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Tiago Chulapa - eight years in Thailand

Season 20242025, Ep. 31

Our interview with Chanthaburi FC's Tiago Chulapa was recorded on Monday 3 March in Chiang Mai.


Tiago talks about his early career in Brasil, moving to Oman and then onto Thailand


Faith and family are clearly at the heart of his life - that and banging in goals. His record in Thai League 2 is outstanding - 70 goals in 135 appearances. There are plenty more to come.


It was such a fun interview to do - an hour passed very quickly.


Many thanks to Fake David (an old friend of the podcast) for his help.

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