Thiago Martins (born 4 September 1976) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played professionally in the United States and Norway.

[1] He began to play soccer in Sunday leagues, where Tim Vom Steeg noticed his skill as he attempted to defend him in one game.

Thiago agreed and started taking classes at Santa Barbara City College, where he played soccer for two years from 1997 to 1998 under head coach Tim Vom Steeg.

Vom Steeg soon moved to nearby University of California, Santa Barbara to take up their head coaching position with Martins also transferring.

In 1999, his first season with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, he only played in 11 games due to a broken metatarsal,[3] but still managed to score 6 goals.

After their demise at the end of the 2001 season, Martins joined fellow A-League team Minnesota Thunder, where he scored 2 goals in 11 appearances.

He played just one game for the re-branded New York Red Bulls before again being traded, this time to Colorado Rapids, for Peguero Jean Philippe.

Martins suffered a knee injury in this game and was not 100% when he made his Bodø/Glimt debut in an obligatory match on 9 April 2007, away to Hønefoss BK.

2010 started promising for FK Bodø/Glimt in Adeccoligaen, but their initial good form declined, and they ultimately ended up in sixth place.