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Hélder Tavares
Personal information
Full name	Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares
Date of birth	26 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Olivais, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tondela
Number	8
Youth career
2003–2007	Operário Lisboa
2007–2008	Olivais Moscavide
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2010	Tojal
2010–2012	Portosantense
2012–2013	Pinhalnovense
2013–2014	Beira-Mar
2014–2015	Oțelul Galați
2015–2019	Tondela
2019–2020	Altay
2020	Giresunspor
2021–2023	Voluntari
2023–	Tondela
International career
2017–2021	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares (born 26 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela. Born in Portugal, he represented the Cape Verdean national team, earning 14 caps.

Club career

Born in Olivais, Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, Tavares spent his first years as a senior in Portuguese amateur football. In the summer of 2013, aged nearly 24, he signed with Beira-Mar in the second division from Pinhalnovense in the third.

Tavares made his professional debut on 27 July 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Portimonense in the first round of the Taça da Liga.^[2] He first appeared in division two on 12 August, featuring the entire 2–3 home defeat to Porto B.^[3]

In the 2015 off-season, after one year in Romania with Oțelul Galați,^[4] Tavares joined Primeira Liga club Tondela.^[5] His first match in the Portuguese top tier occurred on 14 August when he started an eventual 1–2 home loss against Sporting CP,^[6] and he finished his debut season with 30 appearances as his team managed to avoid relegation. In June 2016, he renewed his contract for another year.^[7]

In January 2019, as his link was due to expire on 30 June, Tavares was sold to Altay of the Turkish TFF First League and agreed to a one-and-a-half-year deal.^[8]^[9]

International career

Tavares made his debut for Cape Verde on 28 March 2017, in a friendly against Luxembourg.^[10]^[11]

International statistics

National team	Year	Apps
Cape Verde^[12]	2017	3
	2018	3
	2019	4
	2020	2
	2021	2
Total		14

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hélder Tavares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
^ "Portimonense-Beira-Mar, 1–0: Dyego Souza decisivo" [Portimonense-Beira-Mar, 1–0: Dyego Souza decisive]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Beira-Mar-FC Porto B, 2–3: Dragões operam reviravolta" [Beira-Mar-FC Porto B, 2–3: Dragons come from behind]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "Otelul Galati contrata Rúben Brígido e Hélder Tavares" [Otelul Galati hire Rúben Brígido and Hélder Tavares] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Hélder Tavares assina com o CD Tondela" [Hélder Tavares signs with CD Tondela] (in Portuguese). C.D. Tondela. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Ruela, João (14 August 2015). "Penálti no final salvou Sporting frente ao estreante Tondela" [Late penalty saved Sporting against newcomers Tondela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Helder Tavares renova com o Tondela por um ano" [Helder Tavares renews with Tondela for one year] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Hélder Tavares na Turquia" [Hélder Tavares in Turkey] (in Portuguese). Sábado. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "OFICIAL: Hélder Tavares troca o Tondela pela Turquia" [OFFICIAL: Hélder Tavares swaps Tondela for Turkey] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "Cabo Verde realiza particular com Luxemburgo em 28 de março" [Cabo Verde to have friendly with Luxembourg on 28 March]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^ "Hélder Tavares quer terminar em grande semana especial" [Hélder Tavares wants to cap special week in style]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^ Hélder Tavares at National-Football-Teams.com