Tiago Dantas

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Dantas.

Tiago Dantas

Dantas with Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas
Date of birth	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Osijek
Number	20
Youth career
2010–2020	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Benfica B	49	(5)
2019–2024	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)
2023–2024	→ AZ (loan)	20	(1)
2024–	Osijek	13	(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 31 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023

Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas (born 24 December 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian club Osijek.^[1]

Club career

Dantas playing for AZ in 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 statistics

As of match played 1 December 2024^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		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
AZ (loan)	2023–24	Eredivisie	20	1	1	0	—		5[a]	0	26	1
Osijek	2024–25	Prva HNL	11	1	1	0	—		—		12	1
Career Total			147	12	14	3	2	0	7	1	170	16

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Benfica^[7]

• Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
• UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2019–20^[8]

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2020–21^[9]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2020^[10]

References

1. "Tiago Dantas loaned out". S.L. Benfica. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
2. Tiago Dantas at ForaDeJogo (archived). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
3. "Tiago Dantas estreia-se aos 18 anos na equipa principal do Benfica". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 21 December 2019.
4. "ΠΑΟΚ: Δικός του ο Ντάντας και με... τη βούλα!". gazzetta.gr. 25 June 2022.
5. "Dantas joins on loan". www.az.nl. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
6. Tiago Dantas at Soccerway
7. "Tiago Dantas". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
8. "Benfica-Real Madrid". UEFA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
9. "Bayern é campeão e Pedro Proença dá os parabéns a Tiago Dantas: "Um dia muito especial"". Record. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
10. "Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern". FIFA.com. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links

• Tiago Dantas national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)