Jorge Tavares (footballer, born 1986)

Jorge Tavares
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Humberto Pinto Tavares
Date of birth	22 April 1986 (age 35)
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
National team
2004	Portugal U18
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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) and StatisticsFootball.com
Jorge Tavares at Soccerway
Jorge Tavares at ForaDeJogo
National team data (in Portuguese)
PlayerHistory profile
Official website^{[permanent dead link]}

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