Rúben Dias

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.

Rúben Dias

Dias with Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias
Date of birth	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.87m(6.2ft)
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	3
Youth career
2006–2008	Estrela da Amadora
2008–2015	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Benfica B	55	(0)
2017–2020	Benfica	91	(9)
2020–	Manchester City	114	(3)
International career‡
2013	Portugal U16	5	(1)
2013–2014	Portugal U17	18	(0)
2014–2016	Portugal U19	21	(2)
2016–2017	Portugal U20	15	(0)
2017	Portugal U21	4	(0)
2018–	Portugal	54	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA Nations League Winner 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:44, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Benfica B	2015–16[2]	LigaPro	26	0	—		—		—		—		26	0
	2016–17[2]	LigaPro	28	0	—		—		—		—		28	0
	2017–18[2]	LigaPro	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		55	0	—		—		—		—		55	0
Benfica	2017–18[2]	Primeira Liga	24	3	1	0	3	1	2[c]	0	0	0	30	4
	2018–19[2]	Primeira Liga	32	3	5	0	3	0	15[d]	1	—		55	4
	2019–20[3][2]	Primeira Liga	33	2	5	0	2	0	8[e]	1	1[f]	0	49	3
	2020–21[2]	Primeira Liga	2	1	—		—		1[c]	0	—		3	1
	Total		91	9	11	0	8	1	26	2	1	0	137	12
Manchester City	2020–21[4]	Premier League	32	1	4	0	3	0	11[c]	0	—		50	1
	2021–22[5]	Premier League	29	2	2	0	0	0	8[c]	0	1[g]	0	40	2
	2022–23[6]	Premier League	26	0	3	0	1	0	12[c]	1	1[g]	0	43	1
	2023–24[7]	Premier League	27	0	3	0	0	0	9[c]	0	2[h]	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

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

International

As of match played 21 March 2024^[8]

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

As of match played 21 March 2024

Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dias goal^[8]

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	[9]
2					3–2

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2018–19^[10]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2019^[11]

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23^[12]
• 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^[12]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2020–21^[32]
• UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 2020–21^[33]
• FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2021,^[34]