Position: Defender
Hometown: Portimão, Portugal
Birthday: 6/17/01
Pronunciation: tee-ah-go | dee-ah-sh
Entering 2026
Dias spent three seasons starring for Fort Wayne FC at the pre-professional level. He helped Fort Wayne FC to division titles in the summers of 2023, 2024 and 2025, and to conference semifinals in 2024 and 2025. … Dias captained the club in 2024 and 2025. In Fort Wayne FC’s USL League Two history, which spanned five seasons, Dias ranked second in total matches played with 38 and fourth in goals with six. … Dias played in the fall of 2025 for Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, during which he earned Second Team All-America East and Second Team All-Northeast Region honors. He played a pivotal role in a defense that had 11 clean sheets, and he assisted on five goals in 21 matches. Bryant finished the NCAA Division I season ranked 10th in the nation, falling to Saint Louis in penalty kicks in the third round of the national championships. … Dias played locally for Indiana Tech in 2024, scoring five goals and earning nods as a NAIA Third Team All-American, Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Defender of the Year, First Team All-WHAC, and WHAC Newcomer of the Year. Dias captained the Warriors. … From 2022 to 2023, Dias played at the University of Albany in Albany, New York. In 2021, he played for Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas.