Mickaël Tavares

Mickaël Tavares 2010

Mickaël Tavares ( born October 25, 1982 in Villeneuve -Saint -Georges ) is a French football player, Senegal and Cape Verdean nationality. He is the son of former Senegalese international's Tony Tavares, who is of Cape Verdean descent.

Club career

Tavares began his career with U.S. Créteil. In 2000 he moved to Portuguese club FC Alverca. After two years he returned to France and was committed by the SC Abbeville. He stayed there for a season and spent the next two years at FC Nantes, where he was but used only in the B team. 2005, the midfielder went to FC Tours and went with this one year later in the Ligue 2.

In July 2007, he was first tested by Slavia Prague and signed after a week in the Czech capital a two-year contract with an option for another year.

In January 2009, Tavares moved to Hamburger SV. He could not sit down and was under coach Bruno Labbadia first the B team at after he had still been used in the previous season by coach Martin Jol regularly. On January 24, 2010 Tavares was therefore awarded to the end of the season 1 FC Nuremberg. Although Tavares was able to strengthen the defense of the FCN, he came towards the end of the season in favor of a more attacking formation only rarely. After eleven games and a goal for Nuremberg Tavares played at the end of the season in coach Dieter Heckings plans no longer matter. Thus he returns to the 2010/11 season for Hamburger SV back. Because he should not play a role in the squad planning of Armin Veh, he was loaned for one season to the Middlesbrough FC. After his return Tavares should leave the club. However, since he found no new club in the transfer window in summer 2011, Tavares trained until the expiry of his contract on June 30, 2012 with the reserve team of the HSV.

Beginning in October 2012 pledged Fulham Tavares. He signed a contract until the end of the year. He arrived there on coach Martin Jol, under whom he had played at HSV. During his time in London he came only in the U -21 are used.

Mid- March 2013 Tavares began a trial with second division side FC Energie Cottbus.

National team career

In a friendly against Luxembourg Tavares was appointed in June 2008 in the national team of Cape Verde, but did not play.

In May 2009, Tony Tavares said his son had decided to try to play for the Senegalese national team in the future.

Others

His cousins ​​Jacques Faty Faty Ricardo and are also professional footballers.