Dom Sahil Krishe de Noronha Tavora (born 19 October 1995) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Earlier career

Born in

, Tavora was a part of both the Brasil Futebol Academia and Sesa Football Academy before signing with Arthur Papas managed

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in September 2013.

FC Goa

On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Tavora had signed with

of the

. He made his professional debut for the team on 8 October 2016 against

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. He came on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Mandar Rao Desai.

GDSC Alvarenga

In 2018, Tavora moved abroad and signed with Campeonato de Portugal side GDSC Alvarenga on 1 July.

Hyderabad

In 2019, he came back to India after signing with

side

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. In the 2020–21 season, after having a goalless draw against

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, they narrowly missed the play-offs as they finished 5th in the league table. He scored an important goal in the

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against

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and lifted the trophy through penalty-shootout.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

India U20 (Goa India) *

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Gold medal:

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Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament
''blog.cpdfootball.de''. Retrieved 7 September 2021 Hyderabad FC *

: 2021–22

References

External links

Sahil Tavora
at Indian Super League * 1995 births Living people Indian men's footballers India men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Goa Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen I-League players Dempo SC players FC Goa players Mumbai City FC players Hyderabad FC players Punjab FC players Indian expatriate men's footballers Indian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal {{India-footy-midfielder-stub