Rúben Dias

Rúben Dias
	Dias with Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias
Date of birth	14 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	3
Youth career
2006–2008	Estrela da Amadora
2008–2015	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Benfica B
2017–2020	Benfica
2020–	Manchester City
National team‡
2013	Portugal U16
2013–2014	Portugal U17
2014–2016	Portugal U19
2016–2017	Portugal U20
2017	Portugal U21
2018–	Portugal
Honours
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA Nations League
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:44, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias (born 14 May 1997) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a centre-back for Manchester City and the Portugal national team.

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As of match played 17 April 2024

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}		League cup^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Benfica B	2015–16^[3]	LigaPro	26	0	—		—		—		—		26	0
	2016–17^[3]	LigaPro	28	0	—		—		—		—		28	0
	2017–18^[3]	LigaPro	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		55	0	—		—		—		—		55	0
Benfica	2017–18^[3]	Primeira Liga	24	3	1	0	3	1	2^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	0	0	30	4
	2018–19^[3]	Primeira Liga	32	3	5	0	3	0	15^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1	—		55	4
	2019–20^[4]^[3]	Primeira Liga	33	2	5	0	2	0	8^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1	1^{[lower-alpha 6]}	0	49	3
	2020–21^[3]	Primeira Liga	2	1	—		—		1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	—		3	1
	Total		91	9	11	0	8	1	26	2	1	0	137	12
Manchester City	2020–21^[5]	Premier League	32	1	4	0	3	0	11^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	—		50	1
	2021–22^[6]	Premier League	29	2	2	0	0	0	8^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	1^{[lower-alpha 7]}	0	40	2
	2022–23^[7]	Premier League	26	0	3	0	1	0	12^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	1^{[lower-alpha 7]}	0	43	1
	2023–24^[8]	Premier League	27	0	3	0	0	0	9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	2^{[lower-alpha 8]}	0	41	0
	Total		114	3	12	0	4	0	40	1	4	0	174	4
Career total			260	12	23	0	12	1	66	3	5	0	366	16

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Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Appearance in FA Community Shield
One appearance in FA Community Shield, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 21 March 2024^[9]

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	2018	7	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	7	2
	2021	13	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	9	0
	2024	1	0
Total		54	2

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As of match played 21 March 2024

Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dias goal^[9]

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List of international goals scored by Rúben Dias
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	17 November 2020	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia	24	Croatia	1–1	3–2	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	^[10]
2	17 November 2020	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia	24	Croatia	3–2	3–2	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	^[10]

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Benfica

Primeira Liga: 2018–19^[11]
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2019^[12]

Manchester City

Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23^[1]
FA Cup: 2022–23^[13]
EFL Cup: 2020–21^[14]
UEFA Champions League: 2022–23;^[15] runner-up: 2020–21^[16]
UEFA Super Cup: 2023^[17]
FIFA Club World Cup: 2023^[18]

Portugal

UEFA Nations League: 2018–19^[19]

Individual

UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016^[20]
Cosme Damião Awards – Revelation of the Year: 2017^[21]
Primeira Liga Best Young Player of the Year: 2017–18^[22]
UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019^[19]
Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: March 2018,^[23] October/November 2019^[24]
Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2019–20^[25]
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2020–21^[26]
PFA Team of the Year: 2020–21 Premier League,^[27] 2022–23 Premier League^[28]
Manchester City Player of the Year: 2020–21^[29]
UEFA Champions League Squad/Team of the Season: 2020–21,^[30] 2022–23^[31]
Premier League Player of the Season: 2020–21^[1]
ESM Team of the Year: 2020–21^[32]
UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 2020–21^[33]
FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2021,^[34]

