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Mickaël Tavares 
Personal information Full name Mickaël Zidro Tavares Date of birth 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 club Hamburger SV Number 42 Youth career 1987-1999 Épinay-sur-Seine 1999 Créteil Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2000 Créteil 2000–2002 Alverca 2002–2003 Abbeville 26 (9) 2003–2005 Nantes B 49 (2) 2005–2007 Tours 27 (4) 2007–2009 Slavia Prague 36 (3) 2009– Hamburger SV 16 (0) 2010 → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) 11 (1) 2010–2011 → Middlesbrough (loan) 12 (0) National team‡ 2009– Senegal 8 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2010Mickaël Zidro Tavares (born 25 October 1982 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France) is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hamburger SV. He also has eight caps for the Senegalese national team.
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Career
Club career
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.[4]
On 24 January 2010, Tavares was loaned to 1. FC Nuremberg until the end of the season.[5] In August 2010, Tavares was assigned to train with Hamburg's second team and told he has no future in the first team.[6] On 27 August 2010, Tavares joined Football League Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until July 2011.[7]
International career
He received a call-up from Cape Verde in May 2008[8] 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,[9] and also the cousin of Jacques Faty and Ricardo Faty.[10]
League Stats
Seison Club Land League Cup Division Matches Goals Cards Type Matches Goal red card yellow card 2006 - 2007 Tours FC 
2 5 0 - - ? ? / 2007 - 2008 Slavia Prague II 
3 5 0 0 0 - - - 2007 - 2008 Slavia Prague 1 22 2 2 0 C1 7 0 2008 - 2009 Slavia Prague 1 14 1 ? ? C1+C3 2+1 0 References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Erich Brabec a Mickael Tavares slávisty!
- ^ Mickael Tavares odchází do Hamburku
- ^ Spielbericht Leverkusen vs Hamburg
- ^ "HSV verleiht Alex Silva und Mickael Tavares [Alex Silva and Mickael Tavares loan out]" (in German). hsv.de. 2010-01-24. http://www.hsv.de/teams/meldungen/bundesliga/januar-2010/hsv-verleiht-alex-silva-und-mickael-tavares/.
- ^ "Veh streicht Tavares und Rozehnal [Veh strikes Tavares and Rozehnal]" (in German). Kicker. 2010-08-04. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/540694/artikel_Veh-streicht-Tavares-und-Rozehnal.html.
- ^ "Senegal Star set to sign". mfc.co.uk. 2010-08-27. http://www.mfc.co.uk/articles/20100827/senegal-star-set-to-sign_70638_2136213?.
- ^ "Foreign contingent boost Cape Verde". FIFA.com. 2008-05-21. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=772955.html. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ [2]
- ^ allAfrica.com: Sénégal: Jacques Faty et Michael Tavarez
External links
- Mickaël Tavares French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Mickael Tavares stats at Slavia Prague official website
- Gambrinus Liga statistics
- L´Equipe Profile
- Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
Hamburger SV – current squad 1 Drobný · 2 Diekmeier · 3 Mancienne · 4 Westermann (c) · 5 Bruma · 6 Aogo · 7 Jansen · 8 Rincón · 9 Guerrero · 10 Petrić · 11 Iličević · 13 Tesche · 14 Jarolím · 15 Son · 16 Berg · 17 Töre · 18 Castelen · 19 Sowah · 22 Sala · 23 Rajković · 25 Skjelbred · 27 Bertram · 28 Arslan · 29 Mickel · 30 Neuhaus · 31 Nagy · 33 Štěpánek · 34 Bešić · 35 Behrens · 36 Ingreso · 37 Sternberg · 38 Lam · 42 Tavares · 44 Kačar · Head coach: Fink
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
- Naturalized citizens of Senegal
- Senegalese people of French descent
- Senegalese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Senegalese footballers
- French footballers
- Senegal international footballers
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Senegalese expatriates in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- FC Nantes players
- Tours FC players
- Senegalese expatriates in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Senegalese expatriates in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- FC Alverca players
- Senegalese expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Hamburger SV players
- 1. FC Nuremberg players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Gambrinus liga players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- The Football League players
- Ligue 2 players
- French people of Black African descent
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