Júlio Tavares

Júlio Tavares (born 19 November 1988) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Faisaly and the Cape Verde national team.

Júlio Tavares
Personal information
Full name Júlio Tavares
Date of birth (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988
Place of birth Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Faisaly
Number 19
Youth career
2006–2008 AS Montréal-la-Cluse
2008–2009 Bourg-Péronnas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Bourg-Péronnas 95 (40)
2012–2020 Dijon 243 (69)
2020– Al-Faisaly 0 (0)
National team‡
2012– Cape Verde 29 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2019

Club career

Dijon

On 28 October 2017, Tavares became Dijon's all time leading goal scorer after heading in the only goal in the 1–0 Ligue 1 home victory over Nantes; it was his 56th goal for Dijon in all competitions and broke the previous Dijon record of 55 goals scored in all competitions held by Sebastián Ribas.[1][2] On 18 November 2017, Tavares scored twice in the 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Troyes; it was the first Ligue 1 brace of his career and his second goal was the 100th Ligue 1 goal scored by Dijon, playing in just their third season in Ligue 1.[3] On 10 February 2018, Tavares scored twice as Dijon came from behind to beat OGC Nice 3–2 in a home Ligue 1 match; his brace brought his 2017–18 Ligue 1 goal tally to 9 in 15 matches, as many as he had scored in 35 Ligue 1 matches during the entire 2016–17 season.[4]

Al-Faisaly

On 14 September 2020, Tavares signed with Saudi Professional League club Al-Faisaly.[5]

International career

In 2013 he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations where his team advanced to the quarterfinals, in the best result in the history of the national team.[6] [7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 July 2019[8][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bourg-Péronnas 2009–10 CFA 2880000—288
2010–11 31141100—3215
2011–12 31164100—3517
Total 90385200009540
Dijon 2012–13 Ligue 2 26101121—2912
2013–14 2772110—308
2014–15 33102120—3711
2015–16 37111121—4013
2016–17 Ligue 1 3591110—3710
2017–18 26121110—2813
2018–19 3654320—428
Total 220641291120024375
Career total 310102171111200338115

International goals
Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[11]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2014Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde Niger3–13–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 June 2015Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe7–17–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.28 March 2017Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–02–0Friendly
4.1 June 2018July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Algeria3–23–2Friendly

References
  1. "Julio Tavares, meilleur buteur de l'histoire du DFCO !". Le Bien Public. 29 October 2017.
  2. "Ranieri sees Nantes run ended in Dijon". www.ligue1.com. 28 October 2017.
  3. "Korean duo on target as Dijon beat Troyes". www.ligue1.com. 18 November 2017.
  4. "Dijon get boost with Nice win". www.ligue1.com. 10 February 2018.
  5. "Tavares signed with Al-Faisaly". Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. https://africanfootball.com/team/27/Cape-Verde/141/2013-Africa-Cup -Of-Nations /
  7. https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013-Africa-Cup-Of-Nations/1
  8. Júlio Tavares at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  9. "Júlio Tavares » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. Júlio Tavares at FootballDatabase.eu
  11. "Júlio Tavares". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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