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Rúben Dias
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Portuguese association football player
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Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias, known as Rúben Dias, is a Portuguese association football player. Born on May 14, 1997, in Amadora, he plays as a centre-back. He stands 186 centimeters tall and weighs 70 kilograms. Dias began his professional work period in 2015 and speaks Portuguese.
He has been a member of S.L. Benfica B, S.L. Benfica, and Manchester City F.C. Additionally, he represented the Portugal national under-16 football team. Dias participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. His sport number is 3.
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Key facts
- 2013
- Portugal U16
- 2017
- Portugal U21
- 2018
- Portugal
- 2020
- Manchester City
- Full name
- Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias
- Date of birth
- ( 1997-05-14 ) 14 May 1997 (age 29)
- Place of birth
- Amadora , Portugal
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Manchester City
- 2006 2008
- Estrela da Amadora
- 2008 2015
- Benfica
- Years
- Team
- 2015 2017
- Benfica B
- 2017 2020
- Benfica
- 2013 2014
- Portugal U17
- 2014 2016
- Portugal U19
- 2016 2017
- Portugal U20
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Manchester City
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Amadora
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2022 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Portugal men's national football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Ruben Dias, 14 November 2024 (4).jpg
- Height
- 186
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1997-05-14
- start of work period
- 2015-00-00
- Commons category
- Rúben Dias
- birth name
- Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias
- name in native language
- Rúben Dias
- sport number
- 3
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:35, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:41, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias (born 14 May 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team. He is regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rúben Dias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.