Iuri António Teixeira Tavares
Forward · NK Varaždin · №38
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
NK Varaždin
NK Osijek
HNL
|
0:0 | |
HNK Gorica
NK Varaždin
HNL
|
2:2 | |
NK Varaždin
Istra 1961
HNL
|
0:0 | |
NK Varaždin
Rudes
HNL
|
2:0 | |
Dinamo Zagreb
NK Varaždin
HNL
|
3:1 | |
NK Varaždin
HNK Rijeka
HNL
|
2:0 | |
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Varaždin
HNL
|
1:4 | |
NK Varaždin
HNK Hajduk Split
HNL
|
2:1 | |
|
Dinamo Zagreb
NK Varaždin
HNL
|
2:1 | |
|
NK Varaždin
HNK Rijeka
HNL
|
1:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| HNL | 2025 | 11 |
| HNL | 2026 | 8 |
About the player
Twelve goals in 26 matches across the 2023 MLS Next Pro season. Tavares had arrived at Crown Legacy FC, the club's affiliate side, in January 2023 as a free agent, weeks after his contract at G.D. Estoril Praia was terminated. By February 2024 he was promoted to the first team.
In July 2025 he left on a free transfer for NK Varaždin, with Charlotte retaining a 20% sell-on clause.
The route to that point ran through some of Portugal's better-known academies. He started in the youth system at S.L. Benfica, spent a loan spell at C.F. Os Belenenses, then joined the Vitória Guimarães academy. His senior football began there in 2021, split between the B side and the first team, before a free transfer to Estoril in August 2022 that lasted only until the new year.
Born in Lisbon, Tavares plays for Cape Verde. His senior debut came on 28 March 2022, a friendly against San Marino, when he came on in the 63rd minute of a 2-0 win. That remains his only cap.
At 191 cm, though his record so far is that of a forward whose numbers have moved with the level: prolific in MLS Next Pro. Varaždin is the first club of his career outside Portugal and the United States.
Career path
- 2026 — 2027 — now NK Varazdin 45 matches
- 2024 — 2025 Charlotte 39 matches
- 2023 Estoril Praia U23 16 matches
- 2023 Crown Legacy 27 matches
- 2021 — 2022 Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) 26 matches
- 2022 Vitória Guimarães SC B 11 matches
- 2022 Vitória Guimarães SC 1 match
- 2019 SL Benfica Youth League 2 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | NK Varazdin | SuperSport HNL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 521 |
| 26/27 | NK Varazdin | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 0 | 172 |
| 25/26 | NK Varazdin | SuperSport HNL | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 065 |
| 25/26 | NK Varazdin | Hrvatski nogometni kup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 25/26 | NK Varazdin | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 22/23 | Estoril Praia U23 | Liga Next Gen U23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 907 |
| 22/23 | Estoril Praia U23 | Torneio Abertura Liga Revelação U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 156 |
| 22/23 | Estoril Praia U23 | Torneio Abertura Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) | Liga Next Gen U23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 890 |
| 21/22 | Vitória Guimarães SC B | Liga 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 274 |
| 21/22 | Vitória Guimarães SC | Taça de Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 21/22 | Vitória Guimarães SC B | Liga 3 - Promotion stage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2025 | Charlotte | Major League Soccer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | Charlotte | US Open Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| 2024 | Charlotte | Major League Soccer | 28 | 3 | 2 | 885 |
| 2024 | Charlotte | Leagues Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| 2024 | Charlotte | MLS Cup Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2023 | Crown Legacy | MLS Next Pro | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 936 |
| 2023 | Crown Legacy | MLS Next Pro Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2021 | Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) | Liga Revelação U23 - Cup Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 20/21 | Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) | Liga Next Gen U23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 478 |
| 20/21 | Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) | Liga Revelação - Second Round | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 18/19 | SL Benfica Youth League | UEFA Youth League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| Total | NK Varazdin | 45 | 7 | 6 | 2 940 | |
| Total | Charlotte | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 263 | |
| Total | Crown Legacy | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 026 | |
| Total | Vitória de Guimarães SC U23 (- 2022) | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 506 | |
| Total | Estoril Praia U23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 153 | |
| Total | Vitória Guimarães SC B | 11 | 1 | 0 | 294 | |
| Total | Cape Verde U19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 | |
| Total | SL Benfica Youth League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| Total | Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | Vitória Guimarães SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Charlotte NK Varazdin
- 23/24 Crown Legacy Charlotte
- 22/23 Estoril U23 Crown Legacy
- 22/23 Guimaraes B Estoril U23
- 20/21 Guimarães U23 Guimaraes B
- 19/20 Benfica U19 Guimarães U23
- 18/19 Belenenses U19 Benfica U19
- 18/19 Benfica U19 Belenenses U19
- 18/19 Benfica U17 Benfica U19
- 16/17 Benfica U15 Benfica U17
- 14/15 Benfica Yth Benfica U15
