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Name
  
Paulo Tavares

Current team
  
Vitoria Setubal

Playing position
  
Height
  
1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in)


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Full name
  
Paulo Daniel Fernandes Tavares

Date of birth
  
(1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 30)

Place of birth
  
Massarelos, Portugal

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Paulo Daniel Fernandes Tavares (born 9 December 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for LigaPro club C.D. Cova da Piedade.

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He made his first team debut with Leixões in May 2004, and then spent the next four years on loan with lower league clubs Padroense, Ribeirão, and Estoril. He played in the Primeira Liga with Leixões in 2008–09, though the club were relegated the following season. He returned to the Primeira Liga when he signed with Vitória Setúbal in July 2012, and remained with the club for four years. He joined English club Port Vale in July 2016. He returned to Portugal and joined Cova da Piedade in August 2017.

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Leixões

Paulo Daniel Fernandes Tavares was born in Massarelos, and began his career in Senhora da Hora. He came through the junior ranks at Leixões to make his first team debut in the Segunda Liga (second tier) on 9 May 2004, coming on as a 77th minute substitute for Bruno China in a 1–1 draw with Varzim at the Estádio do Mar. He went on to spend two years at Terceira Divisão (fourth tier) club Padroense, helping them to finish 13th in Série B in 2004–05 and 15th in 2005–06; with the latter campaign seeing the club relegated into the regional leagues (fifth tier). Tavares then joined Ribeirão on loan, making 20 appearances in the 2006–07 campaign as the club finished fourth in Segunda Divisão – Série A (third tier). He then featured in 17 league games in the 2007–08 season, before moving back up to the Liga de Honra (second tier) with Estoril. He scored two goals in 13 league games for Estoril, who ended the 2007–08 season in seventh place.

He returned to the first team at Leixões in 2008, with the club now in the Primeira Liga (first tier). Initially a squad player under José Mota, he featured in just four league games in both the 2008–09 and 2009–10 campaigns. The club were relegated in 2009–10, and Tavares played 12 games in the 2010–11 campaign, before he secured a first team place in the 2011–12, scoring seven goals in 34 appearances.

Vitória Setúbal

Tavares then returned to the Primeira Liga to sign with Vitória Setúbal in July 2012, now coached by José Mota. He scored twice in 32 games in the 2012–13 season, helping the club to finish two points above the relegation zone. He then scored five goals (including four penalties) in 18 games in 2013–14 as Vitória posted a seventh place finish, though missed four months of the season with a fractured toe. He signed a new two-year contract in April 2014. He scored twice in 32 matches in the 2014–15 campaign as Vitória finished in 14th place, and he featured 22 times in the 2015–16 season as the club finished just one point above the relegation zone. He was offered a new two-year contract by new manager José Couceiro in May 2016. However, he decided to reject the offer and look for a new club.

Port Vale

Tavares signed a two-year contract with EFL League One club Port Vale in July 2016, in a move that reunited him with former Vitória manager Bruno Ribeiro. He started the first five league games of the 2016–17 season, before picking up a hamstring injury at the end of August. He quickly returned to the first team, and along with Kjell Knops was only one of two of the club's 11 overseas signings to secure a regular place in the starting eleven. However Ribeiro resigned on Boxing day, and Tavares found his first team chances very limited under caretaker-manager Michael Brown so instead used his time to help coach the under-9 and under-10 teams. Tavares left Vale Park after agreeing to a settlement on the remainder of his contract in May 2017.

Cova da Piedade

On 12 August 2017, Tavares returned to Portugal and signed with newly promoted LigaPro club Cova da Piedade.

Statistics

As of 22 May 2017.

References

Paulo Tavares Wikipedia