Tiago Quintal
Australian soccer player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tiago Quintal (Portuguese: [tiˈaɣu kĩˈtal]; born 16 June 2006) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for A-League Men club Sydney FC.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 June 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sydney FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Baulkham Hills FC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Sydney FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Sydney FC NPL | 28 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sydney FC | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Australia U17 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Australia U20 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Quintal is of Portuguese and Italian descent.[2] He was enrolled at King Park Public School during primary school before attending Westfields Sports High School.[3] Quintal is a supporter of Premier League club Chelsea and idolised Eden Hazard and Adrian Mierzejewski.[2]
Club career
Sydney FC
Quintal began playing football for Baulkham Hills FC in their junior age group before signing for Sydney FC at the age of 11.[4] In 2023, Quintal initially played for the under-20s – already two age groups above – before being promoted to Sydney FC Youth, who played in the National Premier Leagues NSW.[5] He also spent time on a two-week trial in France at Lyon Academy.[3]
In April 2024, Quintal signed his first professional contract for three years with Sydney FC, having featured on the bench once in the 2023–24 A-League season.[2]
On 7 November 2024, Quintal made his debut for Sydney FC at Jubilee Stadium against Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the AFC Champions League Two, coming off the bench in the 65th minute.[6] Quintal would make his league debut for the club three days later against Macarthur FC. His starting debut for the Sky Blues would come against Filipino club Kaya F.C.–Iloilo on 5 December 2024. On 18 January 2025, Quintal would score his first goal for Sydney in a 4–3 defeat to Brisbane Roar.
International career
Quintal received his first international call-up with the Australian under-17 squad ahead of the 2022 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.[3][7] He featured in all three matches, starting in two of them.[4] Quintal was recalled for the under-17 side ahead of the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup campaign.[8] He made two appearances as Australia reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Japan.[9] Prior to this, he scored four goals during the qualification stage with two goals each in the matches against Northern Mariana Islands,[10] and Cambodia.[11]
Style of play
Mainly positioned as an attacking midfielder, Quintal is described as having quick feet and awareness, allowing him to navigate himself out of any situation.[4][12] He is described by coach Ufuk Talay as a creative player that "can play between the lines" and a good dribbler in one-v-one situations, with a natural goal-scoring ability.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 21 February 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sydney FC NPL | 2022[13] | NPL NSW | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023[13] | NPL NSW | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | NPL NSW | 7 | 9 | — | — | 7 | 9 | |||
| 2025 | NPL NSW | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| Sydney FC | 2024–25 | A-League Men | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025–26 | A-League Men | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| Total | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 15 | ||
Honours
Australia U-20
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup Champions: 2025