Marcos Tavares
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcos Magno Morales Tavares | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Maribor | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | Internacional | ||
| 1997–2002 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Grêmio | 1 | (0) |
| 2004 | Kedah FA | ||
| 2005 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2005–2006 | Kedah FA | ||
| 2006 | Grêmio | ||
| 2006–2007 | Porto Alegre | ||
| 2007 | APOEL | 5 | (0) |
| 2008– | Maribor | 305 | (122) |
| National team | |||
| Brazil U17 | |||
| Brazil U20 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017. |
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Marcos Magno Morales Tavares (born 30 March 1984 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga as a striker. He was also part of the Brazilian youth national teams. He gained the Slovenian citizenship on 16 September 2013. Tavares is Maribor's all-time most capped player and top goalscorer.
Tavares was born in Porto Alegre and spent his childhood in the city's slums with his father, a worker at Internacional, and his mother, a teacher. He is the youngest of three children and throughout his youth the family was living in poverty, sharing a one bedroom home where all five family members were sleeping in the same room and on the floor. Tavares claims he started playing football to help his family and after spending a few years at Internacional youth selections he was noticed by their city rivals Grêmio at the age of 13 and accepted their financial offer to switch clubs as he wanted to provide the financial means for his father to build a bigger home. However, Internacional and Grêmio are fierce city rivals who contest the Grenal derby and his father soon enough found himself unemployed.
During his teenage years, Tavares was unable to cope between professional and personal life and claims his excessive partying, drinking and overall unsporting life were major contributors why he was never given an opportunity in Brazil. At the age of 19 he went to Malaysia in desire for quick implementation. In the 2004 season, he played for Kedah FA. When the season ended, Tavares returned to Brazil for a year, where he played for Clube Atlético Paranaense. After that, he once again continued his career in Kedah FA, where he was the team's top goalscorer.
After one season with Kedah FA, he was noticed by Roberto de Assis Moreira, who took him to Grêmio and later to Porto Alegre Futebol Clube.
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