Nuno Tavares
 Tavares in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team 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 | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 14 | (1) |
| 2019– | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 30 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2019 | |||
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
On 27 October 2018, Tavares made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against Sporting da Covilhã. He played the full 90 minutes of the 3–2 home win.[2]
On 4 August 2019, Tavares made his debut with Benfica in the 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, a 5–0 win against city rivals Sporting CP at the Estádio Algarve.[3] A week later, he made his Primeira Liga debut against F.C. Paços de Ferreira and scored his first goal to open a 5–0 home win, adding two assists.[4]
Arsenal
On 10 July 2021, Tavares joined Arsenal on a long-term contract in a deal worth around £8 million.[5][6] Tavares made his debut for the Gunners in a 2–0 defeat to Brentford, coming on as a second half substitute replacing Calum Chambers.[7]
Personal life
Born in Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 30 October 2021[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2018–19[9] | Liga Portugal 2 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[9] | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Benfica | 2019–20[9] | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 2020–21[9] | 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[10] | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 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.
- ^ "Benfica B 3–2 Sp. Covilhã". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. 4 August 2019. 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.
- ^ "Welcome Nuno! | Tavares joins us from Benfica". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Nuno Tavares: Arsenal sign left-back from Benfica in £8m deal". bbcsport.co.uk. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Brentford 2-0 Arsenal". bbc.co.uk. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Moura, Bruno da. "Benfica de Luis Lopes é campeão nacional de juniores | DTudo1Pouco".
- ^ a b c d e "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
- Nuno Tavares at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nuno Tavares at Soccerway
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Association football defenders
- Casa Pia A.C. players
- Sporting CP footballers
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Premier League players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Black Portuguese sportspeople