1) He was a late bloomer
Tagliafico spent five years at his first club Banfield and even had a loan spell in the Spanish second division with Real Murcia in 2012. It was only when he moved to Independiente in 2015 that he began to develop a reputation.
The defender won the Copa Sudamericana (South America’s equivalent of the Europa League) in 2017 and won his first senior cap for Argentina the same year. His success led to his move to Ajax not long afterwards.