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	2011	3	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	1	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	11	0
	2017	7	1
	2018	9	1
	2019	3	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	7	0
Total		46	2

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 October 2017	Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Albania	3–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	27 March 2018	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain	Argentina	4–1	6–1	Friendly

Barcelona^[5]

Bayern Munich

Liverpool

Spain U17

Spain U21

Individual