Thiago Alcântara

**Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento** (born 11 April 1991), commonly known as **Thiago Alcântara**, or simply **Thiago** is a Spanish assistant manager and former footballer. He is currently an assistant manager at Barcelona. As a player, he played as a central midfielder for Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, and the Spain national team.

He is the son of former Brazilian player Mazinho.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|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|1|18|3||||||||
|2010–11|Segunda División|11|0|—|—|—|—|11|0|||||||||
|rowspan="6"|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|0|1|0|17|3||||||
|2011–12|La Liga|27|2|8|2|—|7|0|3|0|45|4||||||
|2012–13|La Liga|27|2|7|1|—|2|0|0|0|36|3||||||
|rowspan="8"|Bayern Munich|2013–14|Bundesliga|16|2|2|0|—|4|0|3|1|25|3||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|7|0|2|0|—|4|2|0|0|13|2||||||
|2015–16|Bundesliga|27|2|5|1|—|9|1|1|0|42|4||||||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|27|6|4|1|—|9|2|1|0|41|9||||||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|19|2|3|2|—|10|3|0|0|32|7||||||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|30|2|6|0|—|5|0|1|1|42|3||||||
|2019–20|Bundesliga|24|3|5|0|—|10|0|1|0|40|3||||||
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|2020–21|Premier League|24|1|2|0|0|0|4|0|0|0|30|1|||
|2021–22|Premier League|25|1|4|0|0|0|10|1|—|39|2||||||
|2022–23|Premier League|18|0|3|0|1|0|5|0|1|0|28|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|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|||

### International goals

- _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||**3**–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2.|27 March 2018|Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain||**4**–1|6–1|Friendly|

## Honours

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Copa del Rey: 2011–12
- Supercopa de España: 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League: 2010–11
- UEFA Super Cup: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2011

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFB-Pokal: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2018
- UEFA Champions League: 2019–20
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2013

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2021–22
- FA Community Shield: 2022
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2021–22

**Spain U17**
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2008

**Spain U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2011, 2013

**Individual**
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2020
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2013
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Silver Boot: 2013
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011
- Goal of the Month in Germany: January 2014
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2016–17
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19
- ESM Team of the Season: 2016–17
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2020
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2021–22

## Other websites

- FC Barcelona profile
- Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
- National team data at BDFutbol
- Profile at the Royal Spanish Football Federation website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Thiago Alcântara
- **image**: UEFA EURO qualifiers Sweden vs Spain 20191015 Thiago Alcantara 13 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Thiago playing for Spain national football team, Spain in 2019
- **full name**: Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento
- **birth place**: San Pietro Vernotico, Italy
- **height**: 1.74m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona (assistant manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1996
- **youthclubs1**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **youthyears2**: 1996–2000
- **youthclubs2**: Ureca
- **youthyears3**: 2000–2001
- **youthclubs3**: Kelme CF, Kelme
- **youthyears4**: 2001–2005
- **youthclubs4**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **youthyears5**: 2005–2008
- **youthclubs5**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **years1**: 2008–2011
- **clubs1**: FC Barcelona B, Barcelona B
- **caps1**: 54
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2009–2013
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 68
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2013–2020
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps3**: 150
- **goals3**: 17
- **years4**: 2020–2024
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 68
- **goals4**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 340
- **totalgoals**: 28
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-16 football team, Spain U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-17 football team, Spain U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2009
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-18 football team, Spain U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national under-19 football team, Spain U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 11
- **nationalgoals4**: 4
- **nationalyears5**: 2010–2013
- **nationalteam5**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 21
- **nationalgoals5**: 6
- **nationalyears6**: 2011–2021
- **nationalteam6**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps6**: 46
- **nationalgoals6**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2024
- **managerclubs1**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2025–
- **managerclubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona (assistant)