Thiago dos Santos Cunha (born 25 April 1985)[1] is a Brazilian-born Timorese former professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Thiago has a contract with Brazil Sports, Traffic Team, which bought 70% of his economic rights of Iraty (SC).
He was loaned to Treze (PB) until the end of the 2010 Brazilian Serie D. In 2012, Cunha completed his move to Chonburi In 2012 AFC Cup, Cunha was a hat-trick scorer for Chonburi in 2nd leg, before the team won the match against the Syrian side 4-2 Al-Shorta at Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (jordan) Despite a successful 2015 season where Chonburi finished fourth, at the end of the season Cunha announced he would be joining Thai Port despite the fact that the club had been relegated.
On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation found, however, that he had a falsified Timorese birth or baptismal certificate.
[4] Subsequently, they declared Cunha and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor.