Fufuco

Fufuco
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Paiva Tavares
Date of birth	28 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2008	AD Bairro
2008–2010	Boavista Praia
2010–2011	Hatta Club
2011–2012	Hanoi T&T
2012–2013	U.D. Leiria
2013	G.D. Chaves
2013–2014	CD Operário
2014–2015	C.R. Caála
2015	Domant FC
2016–2018	Boavista Praia
International career
2009	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

António Paiva Tavares (born 28 February 1986), commonly known as Fufuco, is a former Cape Verdean footballer, who played as a forward. He was capped by Cape Verde once against Equatorial Guinea in 2009.

Career[edit]

Hanoi T&T[edit]

Traded to Vietnamese outfit Ha Noi T&T in 2011, Fufuco was known for his enthusiastic attitude from the first day of training, making his debut in the last 20 minutes of a game fronting Thanh Hoa.^[3] Even though he hit a hat-trick in a 6-2 beating of HAGL,^[4] the Cape Verdean generally underperformed for the club, earning a red card after complaining about having a goal disallowed versus Khanh Hoa.^[5] Seen as puerile by many in Vietnam, he spent prodigally on his Vietnamese girlfriend and did not send money home coupled with disappointing league showings^[6] which resulted in him leaving the team by 2012.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Fufuco at Soccerway

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[1] "Fock e Fufuco são as novas contratações do Recreativo da Caála de Angola". Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana.

[2] SAPO. ""Fufuco" regressa ao Boavista da Praia - SAPO Desporto".

[3] "Tân binh Antonio Tavares của HN.T&T: "Dị" nhưng chưa "biệt"".

[4] "HN.T&T – HA.GL 6-2: Antonio lập hat-trick, chủ nhà thắng tưng bừng".

[5] "Từ chiếc thẻ đỏ của Antonio Tavares (HN.T&T): "Công lý"… dí cả HN.T&T".

[6] "HN T&T: Khổ với".

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