Tiago Pires, nicknamed Saca, is a retired professional surfer from Portugal, born in Lisbon in 1980. He began surfing at nine, won the under 14 national title in 1994 and the under 16 title in 1995, and joined the national circuit at sixteen, where he met the coach Jose Seabra. After facing leading juniors in the 1998 world junior event, he entered the World Qualifying Series in 1999 and won his first qualifying event at Vila Nova de Gaia the following year. In 2007 he qualified for the Championship Tour, becoming the first Portuguese man to reach the elite tour, and his best season ranking was 21st in 2010. A knee injury in 2013 slowed him, he left the tour after 2014, and he announced his retirement in February 2016. A documentary about his career, Saca, premiered in Portugal.
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is a recently retired professional surfer from Portugal
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Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1980.
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is a recently retired professional surfer from Portugal
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He was the first male Portuguese surfer to qualify for the WSL Elite Tour
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winning the sub-14 national championship in 1994 and sub-16 in 1995
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