Nuno Tavares

Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (born 26 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Arsenal.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Varela and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Nuno Tavares
Tavares in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000[2]
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 19 (1)
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 19:11, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

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] He scored his first goal on 23 April 2022, through a calm tap-in after David de Gea had saved Bukayo Saka's curl in the third minute of an eventual 3–1 home win.[13]

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.[14] On 7 October 2021, against Liechtenstein in the next edition, he scored the first goal in the 11–0 rout in Vizela.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2018–19[16] Liga Portugal 2 120––––120
2019–20[16] 70––––70
Total 19000000000190
Benfica 2019–20[16] Primeira Liga 1111030001[lower-alpha 3]0161
2020–21[16] 14040105[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 3]0250
Total 25150405020411
Arsenal 2021–22[17] Premier League 1811050––241
Career total 62260905020842
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Benfica

References
  1. "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "Nuno Tavares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. Ribeiro, Patrick (4 August 2019). "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ""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.
  9. "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.
  10. "Welcome Nuno! | Tavares joins us from Benfica". Arsenal F.C. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. "Nuno Tavares: Arsenal sign left-back from Benfica in £8m deal". BBC Sport. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. McNulty, Phil (13 August 2021). "Brentford 2–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  13. McNulty, Phil (23 April 2022). "Arsenal 3–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. "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.
  15. "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.
  16. "Nuno Tavares". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  17. "Games played by Nuno Tavares in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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