Tomás Franco Tavares (born 7 March 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss Super League team Basel on loan from Benfica.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tomás Franco Tavares | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 21) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Peniche, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2019 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Benfica B | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Benfica | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Alavés (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Farense (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Basel (loan) | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Basel | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U17 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Portugal U21 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 |
Tavares started his football career in Benfica's youth system. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 July 2018.[1] He made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2–1 LigaPro win over Oliveirense on 23 August 2019.[2]
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.
On 3 October 2020, Tavares was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for the 2020–21 season.[3] He made his first league appearance in a home match against Barcelona after coming as a substitute for Édgar Méndez in the second half.[4] On 15 January 2021, Deportivo Alavés terminated the loan of Tavares, and he returned to Benfica.[5]
On 18 January 2021, Tavares moved to Primeira Liga club Farense on a loan until the end of the season.[6]
On 31 August 2021 Basel announced that they had signed Tavares on a one year loan with an option to for a definite move.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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. He is now recovering, but he has not played since.[10]
Tavares is a youth international for Portugal, having represented the nation's under-19 team.[11]
Born in Peniche, Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.[12]
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