page_title: Tiago Mendes
section_title: Lyon
hierarchical_section_title: Tiago Mendes / Playing career / Club / Lyon
caption_attribution_description: English: Tiago Mendes (Valenciennes vs Lyon)
context_page_description: Tiago Cardoso Mendes OIH, known simply as Tiago, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Vitória de Guimarães.
  He played professionally in five of Europe's major leagues, Portugal, England, France, Italy and Spain. He notably spent eight seasons with Atlético Madrid, winning five major titles including the 2013–14 La Liga and the 2012 Europa League.
  A Portugal international on 66 occasions, Tiago represented the nation in two World Cups and Euro 2004.
context_section_description: In late August 2005, Tiago signed for Lyon on a four-year contract, for a €10.1 million transfer fee. Usually playing in a defensive midfield role alongside Juninho Pernambucano, Mahamadou Diarra and Florent Malouda, he excelled for his team, scoring seven goals in 37 appearances. The highlights of his first season in France were a pair of goals against PSV Eindhoven that took them into the quarter-finals in the UEFA Champions League, and the winning goal against Troyes AC on 1 April 2006; the club finished top of Ligue 1, winning a fifth consecutive accolade.
  After the departure of Diarra to Real Madrid the following campaign, Tiago began to play a more significant role in Lyon's midfield with his former teammate's replacement Jérémy Toulalan. He won his second league title and helped reach the final of the Coupe de la Ligue, lost to FC Girondins de Bordeaux after a last-minute strike; overall, he netted six times in 38 matches.
caption: Tiago playing for Lyon in 2007
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