Jorge Tavares (footballer, born 1986)

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Jorge Tavares
Personal information
Full name Jorge Humberto Pinto Tavares
Date of birth (1986-04-22) 22 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Oeiras, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998 Carcavelos
1998–2003 Sporting CP
2003–2005 Belenenses
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Belenenses 1 (1)
2005–2008 Olivais Moscavide 73 (10)
2008–2009 Gloria Buzău 16 (0)
2009–2012 Ayia Napa 53 (5)
2012–2013 Benfica Macau 11 (3)
2013–2014 Onisilos Sotira 11 (0)
2015–2016 Sporting de Macau 17 (2)
Total182(21)
International career
2004 Portugal U18 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Humberto Pinto Tavares (born 22 April 1986 in Oeiras, Lisbon District) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Tavares played in three clubs in the Lisbon District in his youth, the last being C.F. Os Belenenses. On 22 November 2004, still a junior, he made his debut with the first team, playing 27 minutes in a top division match against Académica de Coimbra, and scoring in a 1–1 away draw.

In the following three seasons, Tavares played with another team in the region, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, helping to promotion to the second level in his first year but being relegated in his second. After one more season, the 22-year-old moved abroad, signing for FC Gloria Buzău in Romania.


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