| Hélder Tavares | |
| Fullname: | Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Olivais, Portugal |
| Currentclub: | Tondela |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Operário Lisboa |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2008 |
| Youthclubs2: | Olivais Moscavide |
| Years1: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Tojal |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010–2012 |
| Caps2: | 51 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2012–2013 |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps4: | 40 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2015–2019 |
| Caps6: | 102 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2019–2020 |
| Caps7: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2021–2023 |
| Caps9: | 78 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2023– |
| Caps10: | 27 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2021 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 14:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC) |
Hélder Luís Lopes Vieira Tavares (born 26 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela. Born in Portugal, he represented the Cape Verdean national team, earning 14 caps.
Born in Olivais, Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, Tavares spent his first years as a senior in Portuguese amateur football. In the summer of 2013, aged nearly 24, he signed with Beira-Mar in the second division from Pinhalnovense in the third.
Tavares made his professional debut on 27 July 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Portimonense in the first round of the Taça da Liga.[2] He first appeared in division two on 12 August, featuring the entire 2–3 home defeat to Porto B.[3]
In the 2015 off-season, after one year in Romania with Oțelul Galați,[4] Tavares joined Primeira Liga club Tondela.[5] His first match in the Portuguese top tier occurred on 14 August when he started an eventual 1–2 home loss against Sporting CP,[6] and he finished his debut season with 30 appearances as his team managed to avoid relegation. In June 2016, he renewed his contract for another year.[7]
In January 2019, as his link was due to expire on 30 June, Tavares was sold to Altay of the Turkish TFF First League and agreed to a one-and-a-half-year deal.[8] [9]
Tavares made his debut for Cape Verde on 28 March 2017, in a friendly against Luxembourg.[10] [11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde | 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | ||