Tiago 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 25)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 26
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)
2024–2025 Osijek 30 (1)
2025– Rijeka 37 (8)
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 as of 15 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 July 2023

Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas (born 24 December 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNL club Rijeka.

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. Half a year later, he reached the first team in a match against Vitória de Setúbal for the Portuguese Cup.

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 Dantas in the form of a loan from Benfica until the summer of 2023.

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.

Club statistics

As of match played 23 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2018–19 LigaPro 21200——212
2019–20 LigaPro 23300——233
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 5000——50
Total 49500——495
Benfica 2019–20 Primeira Liga 0000100010
2020–21 Primeira Liga 0000000000
Total 0000100010
Bayern Munich (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 2000—0020
Bayern Munich II (loan) 2020–21 3. Liga 70———70
Tondela (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 2617310—344
PAOK (loan) 2022–23 Super League Greece 32450—21395
AZ (loan) 2023–24 Eredivisie 20110—50261
Osijek 2024–25 Croatian Football League 21130——241
Rijeka 2025–26 Croatian Football League 31752—1615210
Career Total 188192152023223426
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ↑ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Benfica

Bayern Munich

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. 1 2 "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.