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
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Club 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)
National team‡
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)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA Nations League
Winner2019
* 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)

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2015–16[3] LigaPro 260————260
2016–17[3] LigaPro 280————280
2017–18[3] LigaPro 10————10
Total 550————550
Benfica 2017–18[3] Primeira Liga 24310312[lower-alpha 3]000304
2018–19[3] Primeira Liga 323503015[lower-alpha 4]1—554
2019–20[4][3] Primeira Liga 33250208[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 6]0493
2020–21[3] Primeira Liga 21——1[lower-alpha 3]0—31
Total 919110812621013712
Manchester City 2020–21[5] Premier League 321403011[lower-alpha 3]0—501
2021–22[6] Premier League 29220008[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 7]0402
2022–23[7] Premier League 260301012[lower-alpha 3]11[lower-alpha 7]0431
2023–24[8] Premier League 27030009[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 8]0410
Total 114312040401401744
Career total 260122301216635036616
  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[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201870
2019100
202072
2021130
202270
202390
202410
Total542
As of match played 21 March 2024
Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dias goal[9]
List of international goals scored by Rúben Dias
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
117 November 2020Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia24 Croatia1–13–22020–21 UEFA Nations League A[10]
23–2

Honours

Benfica

Manchester City

Portugal

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]

References
  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.
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