Nuno Tavares

Nuno Tavares Lazio full-back Nuno Tavares has been called up for international duty with Portugal, replacing injured Manchester United player Diogo Dalot. The team finalised its training at the Cidade do Futebol today and is flying out for Armenia, where it will play the first of two World Cup qualifiers on Saturday. Diogo Dalot had been originally in the squad, but was forced to withdraw after complaining of muscular problems. He has been replaced by Nuno Tavares, who will travel directly from Italy to Armenia and meet his teammates and coach Roberto Martinez there. Portugal will play Armenia on Saturday, then face Hungary in Budapest on September 9.Nuno Tavares is 25 years old and has only one senior cap for Portugal, earned in November 2024. Unfortunately, those injury...

Nuno Tavares of SS Lazio during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between SS Lazio and FC Porto at Stadio Olimpico on November 07, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Lazio confirm the extent of the injury Nuno Tavares sustained on international duty with Portugal, as Pedro is also likely to miss out against Bologna. The Aquile are back in action this weekend when hosting Bologna at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday evening. Nuno Tavares will not be part of coach Marco Baroni’s squad that day, because the full-back picked up a muscular problem while on international duty for Portugal. A statement from the club this afternoon confirmed that he has been diagnosed with a low-grade lesion to the semi-membrane in the left thigh. Nuno Tavares has already started treatment and is expected to...

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