Júlio Tavares
Tavares with Dijon in 2020
Personal information
Full name Júlio Carolino Tavares
Date of birth (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988
Place of birth Tarrafal, Cape Verde
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Al-Raed
Number 17
Youth career
2006–2008 AS Montréal-la-Cluse
2008–2009 Bourg-Péronnas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Bourg-Péronnas 95 (40)
2012–2020 Dijon 243 (69)
2020–2022 Al-Faisaly 57 (24)
2022– Al-Raed 39 (10)
International career‡
2012– Cape Verde 48 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022

Júlio Tavares (born 19 November 1988) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Raed and the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

Dijon

On 28 October 2017, Tavares became Dijon's all time leading goal scorer after heading in the only goal in the 1–0 Ligue 1 home victory over Nantes; it was his 56th goal for Dijon in all competitions and broke the previous Dijon record of 55 goals scored in all competitions held by Sebastián Ribas.[1][2] On 18 November 2017, Tavares scored twice in the 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Troyes; it was the first Ligue 1 brace of his career and his second goal was the 100th Ligue 1 goal scored by Dijon, playing in just their third season in Ligue 1.[3] On 10 February 2018, Tavares scored twice as Dijon came from behind to beat OGC Nice 3–2 in a home Ligue 1 match; his brace brought his 2017–18 Ligue 1 goal tally to 9 in 15 matches, as many as he had scored in 35 Ligue 1 matches during the entire 2016–17 season.[4]

Al-Faisaly

On 14 September 2020, Tavares signed with Saudi Professional League club Al-Faisaly.[5]

Al-Raed

On 25 July 2022, Tavares joined Al-Raed on a free transfer.[6]

International career

In 2013, he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team advanced to the quarterfinals, in the best result in the history of the national team.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 September 2023[9][10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bourg-Péronnas 2009–10 CFA 2880000—288
2010–11 31141100—3215
2011–12 31164100—3517
Total 90385200009540
Dijon 2012–13 Ligue 2 26101121—2912
2013–14 2772110—308
2014–15 33102120—3711
2015–16 37111121—4013
2016–17 Ligue 1 3591110—3710
2017–18 26121110—2813
2018–19 3654320—428
2019–20 2352010—265
Total 243691491220026980
Al-Faisaly 2020–21 Saudi Professional League 301544——3419
2021–22 279101[lower-alpha 3]05[lower-alpha 4]23411
Total 57245410526830
Al-Raed 2022–23 Saudi Professional League 27810——288
2023–24 5000——50
Total 32810——338
Career total 422138251513252465158

International

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[12]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2014Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde Niger3–13–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 June 2015 São Tomé and Príncipe7–17–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.28 March 2017Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–02–0Friendly
4.1 June 2018July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Algeria3–23–2
5.1 September 2021Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon Central African Republic1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.13 November 2021Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde1–12–1
7.9 January 2022Olembe Stadium, Yaounde, Cameroon Ethiopia1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations
8.7 June 2022Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco Togo1–02–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club

Al-Faisaly

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Julio Tavares, meilleur buteur de l'histoire du DFCO !". Le Bien Public. 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ranieri sees Nantes run ended in Dijon". www.ligue1.com. 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Korean duo on target as Dijon beat Troyes". www.ligue1.com. 18 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dijon get boost with Nice win". www.ligue1.com. 10 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tavares signed with Al-Faisaly". 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "جوليو تفاريس ينضم لـ الرائد قادمًا من الفيصلي".
  7. ↑ https://africanfootball.com/team/27/Cape-Verde/141/2013-Africa-Cup -Of-Nations /
  8. ↑ "2013 Africa Cup of Nations matches".
  9. ↑ Júlio Tavares at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  10. ↑ "Júlio Tavares » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Júlio Tavares at FootballDatabase.eu
  12. ↑ "Júlio Tavares". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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