Fufuco

António Paiva Tavares, commonly known as Fufuco, is a former Cape Verdean footballer, who played as a forward. He was capped by Cape [Verde national football team|Cape Verde] once against Equatorial Guinea in 2009.

Career

Hanoi T&T

Traded to Vietnamese outfit Ha [Noi T&T F.C.|Ha Noi T&T] in 2011, Fufuco was known for his enthusiastic attitude from the first day of training, making his debut in the last 20 minutes of a game fronting FLC [Thanh Hóa F.C.|Thanh Hoa]. Even though he hit a hat-trick in a 6-2 beating of Hoàng Anh [Gia Lai F.C.|HAGL], the Cape Verdean generally underperformed for the club, earning a red card after complaining about having a goal disallowed versus Sanna [Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.|Khanh Hoa]. Seen as puerile by many in Vietnam, he spent prodigally on his Vietnamese girlfriend and did not send money home coupled with disappointing league showings which resulted in him leaving the team by 2012.