Tiago Ilori
Ilori playing for Portugal U19 in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tiago Abiola Delfim Almeida Ilori | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Hampstead, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Reading | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Imortal | ||
| 2006–2012 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2007–2008 | → Estoril (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Sporting CP | 12 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Sporting B | 20 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Granada (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017– | Reading | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U19 | 15 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2016 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2016 |
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Tiago Abiola Delfim Almeida Ilori (born 26 February 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championship club Reading.
He started his career with Sporting, making his debut with the first team in 2011 before signing with Liverpool two years later.
Ilori gained 36 caps for Portugal at youth level, including ten with the under-21 team.
Born in Hampstead, London to a British father of Nigerian descent and a Portuguese mother, Ilori spent his childhood in the town of Albufeira in the Algarve, where he started playing football with local Imortal DC. He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth ranks in the summer of 2006 as a striker, being loaned to Lisbon neighbours G.D. Estoril Praia at the age of 14 and returning for three more years already reconverted as a stopper.
On 6 November 2011 Ilori made his official debut for the Lions' first team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 Primeira Liga home win against U.D. Leiria. On 14 December he played his first game in the UEFA Europa League, starting in a 0–2 group stage loss to S.S. Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico as his team had already secured the first place in its group.
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