Fufuco

{{Short description|Cape Verdean footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Fufuco |fullname = Antonio Paiva Tavares |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Praia, Cape Verde |height = 1.80m |position = Forward |years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 |clubs1 = AD Bairro |years2 = 2008–2010 |clubs2 = Boavista Praia |years3 = 2010–2011 |clubs3 = Hatta Club |years4 = 2011–2012 |clubs4 = Hanoi T&T |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 4 |years5 = 2012–2013 |clubs5 = U.D. Leiria |caps5 = 5 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2013 |clubs6 = G.D. Chaves |caps6 = 8 |goals6 = 1 |years7 = 2013–2014 |clubs7 = CD Operário |caps7 = 26 |goals7 = 14 |years8 = 2014–2015 |clubs8 = C.R. Caála<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtc.cv/index.php?paginas=21&id_cod=8660|title=Fock e Fufuco são as novas contratações do Recreativo da Caála de Angola|website=Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana}}</ref> |years9 = 2015 |clubs9 = Domant FC |years10 = 2016–2018 |clubs10 = Boavista Praia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/cabo-verde-futebol/artigos/fufuco-regressa-ao-boavista-da-praia|title="Fufuco" regressa ao Boavista da Praia - SAPO Desporto|first=|last=SAPO|publisher=}}</ref> |nationalyears1 = 2009 |nationalteam1 = Cape Verde |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''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== ===Hanoi T&T=== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/bong-da-viet/tan-binh-antonio-tavares-cua-hntt-di-nhung-chua-biet-n20110519094827077.htm|title=Tân binh Antonio Tavares của HN.T&T: "Dị" nhưng chưa "biệt"|publisher=}}</ref> Even though he hit a hat-trick in a 6-2 beating of HAGL,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/bong-da-viet/hntt-hagl-62-antonio-lap-hattrick-chu-nha-thang-tung-bung-n20110611170033484.htm|title=HN.T&T – HA.GL 6-2: Antonio lập hat-trick, chủ nhà thắng tưng bừng|publisher=}}</ref> the Cape Verdean generally underperformed for the club, earning a red card after complaining about having a goal disallowed versus Khanh Hoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/bong-da-viet/tu-chiec-the-do-cua-antonio-tavares-hntt-cong-ly-di-ca-hntt-n20110811111734452.htm|title=Từ chiếc thẻ đỏ của Antonio Tavares (HN.T&T): "Công lý"… dí cả HN.T&T|publisher=}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/bong-da-viet/hn-tt-kho-voi-chu-nhoc-antonio-tavares-n20111223105015091.htm|title=HN T&T: Khổ với|publisher=}}</ref> which resulted in him leaving the team by 2012.

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==External links== *{{Soccerway|antonio-paivo-tavares/190646}}

Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Cape Verdean men's footballers Category:21st-century Cape Verdean sportsmen Category:Cape Verde men's international footballers Category:Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Category:Footballers from Praia Category:Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Category:Cape Verdean National Championships players Category:Santiago South Premier Division players Category:AD Bairro players Category:Boavista FC (Cape Verde) players Category:V.League 1 players Category:Hanoi FC players Category:U.D. Leiria players Category:G.D. Chaves players Category:Hatta Club players Category:C.R. Caála players Category:Domant FC players