| General |
| Nuno Tavares | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name: | Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares | |
| Date of birth: | 26 January 2000 | |
| Place of birth: | Lisbon,  Portugal
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| Height: | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position: | Left-back defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Arsenal
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| Number: | TBA | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2009–2010 2010–2013 2013–2015 2015–2018 |
Casa Pia Sporting CP Casa Pia Benfica
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 2019–2021 2021– 2022–2023 2023–2024 |
Benfica B Benfica Arsenal → Marseille (loan) → Nottingham Forest (loan)
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19 (0) 25 (1) 22 (1) 31 (6) 8 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2018 2018–2019 2019–2023 |
Portugal U18 Portugal U19 Portugal U21
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8 (0) 14 (0) 16 (1) |
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[]
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.
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. 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.
On 10 July 2021, Tavares joined Arsenal on a long-term contract in a deal worth around £8 million.
On 30 July 2022, Tavares moved to Ligue 1 club Marseille on a season-long loan; he wanted to have the option to sign permanently at the end of the deal, but Arteta refused to sanction it.
On 1 September 2023, Tavares joined Premier League club Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan deal with future options included.
Personal life[]
Born in Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.
External links[]
| Arsenal F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
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2 Saliba · 3 Tierney · 4 White · 5 Partey · 6 Gabriel · 7 Saka · 8 Ødegaard (c) · 9 Gabriel Jesus · 11 Martinelli · 12 Timber · 15 Kiwior · 17 Zinchenko · 18 Tomiyasu · 19 Trossard · 20 Jorginho · 22 Raya · 23 Merino · 29 Havertz · 30 Sterling · 32 Neto · 33 Calafiori · 41 Rice · 49 Lewis-Skelly Manager: Mikel Arteta |
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