Stopira

Ianique dos Santos Tavares (born 20 May 1988), commonly known as Stopira (in honour of former French international Yannick Stopyra), is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Hungarian club Fehérvár FC as a left back.

Not to be confused with Yannick Stopyra.

Stopira

Personal information
Full name	Ianique dos Santos Tavares
Date of birth	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Left back
Club information
Current team	Fehérvár
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Sporting Praia
2008–2010	Santa Clara	32	(0)
2010–2011	Deportivo B	23	(0)
2011–2012	Feirense	15	(0)
2012–	Fehérvár	183	(16)
National team^‡
2008–	Cape Verde	33	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2019

Club career

Stopira was born in Praia. In 2008, he signed for Portugal's C.D. Santa Clara from local Sporting Clube da Praia, playing just six matches in his first season but being first-choice in the following, as the Azores team competed in the second division.

On 10 July 2010, after a thwarted transfer to Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães, Stopira signed a four-year contract with Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, with 75% of his right being owned by IberSports.[1] He spent his first and only season, however, with the reserves in the third level.

International career

Stopira received his first call-up to the Cape Verde national team in May 2008, for a friendly with Luxembourg and a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cameroon.[2][3] He was an unused substitute in the first two qualifying matches, and made his competitive debut against Mauritius on 22 June of that year, replacing Nando in the dying minutes.

On 24 May 2010, Stopira appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa – playing the entire match as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.[4] He also won the 2009 Lusophony Games with the under-21 team.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 June 2020[6]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santa Clara	2008–09	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2009–10	26	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	30	0
	Total	32	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
Deportivo B	2010–11	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Feirense	2011–12	15	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
	Total	15	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
Fehérvár	2012–13	9	0	3	0	3	0	8	0	23	0
	2013–14	29	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	33	1
	2014–15	25	1	4	0	0	0	–	–	29	1
	2015–16	16	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	18	3
	2016–17	24	5	3	0	–	–	5	0	32	5
	2017–18	31	1	0	0	–	–	8	1	39	2
	2018–19	28	3	6	0	–	–	14	1	48	4
	2019–20	21	3	7	1	–	–	4	1	32	5
	Total	183	16	25	2	6	0	40	3	254	21
Career total		253	16	28	2	10	0	40	3	331	21

International goals

As of 12 October 2018 (Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stopira goal)[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 October 2018	Estádio Nacional, Praia, Cape Verde	Tanzania	3–0	3–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

1. "El Deportivo ficha al lateral izquierdo Stopira por cuatro temporadas" [Deportivo sign left-back Stopira for four seasons]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
2. "Foreign contingent boost Cape Verde". FIFA. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
3. "Pele called in for Cape Verde". FIFA. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
4. "Portugal held to 0–0 draw by Cape Verde". USA Today. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
5. Delgado, Evandro (18 May 2010). "Futebol: Santa Clara dificulta transferência de Stopira para Guimarães" [Football: Santa Clara make Stopira transfer to Guimarães difficult] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
6. "Stopira". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
7. "Stopira – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

External links

• Stopira at ForaDeJogo
• Stopira at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stopira – FIFA competition record