Cândido Tavares

Cândido Tavares
Personal information
Full name	Cândido Coelho Tavares
Date of birth	30 December 1911
Place of birth	Seixal, Portugal
Date of death	18 June 1997 (aged 85)
Place of death	Seixal, Portugal
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931	Casa Pia
1932–1934	Lusitano Evóra
1934–1935	Casa Pia
1935–1937	Benfica
1938–1939	Casa Pia
1941–1942	União Sportiva
Managerial career
1951–1952	Benfica
1952–1954	Vitória Guimarães
1954–1955	Lusitano Evóra
1956	Torreense
1957–1958	Fabril
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cândido Coelho Tavares (30 December 1911 – 18 June 1997) was a Portuguese football goalkeeper and manager.

With a career spanning over a decade, Tavares represented mainly Casa Pia and Benfica, coaching the latter afterwards and winning a Portuguese Cup.

Playing career

Born in Seixal, Setúbal District, Tavares started playing with Casa Pia A.C. in 1931 and moved to Lusitano G.C. the following year. In 1935 he returned to his previous club, subsequently signing with S.L. Benfica.

At the latter side, Tavares eventually beat competition from Augusto Amaro and Pedro Conceição position, playing all of the league games in his first season,^[1] and interchanging with Amaro in his second year.^[2] He then had a third spell at Casa Pia, retiring in 1942 at the age of 31 with União Sportiva in Azores.

Coaching career

After retiring, Tavares started working as a fitness coach, having his first experience as manager in December 1951 at Benfica, when Ted Smith left unexpectedly.^[3] He was still able to guide them to a Taça de Portugal triumph against Sporting Clube de Portugal on 15 June 1952^[4] and, the next year, was appointed at Vitória de Guimarães, which he led to two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the Primeira Liga.

Subsequently, Tavares managed Lusitano de Évora, S.C.U. Torreense and G.D. Fabril, always in the top flight. He also had a small stint in the Portugal national team as fitness coach, in 1956.^[5]

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Benfica^[3]	9 December 1951	15 June 1952	17	13	1	3	76.47

Honours

Taça de Portugal: 1951–52^[3]

References

General

Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

^ Tovar 2012, p. 138.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 144.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tovar 2012, p. 233.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 237.
^ "Cândido Tavares – Um bom homem, um bom desportista!..." [Cândido Tavares – A good man, a good sportsperson!...] (in Portuguese). Alberto Helder. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013.