Ronaldo Rodrigues Tavares (born 22 July 1997) is a

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professional

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who plays for C.F. Estrela da Amadora as a striker.

Club career

Born in

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, Tavares joined

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's academy at the age of 16, from local Paio Pires Futebol Clube. He made his professional debut with the former's reserves on 10 January 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Rafael Barbosa in a 2–0 away loss against C.D. Feirense in the Segunda Liga. Tavares scored his first goal in the competition on 20 August 2016, but in a 2–4 home defeat to

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. In March 2018, he was called by first-team manager

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for a match against

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in the

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, but eventually did not leave the bench. On 23 July 2018, Tavares was loaned to

C.D. Cova da Piedade Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade is a football club established in the parish of Cova da Piedade, municipality of Almada, Portugal. History Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade was founded on 28 January 1947, resulting from the merge between União ...

. In the summer of 2019, he cut ties with Sporting and signed with F.C. Penafiel also of the second division.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Ronaldo 1997 births Living people People from Seixal Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Footballers from Setúbal District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP B players C.D. Cova da Piedade players F.C. Penafiel players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Portugal men's youth international footballers