{{short description|Portuguese footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Portuguese name|Oliveira|Dantas}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tiago Dantas | image = Tiago Dantas 2019.png | image_size = 200 | caption = Dantas with Benfica in 2019 | fullname = Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal | height = 1.70 m | position = Central midfielder | currentclub = Rijeka | clubnumber = 26 | youthyears1 = 2010–2020 | youthclubs1 = Benfica | years1 = 2018–2019 | clubs1 = Benfica B | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2019–2024 | clubs2 = Benfica | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → Bayern Munich II (loan) | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = → Bayern Munich (loan) | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = → Tondela (loan) | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = → PAOK (loan) | caps6 = 32 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2023–2024 | clubs7 = → AZ (loan) | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2024–2025 | clubs8 = Osijek | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2025– | clubs9 = Rijeka | caps9 = 31 | goals9 = 7 | nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U16 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016 | nationalteam2 = Portugal U17 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam3 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2019 | nationalteam4 = Portugal U20 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 1 | nationalyears5 = 2021–2023 | nationalteam5 = Portugal U21 | nationalcaps5 = 18 | nationalgoals5 = 1 | club-update = 23 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/agora/noticias/2021/07/07/futebol-benfica-tiago-dantas-emprestimo-tondela | title = Tiago Dantas loaned out | website = S.L. Benfica | date = 7 July 2021 | access-date = 28 July 2021}}</ref>
==Club career== [[File:Go Ahead Eagles - AZ - 53170667894 (Tiago Dantas).jpg|left|thumb|Dantas playing for AZ in 2023|299x299px]] Dantas was born on 24 December 2000 in Lisbon, Portugal. In August 2018, he made his professional debut with Benfica B.<ref>{{ForaDeJogo|200012240001|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> Half a year later, he reached the first team in a match against Vitória de Setúbal for the Portuguese Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/tiago-dantas-estreia-se-aos-18-anos-na-equipa-principal-do-benfica |title=Tiago Dantas estreia-se aos 18 anos na equipa principal do Benfica |website=Record.pt |language=Portuguese |date=21 December 2019 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.gr/football/superleague/2128838/paok-dikos-toy-o-ntantas-kai-me-ti-boyla-vid |title=ΠΑΟΚ: Δικός του ο Ντάντας και με... τη βούλα! |website=gazzetta.gr |date=25 June 2022 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2023 |title=Dantas joins on loan |url=https://www.az.nl/en/nieuws/dantas-joins-on-loan |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=www.az.nl |language=en}}</ref>
==Club statistics== {{updated|match played 23 May 2026|<ref>{{Soccerway|tiago-filipe-oliveira-dantas/505982}}</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web |title=Tiago Dantas |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tiago-filipe-oliveira-dantas/505982/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Benfica B |2018–19 |LigaPro |21||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||2 |- |2019–20 |LigaPro |23||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||3 |- |2020–21 |Liga Portugal 2 |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !49!!5!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!49!!5 |- |rowspan="3"|Benfica |2019–20 |Primeira Liga |0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2020–21 |Primeira Liga |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0 |- |Bayern Munich (loan) |2020–21 |Bundesliga |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||2||0 |- |Bayern Munich II (loan) |2020–21 |3. Liga |7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0 |- |Tondela (loan) |2021–22 |Primeira Liga |26||1||7||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||34||4 |- |PAOK (loan) |2022–23 |Super League Greece |32||4||5||0||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="ECL">Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League</ref>||1||39||5 |- |AZ (loan) |2023–24 |Eredivisie |20||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5<ref group=lower-alpha name="ECL">Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League</ref>||0||26||1 |- |Osijek |2024–25 |Croatian Football League |21||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||1 |- |Rijeka |2025–26 |Croatian Football League |31||7||5||2||colspan="2"|—||16<ref group=lower-alpha name="UEL">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</ref>||1||52||10 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !188!!19!!21!!5!!2!!0!!23!!2!!234!!26 |} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==Honours== '''Benfica'''<ref name="Soccerway"/> * Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18 * UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2019–20<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/match/2030180--benfica-vs-real-madrid|title=Benfica-Real Madrid|website=UEFA|access-date=26 August 2020}}</ref>
'''Bayern Munich''' * Bundesliga: 2020–21<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/paises/alemanha/bayern-munique/detalhe/pedro-proenca-este-e-um-dia-muito-especial-para-o-tiago-dantas|title=Bayern é campeão e Pedro Proença dá os parabéns a Tiago Dantas: "Um dia muito especial"|work=Record|date=8 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref> * FIFA Club World Cup: 2020<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/amp/pavard-completes-sextuple-for-dominant-bayern |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211201846/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/amp/pavard-completes-sextuple-for-dominant-bayern |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2021 |title=Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern |website=FIFA.com |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * {{FPF national player|667064}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dantas, Tiago}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lisbon Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:S.L. Benfica footballers Category:Primeira Liga players Category:S.L. Benfica B players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Category:Bundesliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Eredivisie players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:FC Bayern Munich footballers Category:FC Bayern Munich II players Category:C.D. Tondela players Category:PAOK FC players Category:AZ Alkmaar players Category:NK Osijek players Category:HNK Rijeka players Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
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