Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe (born 22 February 1985) is a professional association football player who plays for Al-Wahda. Born in Argentina, he was naturalized to represent the United Arab Emirates.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe | ||
Date of birth | (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Olivos, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Wahda | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
Colegiales | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2008 | Colegiales | 123 | (37) |
2008 | Everton | 11 | (5) |
2009 | Deportes La Serena | 27 | (13) |
2010 | Once Caldas | 5 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Ettifaq | 44 | (21) |
2012–2013 | Al-Shabab | 25 | (19) |
2013–2020 | Al-Wahda | 157 | (152) |
2020–2022 | Al-Nasr | 44 | (21) |
2022– | Al-Wahda | 4 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2020–2022 | United Arab Emirates | 13 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:37, 14 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tagliabúe started his association football career at Primera C side Club Atletico Colegiales from 2003 to 2008. He helped win the Primera C (fourth tier) championship with Colegiales. He was signed abroad by Everton from the Primera División de Chile. Tagliabúe made his debut in a 5–5 draw against Deportes La Serena where he scored a hat-trick. After a spell at Everton where he scored six goals in 13 matches, Tagliabúe moved to Deportes La Serena scoring 13 times in 27 matches. After one year, in 2010, he moved to Once Caldas where he was able to participate in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
After his spell in Colombia, Tagliabúe moved overseas to Saudi Arabia after being approached by Al-Ittifaq. Tagliabúe scored 21 goals in 44 matches from 2010 to 2012. Al-Shabab signed him in 2012. Tagliabúe scored 19 goals in 25 matches in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.
Tagliabúe was offered to join UAE Pro-League side Al-Wahda and in June 2013 agreed to a five-year contract. He scored a hat-trick on 14 December 2017 in a UAE League Cup match against Al-Wasl. After spending seven years at the club winning at least four domestic titles, Tagliabúe joined Al-Nasr on a two-year contract.[1] And on 13 June 2022, Tagliabúe joined his former club Al-Wahda.
In 2020, Tagliabúe was naturalized as an Emirati citizen making him one of the first three non Emirati-born players to do so alongside Fábio Virginio de Lima and Caio Canedo Corrêa both from Brazil.[2] Following the naturalization, he was called up to the United Arab Emirates team by Jorge Luis Pinto in October 2020 where he made his debut against Uzbekistan and scored his first international goal in a 2–1 defeat.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ettifaq FC | 2010–11 | Saudi Professional League | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | ||||
2011–12 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 21 | ||||
Total | 44 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 36 | ||||
Al-Shabab | 2012–13 | Saudi Professional League | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 23 | ||
Total | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 23 | ||||
Al-Wahda | 2013–14 | UAE Pro League | 25 | 28 | ||||||||||
2014–15 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
2015–16 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||||
2016–17 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
2017–18 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
2018–19 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
2019–20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 157 | 152 | 14 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 201 | ||
Al-Nasr | 2020–21 | UAE Pro League | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 |
2021–22 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | ||
Total | 44 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 23 | ||
Al-Wahda | 2022–23 | UAE Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 October 2020 | Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
2. | 29 March 2021 | Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 6–0 | 6–0 | |
3. | 11 June 2021 | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Club Atletico Colegiales
Al Wahda
Individual
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UAE League Cup top scorers | |
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President's Cup top scorers | |
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