Tavares with Dijon in 2020
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Júlio Carolino Tavares | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Tarrafal, Cape Verde | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Raed | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | AS Montréal-la-Cluse | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bourg-Péronnas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Bourg-Péronnas | 95 | (40) |
| 2012–2020 | Dijon | 243 | (69) |
| 2020–2022 | Al-Faisaly | 57 | (24) |
| 2022– | Al-Raed | 53 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Cape Verde | 48 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022 | |||
Júlio Tavares (born 19 November 1988) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Raed and the Cape Verde national team.
On 28 October 2017, Tavares became Dijon's all time leading goal scorer after heading in the only goal in the 1–0 Ligue 1 home victory over Nantes; it was his 56th goal for Dijon in all competitions and broke the previous Dijon record of 55 goals scored in all competitions held by Sebastián Ribas.[1][2] On 18 November 2017, Tavares scored twice in the 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Troyes; it was the first Ligue 1 brace of his career and his second goal was the 100th Ligue 1 goal scored by Dijon, playing in just their third season in Ligue 1.[3] On 10 February 2018, Tavares scored twice as Dijon came from behind to beat OGC Nice 3–2 in a home Ligue 1 match; his brace brought his 2017–18 Ligue 1 goal tally to 9 in 15 matches, as many as he had scored in 35 Ligue 1 matches during the entire 2016–17 season.[4]
On 14 September 2020, Tavares signed with Saudi Professional League club Al-Faisaly.[5]
On 25 July 2022, Tavares joined Al-Raed on a free transfer.[6]
In 2013, he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team advanced to the quarterfinals, in the best result in the history of the national team.[7][8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bourg-Péronnas | 2009–10 | CFA | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 15 | |||
| 2011–12 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 17 | |||
| Total | 90 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 40 | ||
| Dijon | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 29 | 12 | |
| 2013–14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 8 | |||
| 2014–15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 11 | |||
| 2015–16 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 13 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 13 | |||
| 2018–19 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 42 | 8 | |||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | |||
| Total | 243 | 69 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 80 | ||
| Al-Faisaly | 2020–21 | Saudi Professional League | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 34 | 19 | ||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 5[d] | 2 | 34 | 11 | ||
| Total | 57 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 30 | ||
| Al-Raed | 2022–23 | Saudi Professional League | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | ||
| 2023–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 422 | 138 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 465 | 158 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 18 November 2014 | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde |  Niger |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | 13 June 2015 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
7–1 | 7–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 3. | 28 March 2017 | Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 1 June 2018 | July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria |  Algeria |
3–2 | 3–2 | |
| 5. | 1 September 2021 | Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon |  Central African Republic |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 13 November 2021 | Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 7. | 9 January 2022 | Olembe Stadium, Yaounde, Cameroon |  Ethiopia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 8. | 7 June 2022 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Togo |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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