Cândido Tavares

Cândido Coelho Tavares (30 December 1911 – 18 June 1997) was a Portuguese football goalkeeper and manager.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Coelho and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Cândido Tavares
Personal information
Full name Cândido Coelho Tavares
Date of birth (1911-12-30)30 December 1911
Place of birth Seixal, Portugal
Date of death 18 June 1997(1997-06-18) (aged 85)
Place of death Seixal, Portugal
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931 Casa Pia
1932–1934 Lusitano Evóra
1934–1935 Casa Pia
1935–1937 Benfica 24 (0)
1938–1939 Casa Pia
1941–1942 União Sportiva
Teams managed
1951–1952 Benfica
1952–1954 Vitória Guimarães
1954–1955 Lusitano Evóra
1956 Torreense
1957–1958 Fabril
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

With a career spanning over a decade, Tavares represented mainly Casa Pia and Benfica, coaching the latter afterwards and winning a Portuguese Cup.

Playing career

Born in Seixal, Setúbal District, Tavares started playing with Casa Pia A.C. in 1931 and moved to Lusitano G.C. the following year. In 1935 he returned to his previous club, subsequently signing with S.L. Benfica.

At the latter side, Tavares eventually beat competition from Augusto Amaro and Pedro Conceição position, playing all of the league games in his first season,[1] and interchanging with Amaro in his second year.[2] He then had a third spell at Casa Pia, retiring in 1942 at the age of 31 with União Sportiva in Azores.

Coaching career

After retiring, Tavares started working as a fitness coach, having his first experience as manager in December 1951 at Benfica, when Ted Smith left unexpectedly.[3] He was still able to guide them to a Taça de Portugal triumph against Sporting Clube de Portugal on 15 June 1952[4] and, the next year, was appointed at Vitória de Guimarães, which he led to two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the Primeira Liga.

Subsequently, Tavares managed Lusitano de Evóra, S.C.U. Torreense and G.D. Fabril, always in the top flight. He also had a small stint in the Portuguese national team as fitness coach, in 1956.[5]

Managerial statistics
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Benfica[3] 9 December 1951 15 June 1952 17131376.47

Honours

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Specific

  1. Tovar 2012, p. 138.
  2. Tovar 2012, p. 144.
  3. Tovar 2012, p. 233.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 237.
  5. "Cândido Tavares – Um bom homem, um bom desportista!..." [Cândido Tavares – A good man, a good sportsperson!...] (in Portuguese). Alberto Helder. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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