[1]
"Rúben Dias: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
[2]
"Rúben Dias: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
[3]
"Rúben Dias". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
[4]
"Rúben Dias: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
[5]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[6]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[7]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
[8]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
[9]
"Rúben Dias: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
[10]
"Croatia vs. Portugal 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[11]
Fernandes, Mariana (18 May 2019). "Como o Benfica foi campeão nacional ao som de "Summer of '99" (e dois intrusos que parecem mais velhos do que são)". Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
[12]
"Benfica vs. Sporting Lisbon 5–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[13]
McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
[14]
McNulty, Phil (25 April 2021). "Manchester City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[15]
McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Manchester City 1–0 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
[16]
McNulty, Phil (29 May 2021). "Manchester City 0–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
[17]
McNulty, Phil (16 August 2023). "Manchester City 1–1 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
[18]
"Manchester City 4–0 Fluminense". BBC Sport. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
[19]
"UEFA Nations League Finals: Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
[20]
"Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
[21]
"Gala Benfica Galardões Cosme Damião" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
[22]
"Liga: Rúben Dias vence prémio de jogador jovem do ano". Maisfutebol. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
[23]
"Jonas e Ricardo Gomes eleitos "Jogador do Mês" de março" [Jonas and Ricardo Gomes elected "Player of the Month" of March] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
[24]
"Melhores do Mês: outubro/novembro 2019-20: Carlos Vinícius e Fabrício Isidoro em destaque". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
[25]
"Do melhor jogador ao golo do ano. Confira os vencedores do Kick-Off da Liga". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
[26]
"Manchester City's Ruben Dias named Football Writers' Association men's footballer of year". BBC Sport. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
[27]
"PFA Premier League Team of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne one of six Manchester City players picked". BBC Sport. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
[28]
"Erling Haaland: Manchester City forward wins PFA men's Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
[29]
"Dias named Etihad Player of the Season". Manchester City F.C. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
[30]
"UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
[31]
"2022/23 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
[32]
"ESM Team of the Season – 2020-21". worldsoccer.com. 7 June 2021.
[33]
"Champions League Defender of the Season: Rúben Dias". UEFA. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
[34]
"2020-2021 Men's FIFA FIFPRO World 11 revealed". fifpro.org. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[3] Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup

[4] Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup

[UCL-6] Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

[7] Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

[9] Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

[10] Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

[FACS-13] Appearance in FA Community Shield

[16] One appearance in FA Community Shield, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

[PremProfile-1] [1]
"Rúben Dias: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[2] [2]
"Rúben Dias: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[ForaDeJogo-5] [3]
"Rúben Dias". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.

[Soccerway-8] [4]
"Rúben Dias: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[11] [5]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[12] [6]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[14] [7]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

[15] [8]
"Games played by Ruben Dias in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[wfnat-17] [9]
"Rúben Dias: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[18] [10]
"Croatia vs. Portugal 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[19] [11]
Fernandes, Mariana (18 May 2019). "Como o Benfica foi campeão nacional ao som de "Summer of '99" (e dois intrusos que parecem mais velhos do que são)". Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[20] [12]
"Benfica vs. Sporting Lisbon 5–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[21] [13]
McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[22] [14]
McNulty, Phil (25 April 2021). "Manchester City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[23] [15]
McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Manchester City 1–0 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[24] [16]
McNulty, Phil (29 May 2021). "Manchester City 0–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[25] [17]
McNulty, Phil (16 August 2023). "Manchester City 1–1 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[26] [18]
"Manchester City 4–0 Fluminense". BBC Sport. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[nations-27] [19]
"UEFA Nations League Finals: Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[28] [20]
"Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[29] [21]
"Gala Benfica Galardões Cosme Damião" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[best_young_player-30] [22]
"Liga: Rúben Dias vence prémio de jogador jovem do ano". Maisfutebol. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[31] [23]
"Jonas e Ricardo Gomes eleitos "Jogador do Mês" de março" [Jonas and Ricardo Gomes elected "Player of the Month" of March] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[32] [24]
"Melhores do Mês: outubro/novembro 2019-20: Carlos Vinícius e Fabrício Isidoro em destaque". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[33] [25]
"Do melhor jogador ao golo do ano. Confira os vencedores do Kick-Off da Liga". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[BBC_FOTY-34] [26]
"Manchester City's Ruben Dias named Football Writers' Association men's footballer of year". BBC Sport. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[35] [27]
"PFA Premier League Team of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne one of six Manchester City players picked". BBC Sport. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[36] [28]
"Erling Haaland: Manchester City forward wins PFA men's Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[37] [29]
"Dias named Etihad Player of the Season". Manchester City F.C. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[38] [30]
"UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[39] [31]
"2022/23 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[40] [32]
"ESM Team of the Season – 2020-21". worldsoccer.com. 7 June 2021.

[41] [33]
"Champions League Defender of the Season: Rúben Dias". UEFA. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[42] [34]
"2020-2021 Men's FIFA FIFPRO World 11 revealed". fifpro.org. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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