Jorge Gonçalves Tavares (21 January 1905 – 1951) was a Portuguese

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who played as a

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Club career

Tavares joined

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at the age of 19. He made his official debut on 19 October 1924, against

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. Used mainly as a

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, Tavares was consistently one of the

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team's top scorers, ranking first in the 1924–25 and 1925–26 seasons. He helped the club conquer its first national titles, the 1930 and 1931 Campeonato de Portugal, and retired on 26 January 1932 at the age of 27.

International career

Tavares gained three

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for

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in nearly three years, his first coming on 18 April 1926 in a 2–4 friendly loss to

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. He was an unused squad member at the 1928 Football Olympic tournament.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Jorge Goncalves 1905 births 1951 deaths Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers Portugal men's international footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Portugal 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen