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.

Fufuco
Personal information
Full name Antonio Paiva Tavares
Date of birth (1986-02-28) 28 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 AD Bairro
2008–2010 Boavista Praia
2010–2011 Hatta Club
2011–2012 Hanoi T&T 13 (4)
2012–2013 U.D. Leiria 5 (0)
2013 G.D. Chaves 8 (1)
2013–2014 CD Operário 26 (14)
2014–2015 C.R. Caála[1]
2015 Domant FC
2016–2018 Boavista Praia[2]
International career
2009 Cape Verde 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

edit

Hanoi T&T

edit

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.[3] Even though he hit a hat-trick in a 6-2 beating of HAGL,[4] the Cape Verdean generally underperformed for the club, earning a red card after complaining about having a goal disallowed versus Khanh Hoa.[5] 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[6] which resulted in him leaving the team by 2012.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Fock e Fufuco são as novas contratações do Recreativo da Caála de Angola". Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana.
  2. ^ SAPO. ""Fufuco" regressa ao Boavista da Praia - SAPO Desporto".
  3. ^ "Tân binh Antonio Tavares của HN.T&T: "Dị" nhưng chưa "biệt"".
  4. ^ "HN.T&T – HA.GL 6-2: Antonio lập hat-trick, chủ nhà thắng tưng bừng".
  5. ^ "Từ chiếc thẻ đỏ của Antonio Tavares (HN.T&T): "Công lý"… dí cả HN.T&T".
  6. ^ "HN T&T: Khổ với".
edit