Heriberto Tavares


Heriberto Moreno Borges Tavares is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica B in LigaPro as a forward.

Club career

Born in Amadora, Lisbon metropolitan area of Cape Verdean descent, Tavares played youth football with three clubs in the country's capital, including Sporting CP from ages 10–18. He made his senior debut with S.L. Benfica's reserves on 6 August 2016, featuring 71 minutes in the 1–1 LigaPro home draw against C.D. Cova da Piedade.
In the 2017–18 season, Tavares scored a career-best 14 goals to help the B team finish in 13th position. Highlights included braces in home victories over Varzim SC, Real Massamá and C.F. União.
On 25 July 2018, Tavares was loaned to Moreirense FC. He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 12 August, scoring in a 1–3 home loss to Sporting and also committing a penalty which resulted in the opposition's second goal. He repeated the feat the following round, helping to a 2–1 away defeat of C.D. Nacional.
For the 2019–20 campaign, Tavares signed with Boavista F.C. also on loan.

International career

All youth categories comprised, Tavares won 20 caps for Portugal and scored seven goals. He made his under-21 debut on 14 November 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Diogo Jota in a 2–1 home win against Switzerland for the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers; the following 11 October, during the same phase, he netted four times in a 9–0 demolition of Liechtenstein.