Nuno Tavares

Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (born 26 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Benfica in Primeira Liga as a defender.

Nuno Tavares
Personal information
Full name Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Benfica
Number 71
Youth career
2009–2010 Casa Pia
2010–2013 Sporting CP
2013–2015 Casa Pia
2015– Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Benfica B 12 (0)
2019– Benfica 17 (1)
National team
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 14 (1)
2019– Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2019

Club career

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

Personal life

Born in Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.[4]

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. "Benfica B 3–2 Sp. Covilhã". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ""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.
  4. Moura, Bruno da. "Benfica de Luis Lopes é campeão nacional de juniores | DTudo1Pouco".


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