Dylan Tavares

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tavares and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Dylan Tavares dos Santos (born 30 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 club Bastia. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Dylan Tavares

Tavares in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Dylan Tavares dos Santos
Date of birth	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Bastia
Number	42
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Étoile Carouge	1	(0)
2014–2015	Stade Nyonnais	33	(1)
2016	Étoile Carouge	8	(0)
2016–2017	Servette U21	19	(0)
2017–2018	Yverdon	24	(1)
2018–2021	Stade Lausanne	70	(4)
2021–2022	Xamax	23	(0)
2022–	Bastia	64	(3)
International career‡
2020–	Cape Verde	20	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Club career

On 23 July 2021, Tavares joined Xamax on a one-year contract.^[1]

On 29 May 2022, he agreed to join Bastia in France for the 2022–23 season.^[2]

International career

Furtado was born in Switzerland and is of Cape Verdean descent.^[3] He was called up to the represent the Cape Verde for a set of friendlies in October 2020.^[4] He debuted for Cape Verde in a 2–1 friendly win over Andorra on 7 October 2020.^[5] He was named in the roster for the 2021 Africa cup of nations when the team reached the round of 16.^[6]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tavares goal.

List of international goals scored by Dylan Tavares^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 September 2021	Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena, Mindelo, Cape Verde	Nigeria	1–0	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification