Titi

In February 2024, the bus carrying the Fortaleza squad was attacked in Recife by Sport supporters. Titi was among the players cut by flying glass and stones, and he needed surgery to remove fragments from his calf muscle. Weeks later, in a Série A match against Fluminense, a collision with Ninho broke two of his teeth; he was taken to hospital and missed matches in the Copa Libertadores.

Cristian Chagas Tarouco — full name — turned professional at Internacional in 2007 and was part of the squad that won the Recopa Sudamericana that year, followed by the Rio Grande do Sul state title in 2008. Loan spells took him to Náutico and then to Vasco da Gama, where he won Série B in 2009. At Bahia, from 2011 to 2015, he won three state championships and was named in the Bahia state league team of the season in 2014 and 2015.

He played in Turkey for the next three years: Kasımpaşa from August 2015, Bursaspor from 2017, then Göztepe, who paid €500,000 for him in August 2018.

He returned to Brazil in 2021 and became Fortaleza's captain. He made 227 appearances, scored six goals and provided five assists, winning five Ceará state titles and two Copa do Nordeste crowns. His first goal for the club, in 2023, came against Internacional — the same year he played a central part in Fortaleza's run to the Copa Sudamericana final.

He joined Goiás on a free transfer in 2025 and moved to Juventude in March 2026.