Tiago Gouveia
Portuguese footballer (born 2001)
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Tiago Maria Antunes Gouveia (born 18 June 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği, on loan from Primeira Liga club Benfica.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiago Maria Antunes Gouveia | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Cascais, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Gençlerbirliği (on loan from Benfica) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Tires | ||
| 2013–2017 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2017–2020 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Benfica B | 50 | (12) |
| 2022– | Benfica | 19 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | → Estoril (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2025–2026 | → Nice (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Gençlerbirliği (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U16 | 8 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2022 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 July 2023 | |||
Club career
Born in Cascais, Lisbon District, Gouveia played for Tires and Sporting CP at youth level, before joining Benfica's academy in 2017, aged 16.[2]
On 10 November 2019, Gouveia made his professional debut for Benfica's B team, in the second division, coming off the bench to replace Tiago Dantas in the 72nd minute of a 1–1 draw away at Penafiel.[3] On 26 April 2021, he scored his first goal for Benfica B, the opener in a 2–2 league draw at home to Penafiel.[4]
On 30 April 2022, Gouveia made his debut for Benfica's main team, coming off the bench to replace João Mário on the 72nd minute of a 1–0 victory away at Marítimo, in the Primeira Liga.[5]
On 27 July 2022, Benfica sent Gouveia on a season-long loan to fellow Primeira Liga club Estoril.[6] He made his debut for the side on 6 August, starting in a 2–0 league victory at home to Famalicão, impressing by being involved in the first goal and assisting the second.[7] Two weeks later, Gouveia scored his first Primeira Liga goal and first goal for Estoril, in a 2–2 draw at home to Rio Ave.[8] In the 2022–23 season, Gouveia made 30 appearances in all competitions for the Canaries, scoring five goals and providing six assists.[9]
After impressing on loan, Gouveia returned to Benfica and, on 3 July 2023, signed a new five-year contract with the club.[10] At the end of the 2023–24 pre-season, Benfica manager Roger Schmidt selected him to be part of the Eagles squad for the 2023–24 campaign.[11] On 20 September 2023, Gouveia made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming off the bench to replace Rafa Silva in the 83rd minute of a 2–0 group stage loss at home to Red Bull Salzburg.[12] A month later, he scored his first goal for Benfica's main team, in a 4–1 victory away at Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese 4th tier) side Lusitânia, in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.[13]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 10 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | Liga Portugal 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 50 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 50 | 12 | ||||||
| Benfica | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |||
| Estoril (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| Nice (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[b] | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| Career total | 113 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 24 | ||
- [a]Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs