Francisco Tavares

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Francisco Tavares
Birth nameFrancisco Tavares
Place of birth Portugal
University Universidade Lusófona
University of Lisbon
University of Waikato
Rugby union career
Teams coached
YearsTeam
  • 2011–13
  • 2013
  • 2013–16
  • 2015–17
  • 2016–17
  • 2017–19
PRF (Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • Leinster (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • Cascais (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • Chiefs (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • PRF (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • Glasgow Warriors (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
Francisco Tavares
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2019- Sporting Lisbon (Strength & Conditioning Coach)


Francisco Tavares is a strength and conditioning coach with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal. He was previously a rugby union strength and conditioning coach with Glasgow Warriors. [1]

Rugby Union career

Coaching career

After working as technical director at Holmes Place from 2009 to 2011, Tavares moved to be a strength and conditioning coach in rugby union. [2]

He was given the job of Asst. Strength and Conditioning coach at the Portuguese Rugby Federation. He remained there until 2013. [2]

Moving back to Portugal, he became the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Cascais Rugby Linha. [2]

In 2015 he moved to New Zealand to be the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Chiefs. [2]

In 2016 he became Head of Strength and Conditioning for Portuguese Rugby Federation. [2]

He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Glasgow Warriors in June 2017. [1]

Football career

In February 2019 Tavares made the switch to become Physical Performance Co-ordinator for Sporting Lisbon. Tavares stated: "The fact that it was Sporting weighed my decision." [3]

Academic career

He has written and co-written many publications on the biological principles and methods of strength training. [2] [4]

He became an invited lecturer on Master Degree in Strength and Conditioning for the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Human Kinetics in 2015. [2]

Science for Sport features his video on Fatigue, Recovery and Training Load. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Warriors confirm rugby support staff for new season". Glasgowwarriors.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Francisco Tavares confiante". www.record.pt.
  4. ↑ "Fatigue and Recovery in Rugby: A Review". ResearchGate.net. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Fatigue, Recovery & Training Load with Francisco Tavares". 30 April 2019.


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