Rafael Tavares (footballer, born 2000)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tavares and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Rafael Tavares

Personal information
Full name	Rafael Tavares dos Santos
Date of birth	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000
Place of birth	Porto Seguro, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Team information
Current team	Hercílio Luz
Youth career
	Capivariano
2018–2019	→ Spartak Trnava (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Capivariano	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Spartak Trnava (loan)	31	(2)
2020–2022	→ Karviná (loan)	21	(3)
2023	→ Vlašim (loan)	7	(0)
2024–	→ Hercílio Luz (loan)	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Rafael Tavares dos Santos (born 26 June 2000) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Hercílio Luz.

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Tavares joined Spartak Trnava on loan in August 2018, initially starting in the U19 youth team. Later on, he broke to the first-team and made his professional Fortuna Liga debut against Dunajská Streda on 23 February 2019, coming on as a stoppage time replacement for a former Slovak international, David Depetris.

Honours

Spartak Trnava

• Slovnaft Cup: 2018–19

External links

• FC Spartak Trnava official club profile (in Slovak)
• Rafael Tavares at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
• Rafael Tavares at Soccerway
• Rafael Tavares at Soccerway
• Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)