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Tiago Dantas
2026-11-15 23:24:59 · The Daily Ledger
Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas (born 24 December 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar, on loan from Primeira Liga club Benfica, as a midfielder.
Club career
Dantas was born on 24 December 2000 in Lisbon, Portugal. In August 2018, he made his professional debut with Benfica B. Half a year later, he reached the first team in a match against Vitória de Setúbal for the Portuguese Cup.

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 Tiago Dantas in the form of a loan from Benfica until the summer of 2023.

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.
Club statistics
Honours
Benfica
Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2019–20
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2020–21
FIFA Club World Cup: 2020
References
External links
2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Lisbon
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
S.L. Benfica footballers
Primeira Liga players
S.L. Benfica B players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
FC Bayern Munich footballers
FC Bayern Munich II players
Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Super League Greece players
C.D. Tondela players
PAOK FC players
AZ Alkmaar players
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece