Bruno Tavares

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Bruno Tavares
Personal information
Full name Bruno Miguel Costa Monteiro Tavares [1]
Date of birth (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
FK Žalgiris
Number 49
Youth career
2010–2011 Sporting CP
2011–2012 Belenenses
2012–2021 Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2021–2022Varzim (loan) 17 (0)
2022–2024 Pafos 16 (0)
2024 FK Auda 30 (0)
2025– FK Žalgiris 22 (2)
International career
2017 Portugal U15 5 (0)
2017–2018 Portugal U16 9 (1)
2018–2019 Portugal U17 18 (4)
2019 Portugal U18 6 (4)
2022 Portugal U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2025

Bruno Miguel Costa Monteiro Tavares (born 16 April 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Latvian Higher League club FK Auda.

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Club career

Tavares is a youth academy graduate of Sporting CP. On 31 August 2021, he joined Varzim on a season long loan deal. [2] He made his professional debut for the club on 22 October 2021 in a 1–0 league defeat against Académico Viseu. [3]

Tavares signed with Cypriot First Division club Pafos on 4 July 2022. [4] [5] He made his debut on 8 February 2023 in Cypriot First Division against AEL Limassol. [6]

On 7 February 2025 announced that Bruno Tavares signed with lithuanian Žalgiris Club. [7] [8]

On 4 August 2025 Bruno Tavares scored his first goal in A Lyga against Kauno Žalgirs. [9] [10] [11]

International career

Tavares is a Portuguese youth international. He was part of squad which reached quarter-finals of 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 February 2023 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] EuropaTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Varzim (loan) 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 1701000180
Total1701000180
Pafos 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 10200030
Career total1803000210

References

  1. Bruno Tavares at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Varzim em dose dupla: dois reforços emprestados pelo Sporting". 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. "Academico Viseu vs. Varzim 1 - 0". 22 October 2021.
  4. "RIGHT-WINGER BRUNO TAVARES JOINS PAFOS FC". Pafos. 4 July 2022.
  5. "Bruno Tavares oficializado no Pafos FC do Chipre". record.pt. 4 July 2022.
  6. "Pafos vs. AEL 1 - 0". Soccerway. 8 February 2023.
  7. FK Žalgiris oficiali svetainė: Atvyko „Sporting“ auklėtinis
  8. sportas.lt naujienos: Į „Žalgirį“ atvyko „Sporting“ klubo auklėtinis
  9. 2025-08-04 Žalgiris 1-2 Kauno Žalgiris (alyga.lt)
  10. 2025-08-04 Žalgiris 1-2 Kauno Žalgiris (Soccerway)
  11. FK ŽALGIRIS 1-2 FK KAUNO ŽALGIRIS (lietuvosfutbolas.lt)
  12. "Os 20 convocados para o Europeu". 28 April 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  13. Bruno Tavares at Soccerway