Sebastián Tagliabúe

Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe (born 22 February 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Argentina, he plays for the United Arab Emirates national team.

Sebastián Tagliabúe

Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe[1]
Date of birth	(1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Olivos, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–2003	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	Al-Ettifaq	44	(21)
2012–2013	Al-Shabab	25	(19)
2013–2020	Al-Wahda	157	(152)
2020–2022	Al-Nasr	44	(21)
2022–2023	Al-Wahda	20	(6)
2023–2024	Sharjah	18	(5)
International career‡
2020–2023	United Arab Emirates	19	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:37, 30 January 2023 (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.^[3] And on 13 June 2022, Tagliabúe joined his former club Al-Wahda.

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.^[4] 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 23 October 2024^[5]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Deportes La Serena	2009	Chilean Primera División	27	13	1	0	–		–		–		28	13
Once Caldas	2010	Categoría Primera A	5	0	2	2	–		1[c]	0	–		8	2
Ettifaq FC	2010–11	SPL	23	12	2	1	3	2	–		–		28	15
	2011–12		21	9	2	1	4	3	7[d]	8	–		34	21
	Total		44	21	4	2	7	5	7	8	–		62	36
Al-Shabab	2012–13	SPL	25	19	4	0	1	0	8[e]	4	–		38	23
Al-Wahda	2013–14	UPL	25	28	2	1	4	1	–		–		31	30
	2014–15		22	15	1	1	5	3	1[e]	0	–		29	19
	2015–16		24	25	1	1	7	7	–		–		32	33
	2016–17		20	18	4	3	6	4	7[e]	5	–		37	30
	2017–18		21	23	3	3	10	13	5[e]	2	1[f]	0	40	41
	2018–19		26	27	1	0	7	4	6[e]	2	1[f]	1	41	34
	2019–20		19	15	1	1	5	0	3[e]	1	–		28	17
	Total		157	152	13	10	44	32	22	10	2	1	238	205
Al-Nasr	2020–21	UPL	25	11	4	2	3	0	–		–		32	13
	2021–22		19	10	1	0	3	0	–		–		23	10
	Total		44	21	5	2	6	0	–		–		55	23
Al-Wahda	2022–23	UPL	20	6	0	0	3	4	–		–		23	10
Sharjah	2023–24		18	5	2	0	2	1	5[e]	0	1[f]	0	28	6
Career total			340	237	31	16	63	42	43	22	3	1	481	318

1. Includes Copa Chile, Copa Colombia, King Cup, UAE President's Cup
2. Includes Saudi Crown Prince Cup, UAE League Cup
3. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
4. Appearances in AFC Cup
5. Appearances in AFC Champions League
6. Appearance 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.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 October 2020	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2.	29 March 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	India	6–0	6–0	Friendly
3.	11 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Indonesia	5–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	30 December 2022	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Lebanon	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5.	7 January 2023	Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium, Basra, Iraq	Bahrain	1–2	1–2	25th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honours

Club Atletico Colegiales

• Primera B Metropolitana: 2007–08

Al Wahda

• UAE President's Cup: 2016–17^[6]
• UAE League Cup: 2017–18
• UAE Super Cup: 2017, 2018^[7]

Individual

• Saudi Professional League top scorer: 2012–13^[8]
• UAE Pro-League top scorer: 2015–16,^[9] 2018–19^[10]