Sebastián Tagliabúe

Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe (born 22 February 1985) is a professional association football player who plays for Al-Nasr. Born in Argentina, he was naturalized to represent the United Arab Emirates.

Sebastián Tagliabúe
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe
Date of birth (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985
Place of birth Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Nasr
Number 11
Youth career
Colegiales
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Colegiales 123 (37)
2008 Everton 11 (5)
2009 Deportes La Serena 27 (13)
2010 Once Caldas 5 (0)
2010–2012 Ettifaq 44 (21)
2012–2013 Al-Shabab 25 (19)
2013–2020 Al-Wahda 157 (152)
2020– Al-Nasr 29 (19)
National team‡
2020– United Arab Emirates 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:37, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:35, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Tagliabúe started his association football career at Primera C side Club Atletico Colegiales from 2003 to 2008. He helped win the Primera C (fourth tier) championship with Colegiales. He was signed abroad by Everton from the Primera División de Chile. Tagliabúe made his debut in a 5–5 draw against Deportes La Serena where he scored a hat-trick. After a spell at Everton where he scored six goals in 13 matches, Tagliabúe moved to Deportes La Serena scoring 13 times in 27 matches. After one year, in 2010, he moved to Once Caldas where he was able to participate in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Saudi Arabia

After his spell in Colombia, Tagliabúe moved overseas to Saudi Arabia after being approached by Al-Ittifaq. Tagliabúe scored 21 goals in 44 matches from 2010 to 2012. Al-Shabab signed him in 2012. Tagliabúe scored 19 goals in 25 matches in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season.

United Arab Emirates

Tagliabúe was offered to join UAE Pro-League side Al-Wahda and in June 2013 agreed to a five-year contract. He scored a hat-trick on 14 December 2017 in a UAE League Cup match against Al-Wasl. After spending seven years at the club winning at least four domestic titles, Tagliabúe joined Al-Nasr on a two-year contract.[1]

International career

In 2020, Tagliabúe was naturalized as an Emirati citizen making him one of the first three non Emirati-born players to do so alongside Fábio Virginio de Lima and Caio Canedo Corrêa both from Brazil.[2] Following the naturalization, he was called up to the United Arab Emirates team by Jorge Luis Pinto in October 2020 where he made his debut against Uzbekistan and scored his first international goal in a 2–1 defeat.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 April 2021[3]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Shabab 2012–13 Saudi Professional League 25 19 4 0 — 8 4 — 37 23
Total 251940—137—3723
Al-Wahda 2013–14 UAE Pro League 2528————77
2014–15 2215————2215
2015–16 2425—7710—3232
2016–17 20184364——3025
2017–18 212333101475104245
2018–19 2627107452114033
2019–20 19151150——2516
Total 15715297352913721198174
Al-Nasr 2020–21 UAE Pro League 2293220——2711
Career total 161139129372913721262208
  1. Appearances in UAE President's Cup
  2. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. Appearances in UAE Super Cup

International
Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tagliabúe goal.
List of international goals scored by Sebastián Tagliabúe
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2020Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan1–21–2Friendly
2.29 March 2021Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates India6–06–0
3.11 June 2021 Indonesia5–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club Atletico Colegiales

Al Wahda

Individual

Reference
  1. "Sebastian Tagliabue on joy at joining Al Nasr and a message for Al Wahda". The National. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. "'Unbelievable feeling': Argentina-born Sebastian Tagliabue granted UAE citizenship and ready 'to give everything' if called upon for World Cup qualifiers".
  3. "Sebastián Tagliabúe". Soccerway. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. "UAE Presidents Cup 2016/2017 - Final". goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. "Al Ain FC 3 : 3 , 3 : 4 PAl Wahda FC". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  7. "Arabian Gulf League 2015/16 Topscorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. "UAE League Top Scorers". uaefa. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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