Bruno Tavares
Portuguese football player (born 2002)
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Bruno Miguel Costa Monteiro Tavares (born 16 April 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for TransINVEST.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Miguel Costa Monteiro Tavares[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TransINVEST | ||
| Number | 49 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2011–2012 | Belenenses | ||
| 2012–2021 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Varzim (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Pafos | 16 | (0) |
| 2024 | Auda | 30 | (0) |
| 2025 | Žalgiris | 35 | (2) |
| 2026– | TransINVEST | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Portugal U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (4) |
| 2019 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (4) |
| 2022 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025 | |||
Club career
Tavares is a youth academy graduate of Sporting CP. On 31 August 2021, he joined Varzim on a season-long loan deal.[2] He made his professional debut for the club on 22 October 2021 in a 1–0 league defeat against Académico Viseu.[3]
Tavares signed with Cypriot First Division club Pafos on 4 July 2022.[4][5] He made his debut on 8 February 2023 in Cypriot First Division against AEL Limassol.[6]
On 7 February 2025, it was announced that Bruno Tavares signed with the Lithuanian Žalgiris Club.[7][8]
On 4 August 2025, Tavares scored his first goal in A Lyga against Kauno Žalgirs.[9][10][11]
On 20 March 2026, Tavares signed for fellow A Lyga side TransINVEST.[12]
International career
Tavares is a Portuguese youth international. He was part of squad which reached quarter-finals of 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 February 2023[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europa | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Varzim (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Pafos | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
- Includes Taça de Portugal and Cypriot Cup
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