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Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares (born 26 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela. Born in Portugal, he represented the Cape Verdean national team, earning 14 caps.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 26 December 1989||
Place of birth | Olivais, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tondela | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2007 | Operário Lisboa | ||
2007–2008 | Olivais Moscavide | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Tojal | 23 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Portosantense | 51 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Pinhalnovense | 29 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Beira-Mar | 40 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Oțelul Galați | 25 | (1) |
2015–2019 | Tondela | 102 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Altay | 35 | (1) |
2020 | Giresunspor | 4 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Voluntari | 78 | (1) |
2023– | Tondela | 27 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017–2021 | Cape Verde | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC) |
Born in Olivais, Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, Tavares spent his first years as a senior in Portuguese amateur football. In the summer of 2013, aged nearly 24, he signed with Beira-Mar in the second division from Pinhalnovense in the third.
Tavares made his professional debut on 27 July 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Portimonense in the first round of the Taça da Liga.[2] He first appeared in division two on 12 August, featuring the entire 2–3 home defeat to Porto B.[3]
In the 2015 off-season, after one year in Romania with Oțelul Galați,[4] Tavares joined Primeira Liga club Tondela.[5] His first match in the Portuguese top tier occurred on 14 August when he started an eventual 1–2 home loss against Sporting CP,[6] and he finished his debut season with 30 appearances as his team managed to avoid relegation. In June 2016, he renewed his contract for another year.[7]
In January 2019, as his link was due to expire on 30 June, Tavares was sold to Altay of the Turkish TFF First League and agreed to a one-and-a-half-year deal.[8][9]
Tavares made his debut for Cape Verde on 28 March 2017, in a friendly against Luxembourg.[10][11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cape Verde[12] | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
2018 | 3 | 0 | |
2019 | 4 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
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