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Bernardo Tavares

Bernardo Tavares
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Bernardo Tavares, Portuguese football manager
Personal information
Full name Fernando José Bernardo Tavares
Date of birth (1980-05-02) 2 May 1980 (age 37)
Place of birth Proença-a-Nova, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Tourizense (Manager)
Youth career
1990–1996 ADC Proença-a-Nova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 ADC Proença-a-Nova ? (?)
Total ? (?)
Teams managed
1997–1998 ADC Proença-a-Nova U-18
1998–1999 Pastelaria Rosa U-18
1999–2000 Pastelaria Rosa
2000–2001 ESDRM
2001–2002 Benfica U-12
2002–2005 G.C. Alcobaça (Assistant)
2005–2008 G.C. Alcobaça
2008 Porto (Scout)
2008–2009 Sporting CP Academy (Assistant)
2009–2010 Carregado (Assistant)
2010–2011 Belenenses (Assistant)
2011–2012 Belenenses
2012–2013 Gil Vicente (Scout)
2013–2014 Al-Hidd (Assistant)
2014–2015 Tirsense
2015 Al-Nahda
2016– Tourizense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Fernando José Bernardo Tavares commonly known as Bernardo Tavares (born 2 May 1980) is a Portuguese football manager, a former footballer and a former technical director of Escolinha de Futebol do Bernardo who is the current manager of African Lyon F.C. of the Tanzanian Premier League.

Bernardo began his footballing career since he was 10 years old with the youth team of ADC Proença-a-Nova, based in his home town, Proença-a-Nova. In 1996, he began his professional footballing career with the senior team of ADC and player for the club till he became a 23-year-old youngster in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores. He also helped his parent club win the Castelo Branco Football Association Cup in 2000.

Bernardo holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification. He received the UEFA Pro Licence in June 2013 from the Portuguese Football Federation. He also holds the Pro License on goalkeeping from the Portuguese Football Federation and has also participated in a Sports Massage course hosted by the Leiria Football Association. He was also awarded with the Best Coach award in the camp where he received the UEFA Pro License in 2013.

He began his managerial career with the U-18 team of his parent club in 1997.

In 1998, he moved to a Bakery Club named Pastelaria Rosa FC (doesn't exist now) where he was first appointed as the head coach of the U-18 team and then of the senior team of the club in 1999.

In 2000, he moved to Rio Maior where he was appointed as the head coach of a University National League football club, Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior.

In 2001, he moved to Lisbon where he was appointed as the assistant coach of the U-12 team of one of Portugal's topmost clubs, S.L. Benfica.


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