Jorge Gonçalves Tavares

Jorge Tavares
Personal information
Full name Jorge Gonçalves Tavares
Date of birth 21 January 1905
Place of birth Portugal
Date of death Deceased
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1924–1932 Benfica 93 (37)
National team
1926–1929 Portugal 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

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

Club career

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][2]

Used mainly as a centre forward, Tavares was consistenly was one of the Lisbon team's top scorers, ranking first in the 1924–25 and 1925–26 seasons.[3] 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.[2]

International career

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.

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 720.
  2. 1 2 "Jorge Tavares" (in Portuguese). Ser Benfiquista. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 85-119.

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