Heriberto Tavares

Heriberto Moreno Borges Tavares (born 19 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Famalicão on loan from French club Stade Brestois 29 as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Borges and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Heriberto Tavares
Personal information
Full name Heriberto Moreno Borges Tavares[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997[1]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Famalicão
(on loan from Brest)
Number 91
Youth career
2006–2007 Estrela Amadora
2007–2015 Sporting CP
2015–2016 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Benfica B 78 (25)
2018–2019 → Moreirense (loan) 32 (6)
2019–2020 → Boavista (loan) 28 (3)
2020– Brest 4 (0)
2021– → Famalicão (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2012 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 5 (1)
2017–2018 Portugal U21 9 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021

Club career

Benfica

Born in Amadora, Lisbon metropolitan area of Cape Verdean descent,[2] Tavares played youth football with three clubs in the country's capital, including Sporting CP from ages 10 to 18.[3] He made his senior debut with S.L. Benfica's reserves on 6 August 2016, featuring 71 minutes in the 1–1 LigaPro home draw against C.D. Cova da Piedade.[4]

In the 2017–18 season, Tavares scored a career-best 14 goals to help the B team finish in 13th position.[3] Highlights included braces in home victories over Varzim SC (2–1),[5] Real Massamá (3–0)[6] and C.F. União (2–1).[7]

On 25 July 2018, Tavares was loaned to Moreirense FC.[8] He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 12 August, scoring in a 1–3 home loss to Sporting and also committing a penalty which resulted in the opposition's second goal.[9] He repeated the feat the following round, helping to a 2–1 away defeat of C.D. Nacional.[10]

For the 2019–20 campaign, Tavares signed with Boavista F.C. also on loan.[11][12]

Brest

Tavares moved to the French Ligue 1 on 2 August 2020, signing a four-year contract with Stade Brestois 29 on a free transfer.[13] He made his league debut 21 days later, playing 22 minutes in the 4–0 loss at Nîmes Olympique.[14]

On 11 January 2021, Tavares was loaned to F.C. Famalicão until 30 June.[15]

International career

All youth categories comprised, Tavares won 20 caps for Portugal and scored seven goals. He made his under-21 debut on 14 November 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Diogo Jota in a 2–1 home win against Switzerland for the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers;[16] the following 11 October, during the same phase, he netted four times in a 9–0 demolition of Liechtenstein.[17]

References
  1. "Heriberto Tavares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Futebol: Luso-cabo-verdiano Heriberto Tavares quer representar seleção de Portugal" [Football: Portuguese-Cape Verdean Heriberto Tavares wants to represent Portugal national team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. Madeira Pinto, Vanda (1 June 2018). "Estrelas da formação: Heriberto Tavares" [Youth system stars: Heriberto Tavares] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Benfica B-Cova da Piedade, 1–1: Estreantes travam águias no Seixal" [Benfica B-Cova da Piedade, 1–1: Newcomers stop eagles at Seixal]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. "Benfica B-Varzim, 2–1: Bis de Heriberto Tavares dá vitória" [Benfica B-Varzim, 2–1: Heriberto Tavares brace gives win]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. "II Liga: Benfica B vence Real Massamá com «bis» de Heriberto" [II League: Benfica B beat Real Massamá with brace from Heriberto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. "Benfica B-U. Madeira, 2–1: Heriberto bisa e dá vitória às águias" [Benfica B-U. Madeira, 2–1: Heriberto grabs brace and gives win to eagles]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. "OFICIAL: Moreirense recruta Heriberto ao Benfica" [OFFICIAL: Moreirense recruit Heriberto from Benfica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. "Heriberto fez o golo do Moreirense e o penálti que acabou no segundo do Sporting. E não tem dúvidas: "Fomos um pouco abaixo"" [Heriberto the author of Moreirense's goal and the penalty which ended in Sporting's second. And he has no doubts: "We collapsed a bit"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. "Liga. Moreirense alcança primeiro triunfo (1–2) no reduto do Nacional (vídeo)" [League. Moreirense get first win (1–2) in Nacional's turf (video)] (in Portuguese). Guimarães TV. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  11. Mendes, António (16 July 2019). "Benfica empresta Heriberto Tavares ao Boavista" [Benfica loan Heriberto Tavares to Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. "Heriberto continua na Liga NOS" [Heriberto remains in the NOS League] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  13. "Heriberto Tavares est Brestois!" [Heriberto Tavares is a Brest man!] (in French). Stade Brestois 29. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  14. "Football: Nîmes large vainqueur de Brest pour la première de la saison (4–0)" [Football: Nîmes beat Brest easily for first of the season (4–0)]. Midi Libre (in French). 23 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  15. Denis, Sebastien (12 January 2021). "Heriberto Tavares quitte Brest" [Heriberto Tavares leaves Brest] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  16. Pires, Sérgio (14 November 2017). "Sub-21: Portugal-Suíça, 2–1 (crónica)" [Under-21: Portugal-Switzerland, 2–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  17. "Sub-21 de Portugal marcam nove golos no Liechtenstein" [Portugal under-21s score nine goals in Liechtenstein]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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