{"id":691478,"date":"2022-06-25T18:28:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20220624-ston-paok-o-tiago-dantas\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:42:07","slug":"20220624-ston-paok-o-tiago-dantas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20220624-ston-paok-o-tiago-dantas\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Dantas joins PAOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His story so far is very well known. He was born on December 24, 2000 in <strong>Lisbon<\/strong>. From an early age he was interested in football, and so he ended up at the <strong>Benfica<\/strong> youth academy. His evolution was rapid. A midfielder who is at ease playing in any position in the center, he is also fast, versatile and has a wide range of passing, as well as a characteristic seriousness and maturity beyond his years.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>August<\/strong> <strong>2018<\/strong> he made his professional debut with Benfica\u2019s second string, while one-and-a-half years later, he played for the first team in a match against Vitoria Setubal in the Portuguese Cup.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he managed to rack up 49 appearances with <strong>Benfica B<\/strong>, scoring five goals and contributing six assists. He was, in fact, a key protagonist in the Under-19 team\u2019s run to the final of the UEFA Youth League in the 2018-19 season, making 16 appearances, scoring six goals and serving up two assists. This was a performance that saw him called up to the Portugal youth teams, and which have seen him given him the captain\u2019s armband of the <strong>Under-21 national team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thiago Dantas has piqued the interest of some of the biggest clubs in <strong>Europe<\/strong>. <strong>Pep<\/strong> <strong>Guardiola&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Manchester<\/strong> <strong>City<\/strong> were close to signing him, but eventually the young midfielder decided to move elsewhere for the next stage of his career.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2020 he moved to <strong>Germany<\/strong> and <strong>Bayern<\/strong> <strong>Munich<\/strong>. A fervent admirer of his was the then coach <strong>Hansi<\/strong> <strong>Flick<\/strong>, who gave <strong>Dantas<\/strong> seven games for the second team, while he also wore a first-team jersey twice, with the end of the season seeing him crowned a league title winner in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The people of Bayern, however, decided not to pay the buy out clause option and the player returned to <strong>Benfica<\/strong>, where he was then loaned to <strong>Tondela<\/strong>. There, he chalked up his first full professional season, scoring four goals and producing two assists in 34 appearances, also being one of the top midfielders in the league.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> has been following his progress for the last few months and has reached an agreement for his loan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome Thiago!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dantas is here - PAOK TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-75z8-Vux8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAOK FC announces the acquisition of Thiago Dantas from Benfica in the form of a one-year loan with an option to complete a permanent transfer.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":691472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5,5496],"tags":[2442,2451,2457,5690,11431,15529],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - 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