Heriberto Tavares

Heriberto Moreno Borges Tavares (born 19 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Borges and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Heriberto Tavares
Personal information
Full name Heriberto Moreno Borges Tavares[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997[1]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2007 Estrela Amadora
2007–2015 Sporting CP
2015–2016 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Benfica B 78 (25)
2018–2019 → Moreirense (loan) 32 (6)
2019–2020 → Boavista (loan) 28 (3)
National team
2012 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 5 (1)
2017–2018 Portugal U21 9 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020

Club career

Born in Amadora, Lisbon metropolitan area of Cape Verdean descent,[2] Tavares played youth football with three clubs in the country's capital, including Sporting CP from ages 10–18.[3] He made his senior debut with S.L. Benfica's reserves on 6 August 2016, featuring 71 minutes in the 1–1 LigaPro home draw against C.D. Cova da Piedade.[4]

In the 2017–18 season, Tavares scored a career-best 14 goals to help the B team finish in 13th position.[3] Highlights included braces in home victories over Varzim SC (2–1),[5] Real Massamá (3–0)[6] and C.F. União (2–1).[7]

On 25 July 2018, Tavares was loaned to Moreirense FC.[8] He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 12 August, scoring in a 1–3 home loss to Sporting and also committing a penalty which resulted in the opposition's second goal.[9] He repeated the feat the following round, helping to a 2–1 away defeat of C.D. Nacional.[10]

For the 2019–20 campaign, Tavares signed with Boavista F.C. also on loan.[11][12]

International career

All youth categories comprised, Tavares won 20 caps for Portugal and scored seven goals. He made his under-21 debut on 14 November 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Diogo Jota in a 2–1 home win against Switzerland for the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers;[13] the following 11 October, during the same phase, he netted four times in a 9–0 demolition of Liechtenstein.[14]

References
  1. "Heriberto Tavares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Futebol: Luso-cabo-verdiano Heriberto Tavares quer representar seleção de Portugal" [Football: Portuguese-Cape Verdean Heriberto Tavares wants to represent Portugal national team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. Madeira Pinto, Vanda (1 June 2018). "Estrelas da formação: Heriberto Tavares" [Youth system stars: Heriberto Tavares] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Benfica B-Cova da Piedade, 1–1: Estreantes travam águias no Seixal" [Benfica B-Cova da Piedade, 1–1: Newcomers stop eagles at Seixal]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. "Benfica B-Varzim, 2–1: Bis de Heriberto Tavares dá vitória" [Benfica B-Varzim, 2–1: Heriberto Tavares brace gives win]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. "II Liga: Benfica B vence Real Massamá com «bis» de Heriberto" [II League: Benfica B beat Real Massamá with brace from Heriberto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. "Benfica B-U. Madeira, 2–1: Heriberto bisa e dá vitória às águias" [Benfica B-U. Madeira, 2–1: Heriberto grabs brace and gives win to eagles]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. "OFICIAL: Moreirense recruta Heriberto ao Benfica" [OFFICIAL: Moreirense recruit Heriberto from Benfica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. "Heriberto fez o golo do Moreirense e o penálti que acabou no segundo do Sporting. E não tem dúvidas: "Fomos um pouco abaixo"" [Heriberto the author of Moreirense's goal and the penalty which ended in Sporting's second. And he has no doubts: “We collapsed a bit”]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. "Liga. Moreirense alcança primeiro triunfo (1–2) no reduto do Nacional (vídeo)" [League. Moreirense get first win (1–2) in Nacional's turf (video)] (in Portuguese). Guimarães TV. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  11. Mendes, António (16 July 2019). "Benfica empresta Heriberto Tavares ao Boavista" [Benfica loan Heriberto Tavares to Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. "Heriberto continua na Liga NOS" [Heriberto remains in the NOS League] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  13. Pires, Sérgio (14 November 2017). "Sub-21: Portugal-Suíça, 2–1 (crónica)" [Under-21: Portugal-Switzerland, 2–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  14. "Sub-21 de Portugal marcam nove golos no Liechtenstein" [Portugal under-21s score nine goals in Liechtenstein]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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