Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas (born 24 December 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar, on loan from Primeira Liga club Benfica, as a midfielder.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas | ||
Date of birth | 24 December 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
AZ (on loan from Benfica) | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2020 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Benfica B | 49 | (5) |
2019– | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Bayern Munich II (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Tondela (loan) | 26 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → PAOK (loan) | 32 | (4) |
2023– | → AZ (loan) | 6 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Portugal U16 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Portugal U17 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (1) |
2019 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 |
Dantas was born on 24 December 2000 in Lisbon, Portugal. In August 2018, he made his professional debut with Benfica B.[2] Half a year later, he reached the first team in a match against Vitória de Setúbal for the Portuguese Cup.[3]
In October 2020, he moved to Bayern Munich on loan. Bayern decided not to pay the buyout, and the player returned to Benfica. Dantas was then loaned to Tondela for the 2021–22 Primeira Liga.
In June 2022, PAOK announced the acquisition of Tiago Dantas in the form of a loan from Benfica until the summer of 2023.[4]
On 24 July 2023, Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar announced the signing of Dantas from Benfica on a season-long loan with a future option to buy.[5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | LigaPro | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 5 | ||||
Benfica | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bayern Munich (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Bayern Munich II (loan) | 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Tondela (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |
PAOK (loan) | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 1 | 39 | 5 | |
Career Total | 116 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 14 |
Benfica[7]
Bayern Munich