Tomás Tavares
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Full name | Tomás Franco Tavares | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 7 March 2001 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Peniche, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Basel (on loan from Benfica) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2019 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Benfica B | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Benfica | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Alavés (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Farense (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021– | → Basel (loan) | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U17 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018– | Portugal U19 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 October 2019 |
Tomás Franco Tavares (born 7 March 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Benfica.
Club career[]
Benfica[]
Tavares started his football career in Benfica's youth system. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 July 2018.[1] He made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2–1 LigaPro win over Oliveirense on 23 August 2019.[2]
On 10 September 2019, Tavares debuted for the first team as a starter in a 2–1 home loss to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. He made his Primeira Liga debut as a 12th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal on 28 September.
Loan to Alavés[]
On 3 October 2020, Tavares was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for the 2020–21 season.[3] He made his first league appearance in a home match against Barcelona after coming as a substitute for Édgar Méndez in the second half.[4] On 15 January 2021, Deportivo Alavés terminated the loan of Tavares, and he returned to Benfica.[5]
Loan to Farense[]
On 18 January 2021, Tavares moved to Primeira Liga club Farense on a loan until the end of the season.[6]
International career[]
Tavares is a youth international for Portugal, having represented the nation's under-19 team.[7]
Personal life[]
Born in Peniche, Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Tomás Tavares signs a professional contract - SL Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Benfica II vs. UD Oliveirense - 23 August 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Tomás Tavares ficha por el Deportivo Alavés" [Tomás Tavares signs for Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona | LiveScore.mobi". livescore.mobi. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Empréstimo de Tomás Tavares ao Alavés chega ao fim" [Tomás Tavares loan to Alavés comes to an end]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Benfica oficializa empréstimo de Tomás Tavares (Benfica)" [Benfica Makes Tomás Tavares Loan]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tomás Tavares antevê "grandes jogos" com Itália e Espanha no Europeu de sub-19". SAPO Desporto.
- ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futebol Portugal - Tomás Tavares renova contrato com Benfica". www.criolosports.com.
External links[]
- Tomás Tavares at ForaDeJogo
- Tomás Tavares at Soccerway
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Peniche, Portugal
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Association football defenders
- Portuguese footballers
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Deportivo Alavés players
- S.C. Farense players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Portuguese football defender stubs