Fufuco | |
Fullname: | Antonio Paiva Tavares |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1986 |
Birth Place: | Praia, Cape Verde |
Height: | 1.80m |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | –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[1] |
Years9: | 2015 |
Clubs9: | Domant FC |
Years10: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs10: | Boavista Praia[2] |
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.
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.