| 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 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Tours FC | 27 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Slavia Prague | 36 | (3) |
| 2009– | Hamburger SV | 15 | (0) |
| 2010 | → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Middlesbrough FC (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Senegal | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:40, 19 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mickaël 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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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]
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.
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]
| Seison | Club | Land | League | Cup | ||||||
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| 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 | |
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