Nuno Tavares
![]() Tavares in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 26 January 2000||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[2] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Casa Pia | ||
2010–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
2013–2015 | Casa Pia | ||
2015–2018 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Benfica B | 19 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Benfica | 25 | (1) |
2021– | Arsenal | 13 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 14 | (1) |
2019– | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:42, 18 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021 |
Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (born 26 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Arsenal.
Club career[]
Benfica[]
Born in Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, Tavares finished his development with Benfica after three years at city rivals Sporting CP and two stints with Casa Pia.[3][4][5] He made his senior debut with the former's reserves in the LigaPro, his first match being a 3–2 home win against Covilhã on 27 October 2018.[6]
Tavares made his debut with the first team on 4 August 2019, playing 90 minutes in the 5–0 victory over Sporting in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira at the Estádio Algarve.[7] He played his first game in the Primeira Liga the following week, opening an eventual 5–0 home defeat of Paços de Ferreira and adding two assists.[8]
During his spell at the club, Tavares made 41 competitive appearances.[9]
Arsenal[]
On 10 July 2021, Tavares joined Arsenal on a long-term contract in a deal worth around £8 million.[10][11] He made his Premier League debut on 13 August, coming on as a late substitute for Calum Chambers in a 2–0 away defeat to Brentford.[12]
International career[]
Tavares won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 10 September 2019, in a 2–0 win in Belarus for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[13] On 7 October 2021, against Liechtenstein in the next edition, he scored the first goal in the 11–0 rout in Vizela.[14]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 13 January 2022
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2018–19[15] | Liga Portugal 2 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
2019–20[15] | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Benfica | 2019–20[15] | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 1 |
2020–21[15] | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
Arsenal | 2021–22[16] | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||
Career total | 57 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 1 |
- ^ Includes Taça de Portugal
- ^ Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
- ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours[]
Benfica
References[]
- ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nuno Tavares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Da Moura, Bruno (19 May 2018). "Benfica de Luis Lopes é campeão nacional de juniores" [Luis Lopes' Benfica are junior national champions] (in Portuguese). DTudo1Pouco. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Benfica confirma cinco jogadores da formação na pré-época" [Benfica confirm five youth players in preseason]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Nuno Tavares: outro menino de Lage que a mãe tirou de Alcochete" [Nuno Tavares: another Lage kid that his mother took from Alcochete]. Observador (in Portuguese). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Benfica B vence Covilhã e dorme na liderança" [Benfica B beat Covilhã and sleep in first place]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 October 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b Ribeiro, Patrick (4 August 2019). "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ ""Golo do Nuno Tavares? Ninguém estava à espera que ele aparecesse ali, nem eu..."" ["Nuno Tavares' goal? Nobody expected he would appear there, not even me..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Benfica confirma transferência de Nuno Tavares para o Arsenal" [Benfica confirm transfer of Nuno Tavares to Arsenal]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Welcome Nuno! | Tavares joins us from Benfica". Arsenal F.C. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Nuno Tavares: Arsenal sign left-back from Benfica in £8m deal". BBC Sport. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (13 August 2021). "Brentford 2–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Portugal vence Bielorrússia e sobe à liderança do Grupo 7" [Portugal beat Belarus and climb to first place in Group 7]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Goleada histórica. Seleção de sub-21 vence Liechtenstein por 11–0" [Historic rout. Under-21 national team defeat Liechtenstein 11–0]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Nuno Tavares". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Nuno Tavares in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
External links[]
- Profile at the Arsenal F.C. website
- Profile at the Premier League website
- Nuno Tavares at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Casa Pia A.C. players
- Sporting CP footballers
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Premier League players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England