Cândido Coelho Tavares (30 December 1911 – 18 June 1997) was a Portuguese

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and manager. With a career spanning over a decade, Tavares represented mainly

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and Benfica, coaching the latter afterwards and winning a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Tavares started playing with Casa Pia A.C. in 1931 and moved to

Lusitano G.C. Lusitano Ginásio Clube, :Ordem Militar de Cristo, MHC, also commonly known as Lusitano de Évora (abbrev. Lusit. Évora), is a Portuguese sports club based in Évora competing in the Liga 3 (Portugal), the third tier league in the Portuguese ...

the following year. In 1935 he returned to his previous club, subsequently signing with

S.L. 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'', Benfica is one of the " ...

. At the latter side, Tavares eventually beat competition from

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and

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position, playing all of the league games in his first season, and interchanging with Amaro in his second year. He then had a third spell at Casa Pia, retiring in 1942 at the age of 31 with União Sportiva in

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Coaching career

After retiring, Tavares started working as a

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, having his first experience as manager in December 1951 at Benfica, when Ted Smith left unexpectedly. He was still able to guide them to a

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triumph against

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on 15 June 1952 and, the next year, was appointed at

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, which he led to two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the

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. Subsequently, Tavares managed

Lusitano de Évora Lusitano Ginásio Clube, MHC, also commonly known as Lusitano de Évora (abbrev. Lusit. Évora), is a Portuguese sports club based in Évora competing in the Liga 3 (Portugal), the third tier league in the Portuguese football system. Founded ...

, S.C.U. Torreense and G.D. Fabril, always in the top flight. He also had a small stint in the Portugal national team as fitness coach, in 1956.

Managerial statistics

Honours

: 1951–52

References

General * Specific

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Candido 1911 births 1997 deaths Footballers from Seixal Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Casa Pia A.C. players Lusitano G.C. players S.L. Benfica footballers Portuguese football managers S.L. Benfica managers Vitória S.C. managers 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen