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Jorge Tavares (footballer, born 1905)

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Jorge Tavares
Personal information
Full name Jorge Gonçalves Tavares
Date of birth 21 January 1905
Place of birth Portugal
Date of death 1951
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1932 Benfica 93 (37)
International career
1926–1929 Portugal 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Gonçalves Tavares (21 January 1905 – 1951) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

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Tavares joined S.L. Benfica at the age of 19. He made his official debut on 19 October 1924, against C.F. Os Belenenses.[1]

Used mainly as a centre forward, Tavares was consistently one of the Lisbon team's top scorers, ranking first in the 1924–25 and 1925–26 seasons.[2] He helped the club conquer its first national titles, the 1930 and 1931 Campeonato de Portugal, and retired on 26 January 1932 at the age of 27.

International career

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Tavares gained three caps for Portugal in nearly three years, his first coming on 18 April 1926 in a 2–4 friendly loss to France. He was an unused squad member at the 1928 Football Olympic tournament.[3]

References

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General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 720.
  2. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 85-119.
  3. ^ "Jorge Tavares". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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