Manchester : Ruben Dias was announced as the PFA Player of the Year during his debut season in Premier League under Pep Guardiola as Manchester City won the Premier League title and reached the UEFA Champions League Final.
The Portuguese signed for the Blue Manchester side from Benfica, and his contribution was undeniable as City made a complete turn around in their league journey. City registered just one win in their first three games but went on to boast a 21 game win streak across all competitions, which included 15 consecutive wins in the English Premier league.
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He joined from Benfica for £65m, last summer from then he made 32 appearance for the Citizens. He scored one goal and helped his team maintain 15 clean sheets. Guardiola paired him with John Stones at the heart of his backline which helped his team concede just 32 goals in total in the Premier league.
Dias boasts with an wonderful stats which includes with 24 tackles and 54% tackle success. He had made 135 recoveries and won 111 duels with 0 errors leading to goals. It comes around handy as he has 109 accurate long ball and 84.48 passes per match.
He also won the 2020/21 FWA Footballer of the year award and was voted the 2020/21 EA Sports Player of the Season.
