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. He also represents Portugal at youth international level.

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
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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 12 (0)
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 22:27, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2019

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 15 December 2021[9]
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[9] Liga Portugal 2 120––––120
2019–20[9] 70––––70
Total 19000000000190
Benfica 2019–20[9] Primeira Liga 1111030001[lower-alpha 3]0161
2020–21[9] 14040105[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 3]0250
Total 25150405020411
Arsenal 2021–22[10] Premier League 1200030––150
Career total 56150705020751
  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. "Benfica B 3–2 Sp. Covilhã". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ""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.
  5. "Welcome Nuno! | Tavares joins us from Benfica". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. "Nuno Tavares: Arsenal sign left-back from Benfica in £8m deal". bbcsport.co.uk. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. "Brentford 2-0 Arsenal". bbc.co.uk. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. Moura, Bruno da. "Benfica de Luis Lopes é campeão nacional de juniores | DTudo1Pouco".
  9. "Nuno Tavares". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  10. "Games played by Nuno Tavares in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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