Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mickaël Zidro Tavares | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Central Coast Mariners | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2000 | US Créteil | ||
2000–2002 | Alverca | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | SC Abbeville | 26 | (9) |
2003–2005 | FC Nantes B | 49 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Tours FC | 27 | (4) |
2007–2009 | Slavia Prague | 36 | (3) |
2009–2012 | Hamburger SV | 15 | (0) |
2011 | Hamburger SV II | 1 | (0) |
2010 | → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | FK Mladá Boleslav | 13 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Sydney FC | 34 | (1) |
2016– | Central Coast Mariners | 8 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Senegal | 25 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2010 |
Mickaël Zidro Tavares (born 25 October 1982) is a Senegalese footballer, who is currently playing for Australian club Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. He also has twenty-five caps for the Senegalese national team.
Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, Tavares begann his career at US Créteil, and moved in 2000 to Portuguese club FC Alverca. After two years, he returned to France and signed a contract with SC Abbeville, for whom he scored 9 goals in 26 games in the 2002-03 season, following which he moved to FC Nantes, where he played in the reserve team. In 2005, he joined FC Tours, who were promoted a year later to the Ligue 2.
In July 2007, he was on trial at Slavia Prague, and signed a contract with the club after one week in the Czech Republic. He signed a two-year contract in Prague with the option of one more, before moving to Hamburger SV on 30 January 2009. He made his debut on 22 February 2009 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
On 24 January 2010, Tavares was loaned to 1. FC Nuremberg until the end of the season. In August 2010, Tavares was assigned to train with Hamburg's second team and told he has no future in the first team. On 27 August 2010, Tavares joined Football League Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until July 2011. However,despite playing under Gordon Strachan, Tony Mowbray did not appear to rate Tavares. This limited him to just 13 appearances, his last coming in the 90th minute against Sheffield United, 4 months after his penultimate appearance.