Mickaël Tavares

Mickaël Tavares
Personal information
Full name Mickaël Zidro Tavares
Date of birth (1982-10-25) 25 October 1982
Place of birth Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Central Coast Mariners
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2000 US Créteil
2000–2002 Alverca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 SC Abbeville 26 (9)
2003–2005 FC Nantes B 49 (2)
2005–2007 Tours FC 27 (4)
2007–2009 Slavia Prague 36 (3)
2009–2012 Hamburger SV 15 (0)
2011 Hamburger SV II 1 (0)
2010 → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2011 → Middlesbrough (loan) 13 (0)
2012–2013 Fulham 0 (0)
2013–2014 RKC Waalwijk 7 (0)
2014–2015 FK Mladá Boleslav 13 (1)
2015–2016 Sydney FC 34 (1)
2016– Central Coast Mariners 8 (0)
National team‡
2009– Senegal 25 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2010

Mickaël Zidro Tavares (born 25 October 1982) is a Senegalese footballer, who is currently playing for Australian club Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. He also has twenty-five caps for the Senegalese national team.

Career

Club career

Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, Tavares begann his career at US Créteil, and moved in 2000 to Portuguese club FC Alverca. After two years, he returned to France and signed a contract with SC Abbeville, for whom he scored 9 goals in 26 games in the 2002-03 season,[1] following which he moved to FC Nantes, where he played in the reserve team. In 2005, he joined FC Tours, who were promoted a year later to the Ligue 2.

In July 2007, he was on trial at Slavia Prague, and signed a contract with the club after one week in the Czech Republic. He signed a two-year contract in Prague with the option of one more,[2] before moving to Hamburger SV on 30 January 2009.[3] He made his debut on 22 February 2009 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

On 24 January 2010, Tavares was loaned to 1. FC Nuremberg until the end of the season.[4] In August 2010, Tavares was assigned to train with Hamburg's second team and told he has no future in the first team.[5] On 27 August 2010, Tavares joined Football League Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until July 2011.[6] However,despite playing under Gordon Strachan, Tony Mowbray did not appear to rate Tavares. This limited him to just 13 appearances, his last coming in the 90th minute against Sheffield United, 4 months after his penultimate appearance.

In September 2012 he was close to sign with Bulgarian side Chernomorets Burgas.[7]

Tavares after playing for Chernomorets Burgas in friendly match.

On 5 October 2012, Tavares signed on a free transfer for Fulham.[8] He was given the number 25 shirt, previously worn by Bobby Zamora. On 4 January 2013, Martin Jol confirmed that Tavares was not offered a new contract and had left the club.[9] He made no appearances for Fulham.

On 25 August 2013, it was announced that Tavares would sign an amateur contract with Dutch side RKC Waalwijk.[10] After releasing for free from Waalvijk he signed a new deal with Czech first league club FK Mladá Boleslav. In January 2015 he left FK Mladá Boleslav and signed with Australian club Sydney FC.[11]

On 18 April 2016, Tavares was released by Sydney FC[12] and shortly after signed with the Central Coast Mariners, where he would reunite with cousin Jacques Faty for the 2016-17 A-League season.[13]

International career

He received a call-up from Cape Verde in May 2008[14] against Luxembourg in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, but Tavares did not play in the match. He now plays for Senegal National Team, receiving his first cap in 2009.

Personal life

Tavares is the son of Tony Tavares nicknamed Zagallo, a Senegalese international from ASC Diaraf and ASF Police,[15] and also the cousin of Jacques Faty and Ricardo Faty.[16] Tavares has a wife and a three year old daughter, Ciara.[17] Tavares can speak Portuguese, having picked up the language during his time playing in Portugal with F.C. Alverca.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 August 2015[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SK Slavia Prague 2007–08 Czech 1. liga 2220010[lower-alpha 1]0322
2008–09 Czech 1. liga 141007[lower-alpha 2]0211
Total 36 3 0 0 17 0 53 3
Hamburger SV 2008–09 Bundesliga 1201000230
2009–10 Bundesliga 30004[lower-alpha 3]070
Total 15 0 1 0 4 0 20 0
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2009–10 Bundesliga 1110000111
Middlesbrough F.C. (loan) 2010–11 The Championship 1300000130
Hamburger SV II (loan) 2011–12 Regionalliga Nord 10000010
Fulham F.C. 2012–13 Premier League 00000000
RKC Waalwijk 2013–14 Eredivisie 70100080
FK Mladá Boleslav 2014–15 Czech 1. liga 131000000
Sydney FC 2014–15 A-League 12000—120
2015–16 A-League 1110000100
Total 22 3 0 0 0 0 12 0
Central Coast Mariners 2016–17 A-League 00000000
Career total 118 5 2 0 21 0 151 5
  1. ↑ 4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers, 5 appearances in UEFA Champions League, 1 appearance in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers, 5 appearances UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers, 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

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