Gilvan de Pinho Tavares (Sabinópolis-MG — January 22, 1940) is a Brazilian former
lawyer
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. He serves as ex-president of the
association football
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team
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
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.
Early life
He is the son of Agenor de Pinho Tavares and Maria Flor de Maio Pimenta Barroso.
Career
He became president in December 2011 for the 2012-2014 triennium. Gilvan played for
Cruzeiro in the youth category during 1956.
As president, Tavares affected a few cases in Cruzeiro, involving
Walter Montillo
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Career San Lorenzo
He began in the youth ranks of Argentine club San Lorenzo and his professional debut came in 2002. In ...
with other Brazilian teams, specially
Corinthians
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and
São Paulo FC
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.
Cruzeiro recusa proposta do São Paulo por Montillo e insiste em 15 milhões de euros
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References
20th-century Brazilian lawyers
Living people
1940 births
Cruzeiro EC directors and chairmen
People from Belo Horizonte
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