User:Tferreiramenezes/sandbox

Early Life
Thiago Ferreira Menezes, professional soccer player and coach holding a UEFA professional coaching licence. Menezes, was born in May 16th, 1986, in the municipality of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Professional Soccer Player
He turned professional at age 18 when he was selected for the Parana Club in the Brazilian first league. He went on to play 11 professional soccer seasons all over the world, including, Argentina, Luxemburg and Malta.

He was selected for the Brazilian National Futsal team in 2010 and 2011, where he played for two seasons.

Coaching
Thiago holds a UEFA professional coaching licence, the highest coaching qualification in all of soccer.

More recently, Menezes was the coach responsible for high performance player development at the Barcelona Campus (FCBEscola) in Vancouver.

Outside Football
Thiago Ferreira Menezes is actually a Chemical Engineer, passionate about soccer, and currently works for North America Soccer Sport - the Soccer Shop, as the shop Manager, located in East Vancouver.