Nuno Tavares

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Varela and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.

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Nuno Tavares
File:Nuno Tavares 2019.png
Tavares with Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[2]
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Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
(on loan from Arsenal)
Number 3
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 22 (1)
2022–2023 → Marseille (loan) 31 (6)
2023– → Nottingham Forest (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 14 (1)
2019–2023 Portugal U21 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (pt-PT; born 26 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest on loan from Arsenal.

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] His manager at Casa Pia, João Silva, drove him home from training every day while also allowing his studies to take priority.[6]

Tavares made his senior debut with Benfica's reserves in the LigaPro, his first match being a 3–2 home win against Covilhã on 27 October 2018.[7] He played his first official game with the first team on 4 August 2019, featuring 90 minutes in the 5–0 victory over Sporting in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira at the Estádio Algarve.[8] His Primeira Liga bow took place the following week, opening an eventual 5–0 home defeat of Paços de Ferreira and adding two assists.[9] However, his weaknesses were exposed two weeks later in a 2–0 loss to Porto in O Clássico, which led him to return to the B side and lose his place to Tomás Tavares, being limited to occasional domestic cup matches in place of Alejandro Grimaldo.[6]

Following a difficult season, and a video posted on the Instagram account of a friend of Tavares where Grimaldo was referred to in derogatory terms, Benfica decided to sell the player in spite of his public apologies.[6] During his spell at the club, he made 41 competitive appearances.[10]

Arsenal

On 10 July 2021, Tavares joined Arsenal on a long-term contract in a deal worth around £8 million.[11][12] 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.[13] Following an injury to Kieran Tierney he managed to earn a starting spot, initially achieving good performances and earning praise from coach Mikel Arteta, who especially liked his attacking qualities; however, he also struggled with homesickness, and his defensive frailties, positional mistakes and lapses in concentration led to him being regularly substituted at half-time during matches, most notably when he offered a goal to Diogo Jota in the 4–0 defeat to Liverpool following a misplaced pass.[14][15][16]

Tavares 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 against Manchester United.[17]

Loan to Marseille

On 30 July 2022, Tavares moved to Ligue 1 club Marseille on a season-long loan;[18] he wanted to have the option to sign permanently at the end of the deal, but Arteta refused to sanction it.[19] He scored on his debut, a 4–1 home victory over Reims.[20] He repeated the feat the following matchday, in the 1–1 draw at Brest.[21]

Tavares improved his form under manager Igor Tudor, with his attacking style being put to good use in the latter's system.[22][23] On 2 January 2023, however, in the last minutes of a 2–1 away defeat of Montpellier – he had opened the score at the start of the second half – he gave away a penalty after deliberately kicking Arnaud Souquet in the box and was consequently sent off,[24] being handed a three-match ban for his actions two days later.[25]

Loan to Nottingham Forest

On 1 September 2023, Tavares joined Nottingham Forest on loan for the season with a £12 million option to buy.[26]

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.[27] On 7 October 2021, against Liechtenstein in the next edition, he scored the first goal in the 11–0 rout in Vizela.[28]

Tavares was included in a provisional squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[29] but did not make the final cut.[30]

Media

Tavares was involved in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season.[31][32]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2018–19[33] Liga Portugal 2 12 0 — — — — 12 0
2019–20[33] Liga Portugal 2 7 0 — — — — 7 0
Total 19 0 — — — — 19 0
Benfica 2019–20[33] Primeira Liga 11 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 16 1
2020–21[33] Primeira Liga 14 0 4 0 1 0 5[lower-alpha 4] 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 25 0
Total 25 1 5 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 41 1
Arsenal 2021–22[34] Premier League 22 1 1 0 5 0 — — 28 1
Marseille (loan) 2022–23[33] Ligue 1 31 6 2 0 — 6[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 39 6
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2023–24[33] Premier League 3 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 100 8 8 0 9 0 11 0 2 0 130 8

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Honours

Benfica

References

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External links

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