Tomás Tavares

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Franco and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Tomás Tavares
Tavares playing for Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tomás Franco Tavares
Date of birth (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Peniche, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 LASK
(on loan from Spartak Moscow)
Youth career
2010–2019 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Benfica B 4 (0)
2019–2023 Benfica 12 (0)
2020–2021 → Alavés (loan) 3 (0)
2021 → Farense (loan) 18 (0)
2021–2022 → Basel (loan) 18 (1)
2023– Spartak Moscow 16 (0)
2024– → LASK (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Portugal U17 14 (0)
2019 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 18 (0)
2019–2022 Portugal U21 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

Tomás Franco Tavares (European Portuguese: [tuˈmaʃ taˈvaɾɨʃ]; born 7 March 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for LASK on loan from Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow.

Club career

Benfica

Tavares started his football career in Benfica's youth system. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 July 2018.[2] He made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2–1 LigaPro win over Oliveirense on 23 August 2019.[3]

On 10 September 2019, Tavares debuted for the first team as a starter in a 2–1 home loss to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. He made his Primeira Liga debut as a 12th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal on 28 September.

Loan to Alavés

On 3 October 2020, Tavares was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for the 2020–21 season.[4] He made his first league appearance in a home match against Barcelona after coming as a substitute for Édgar Méndez in the second half.[5] On 15 January 2021, Deportivo Alavés terminated the loan of Tavares, and he returned to Benfica.[6]

Loan to Farense

On 18 January 2021, Tavares moved to Primeira Liga club Farense on a loan until the end of the season.[7]

Basel

On 31 August 2021 Basel announced that they had signed Tavares on a one-year loan with an option to for a definite move.[8] Tavares joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. Tavares played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Cornaredo on 12 September 2021 as Basel played a 1–1 with Lugano.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 26 September 2021. It was the second goal of the game as Basel won 3–1 against Zürich.[10]

Basel pulled the option to buy the player definitively. On 8 May 2022 during the match against Lausanne-Sport in the Stade de la Tuilière Tavares injured himself.[11]

Spartak Moscow

In January 2023, Tavares signed for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[12] He made his official debut on 23 February 2023 in a 0-1 cup win against Lokomotiv Moscow. In June 2023, while at the Portugal national under-21 football team camp, Tavares suffered an ACL tear, which became his second similar injury in 13 months.[13] The recovery took several months and he was not registered with the Russian Premier League as a Spartak player for the first half of the 2023–24 season. Spartak registered him for the squad once again in February 2024. He returned to play on 13 April 2024 in a game against Sochi.[14]

On 23 July 2024, Tavares joined Austrian Bundesliga club LASK on a season-long loan deal.[15]

International career

Tavares is a youth international for Portugal, having represented the nation's under-19 team.[16]

Personal life

Born in Peniche, Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 1 0 — — — — 1 0
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 3 0 — — — — 3 0
Total 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Benfica 2019–20 Primeira Liga 12 0 4 0 3 0 7[a] 0 — 26 0
Alavés (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 3 0 2 0 — — — 5 0
Farense (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 18 0 0 0 — — — 18 0
Basel (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Super League 18 1 2 0 — 8[b] 0 — 28 1
Spartak Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 13 0 5 1 — — — 18 1
2023–24 Russian Premier League 3 0 1 0 — — — 4 0
Total 16 0 6 1 — — — 22 1
LASK (loan) 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 73 1 14 1 3 0 15 0 0 0 105 2
  1. ^ Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

  1. ^ Tomás Tavares at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Tomás Tavares signs a professional contract - SL Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Benfica II vs. UD Oliveirense - 23 August 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Tomás Tavares ficha por el Deportivo Alavés" [Tomás Tavares signs for Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Deportivo Alaves vs Barcelona | LiveScore.mobi". livescore.mobi. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Empréstimo de Tomás Tavares ao Alavés chega ao fim" [Tomás Tavares loan to Alavés comes to an end]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Benfica oficializa empréstimo de Tomás Tavares (Benfica)" [Benfica Makes Tomás Tavares Loan]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ FC Basel 1893 (31 August 2021). "Tomás Tavares". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 31 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ FC Basel 1893 (12 September 2021). "1:1 im Tessin – Lugano und der FCB teilen sich die Punkte". 1:1 in Ticino – Lugano and FCB share the points (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 12 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ FC Basel 1893 (26 September 2021). "3:1 gegen den FCZ – der FCB baut die Tabellenführung aus". 3:1 against FCZ – FCB extends its lead in the table. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 26 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (8 May 2022). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 0:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Алексис Дуарте и Томаш Тавареш — новые игроки "Спартака"!" [Alexis Duarte and Tomas Tavares are the new Spartak players!]. spartak.com (in Russian). 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Lesão grave afasta Tomás Tavares do Europeu de sub-21" [Serious injury keeps Tomás Tavares out of the Under-21 European Championship] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Sochi v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 13 April 2024.
  15. ^ "LASK LEIHT PORTUGIESISCHEN AUSSENVERTEIDIGER VON SPARTAK MOSKAU AUS" [LASK LOANS PORTUGUESE FULL-BACK FROM SPARTAK MOSCOW]. www.lask.at (in German). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Tomás Tavares antevê "grandes jogos" com Itália e Espanha no Europeu de sub-19". SAPO Desporto.
  17. ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: Futebol Portugal - Tomás Tavares renova contrato com Benfica". www.criolosports.com.