Jorge Tavares (footballer, born 1986)

Jorge Tavares
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Humberto Pinto Tavares
Date of birth	22 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Oeiras, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998	Carcavelos
1998–2003	Sporting CP
2003–2005	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Belenenses
2005–2008	Olivais Moscavide
2008–2009	Gloria Buzău
2009–2012	Ayia Napa
2012–2013	Benfica Macau
2013–2014	Onisilos Sotira
2015–2016	Sporting de Macau
Total
International career
2004	Portugal U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Humberto Pinto Tavares (born 22 April 1986 in Oeiras, Lisbon District) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Tavares played in three clubs in the Lisbon District in his youth, the last being C.F. Os Belenenses. On 22 November 2004, still a junior, he made his debut with the first team, playing 27 minutes in a top division match against Académica de Coimbra, and scoring in a 1–1 away draw.

In the following three seasons, Tavares played with another team in the region, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, helping to promotion to the second level in his first year but being relegated in his second. After one more season, the 22-year-old moved abroad, signing for FC Gloria Buzău in Romania.

External links

Jorge Tavares at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Jorge Tavares at Soccerway
Jorge Tavares at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Jorge Tavares national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
PlayerHistory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2016)
Official website^{[permanent dead link]}

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