Fufuco

Fufuco

Personal information
Full name	Antonio Paiva Tavares
Date of birth	(1986-02-28) 28 February 1986
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2008	AD Bairro
2008–2010	Boavista Praia
2010–2011	Hatta Club
2011–2012	Hanoi T&T	13	(4)
2012–2013	U.D. Leiria	5	(0)
2013	G.D. Chaves	8	(1)
2013–2014	CD Operário	26	(14)
2014–2015	C.R. Caála
2015	Domant FC
2016–2018	Boavista Praia
International career
2009	Cape Verde	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

António Paiva Tavares (born 28 February 1986), commonly known as Fufuco, is a former Cape Verdean footballer, who played as a forward. He was capped by Cape Verde once against Equatorial Guinea in 2009.

Career

Hanoi T&T

Traded to Vietnamese outfit Ha Noi T&T in 2011, Fufuco was known for his enthusiastic attitude from the first day of training, making his debut in the last 20 minutes of a game fronting Thanh Hoa. Even though he hit a hat-trick in a 6-2 beating of HAGL, the Cape Verdean generally underperformed for the club, earning a red card after complaining about having a goal disallowed versus Khanh Hoa. Seen as puerile by many in Vietnam, he spent prodigally on his Vietnamese girlfriend and did not send money home coupled with disappointing league showings which resulted in him leaving the team by 2012.

External links

• Fufuco at Soccerway