Sebastián Tagliabúe

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Sebastián Tagliabúe
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe
Date of birth (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Nasr
Number 11
Youth career
Colegiales
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Colegiales 123 (37)
2008 Everton 11 (5)
2009 Deportes La Serena 27 (13)
2010 Once Caldas 5 (0)
2010–2012 Ettifaq 44 (21)
2012–2013 Al-Shabab 25 (19)
2013–2020 Al-Wahda 157 (152)
2020– Al-Nasr 29 (19)
National team‡
2020– United Arab Emirates 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:37, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:35, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe (born 22 February 1985) is a professional association football player who plays for Al-Nasr. Born in Argentina, he was naturalized to represent United Arab Emirates.

Club career[]

Tagliabué started his association football career at Primera C side Club Atletico Colegiales playing from 2003 to 2008. He helped win the Primera C (fourth tier) championship with Colegiales. He was signed abroad by Everton from the Primera División de Chile. Taglibué made his debut in a 5–5 draw against Deportes La Serena where he scored a hat-trick. After a spell at Everton where he scored six goals in 13 matches, Tagliabué moved to Deportes La Serena scoring 13 times in 27 matches. After one year, in 2010, he moved to Once Caldas where he was able to participate in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Saudi Arabia[]

After his spell in Colombia, Tagliabué moved overseas to Saudi Arabia after being approached by Al-Ittifaq. Taglibué scored 21 goals in 44 matches from 2010 to 2012. Al-Shabab signed him in 2012. Taglibué scored 19 goals in 25 matches in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.

United Arab Emirates[]

Tagliabué was offered to join UAE Pro-League side Al-Wahda and in June 2013 agreed to a five-year contract. He scored a hat-trick on 14 December 2017 in a UAE League Cup match against Al-Wasl. After spending seven years at the club winning at least four domestic titles, Tagliabué joined Al-Nasr on a two-year contract.[1]

International career[]

In 2020, Tagliabúe was naturalized as an Emirati citizen making him one of the first three non Emirati-born players to do so alongside Fábio Virginio de Lima and Caio Canedo Corrêa both from Brazil.[2] Following the naturalization, he was called up to the United Arab Emirates team by Jorge Luis Pinto in October 2020 where he made his debut against Uzbekistan and scored his first international goal in a 2–1 defeat.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 4 April 2021[3]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Shabab 2012–13 Saudi Professional League 25 19 4 0 — 8 4 — 37 23
Total 25 19 4 0 — 13 7 — 37 23
Al-Wahda 2013–14 UAE Pro League 25 28 — — — — 7 7
2014–15 22 15 — — — — 22 15
2015–16 24 25 — 7 7 1 0 — 32 32
2016–17 20 18 4 3 6 4 — — 30 25
2017–18 21 23 3 3 10 14 7 5 1 0 42 45
2018–19 26 27 1 0 7 4 5 2 1 1 40 33
2019–20 19 15 1 1 5 0 — — 25 16
Total 157 152 9 7 35 29 13 7 2 1 198 174
Al-Nasr 2020–21 UAE Pro League 22 9 3 2 2 0 — — 27 11
Career total 161 139 12 9 37 29 13 7 2 1 262 208
  1. ^ Appearances in UAE President's Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in UAE Super Cup

International[]

Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tagliabúe goal.
List of international goals scored by Sebastián Tagliabúe
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 October 2020 Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan 1–2 1–2 Friendly
2. 29 March 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates  India 6–0 6–0
3. 11 June 2021  Indonesia 5–0 5–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Club Atletico Colegiales

Al Wahda

Individual

Reference[]

  1. ^ "Sebastian Tagliabue on joy at joining Al Nasr and a message for Al Wahda". The National. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "'Unbelievable feeling': Argentina-born Sebastian Tagliabue granted UAE citizenship and ready 'to give everything' if called upon for World Cup qualifiers".
  3. ^ "Sebastián Tagliabúe". Soccerway. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ "UAE Presidents Cup 2016/2017 - Final". goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Al Ain FC 3 : 3 , 3 : 4 PAl Wahda FC". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Arabian Gulf League 2015/16 Topscorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ "UAE League Top Scorers". uaefa. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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