#227Nuno Tavares
LazioPortugal26 years old183
30
Tackles
18
Interceptions
6.9
Rating
23
Appearances
1493 mins
0
Goals
TackleZone Defender Score
27.8
Below Average
Rank #227 of 304 defenders
Ranks in top 75% of all defenders in Europe's top 5 leagues (304 players, 900+ mins, rating ≥ 6.8).
📊 Season Performance
📅 Career History
| Season | Club · League | Apps | Goals | Ast | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Lazio · Serie A | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 |
| 25/26 | Lazio · Serie A | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
| 24/25 | Lazio · Serie A | 23 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 |
| 23/24 | Nottingham Forest · Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 22/23 | Marseille · Ligue 1 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 21/22 | Arsenal · Premier League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 |
| 20/21 | Benfica · Primeira Liga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 19/20 | Benfica · Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7.0 |
Tavares's 2025/26 season, read from the numbers
In 2025/26, Nuno Tavares moved in and out of the side for Lazio in the Serie A: 23 appearances and 1493 minutes, averaging 65 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.8 tackles per 90, 1.1 interceptions per 90 and 56% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Tavares's totals.
Tavares played 895 passes — 54.0 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Carrying the ball, Tavares attempted 39 dribbles and completed 59% — 2.4 attempts per 90.
Discipline is part of the picture for Tavares: 5 bookings in 23 appearances, one every 4.6 games. Our records cover 6 seasons of Tavares's career, 2021/22 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Arsenal, Marseille, Nottingham Forest, Lazio. In that time he has played 141 matches across 9 competitions, 9,375 minutes in all.
His best season on our records was 2026/27, when he averaged 7.34 across 5 appearances.
How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.