José Fernando Campos Tavares (born 23 April 1966) is a Portuguese former

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who played mainly as a

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Club career

Tavares was born in

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; cel-x-proto, Cale), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population ...

Porto District The District of Porto ( pt, Distrito do Porto ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Br ...

. During his career he played for C.F. Oliveira do Douro, F.C. Infesta, FC Porto, Boavista FC,

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...

(after an unsuccessful

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, he returned to Boavista) and

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

. Tavares retired in 2003 at the age of 37 after a second spell with Infesta, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 185 games and 14 goals over the course of nine seasons.

International career

With the Portugal national team, Tavares was in the squad that participated in the

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tournament, and earned a total of eight

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Jose 1966 births Living people Footballers from Vila Nova de Gaia Portuguese footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Infesta players FC Porto players Boavista F.C. players S.L. Benfica footballers U.D. Leiria players Portugal men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players