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Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares (born 26 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Romanian club FC Voluntari and the Cape Verde national team.

Hélder Tavares

Personal information
Full name	Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares[1]
Date of birth	(1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Olivais, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Voluntari
Number	18
Youth career
2003–2007	Operário Lisboa
2007–2008	Olivais Moscavide
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Tojal	23	(0)
2010–2012	Portosantense	51	(4)
2012–2013	Pinhalnovense	29	(1)
2013–2014	Beira-Mar	40	(1)
2014–2015	Oțelul Galați	25	(1)
2015–2019	Tondela	102	(2)
2019–2020	Altay	35	(1)
2020	Giresunspor	4	(0)
2021–	Voluntari	61	(1)
National team‡
2017–	Cape Verde	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2021

Club career

Born in Santa Maria dos 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 S.C. Beira-Mar in the second division from C.D. 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 S.C. in the first round of the Taça da Liga.[2] He first appeared in division two on 12 August, again playing the entire match in a 2–3 home defeat to FC Porto B.[3]

In the 2015 off-season, after one year in Romania with FC Oțelul Galați,[4] Tavares joined Primeira Liga club C.D. Tondela.[5] His first match in the Portuguese top tier occurred on 14 August by featuring 70 minutes in the 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 S.K. 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 stats

As of match played 10 October 2021[12]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cape Verde	2017	3	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	4	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	2	0
Total		14	0

References

External links

• Hélder Tavares at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Hélder Tavares at the Turkish Football Federation
• Hélder Tavares at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hélder Tavares at Soccerway

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Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares, noto semplicemente come Hélder Tavares (Olivais, 26 dicembre 1989), è un calciatore capoverdiano, centrocampista del Voluntari e della nazionale capoverdiana.

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