Fredson Tavares

Fredson Tavares, known as Fock, fascinates me simply because of where he comes from. A goalkeeper born on São Vicente in Cape Verde, a small Atlantic island nation, he stands 188 cm and guards the net for Batuque FC. He is far from a global household name, and information about him is thin, but that is exactly why I am drawn to him. There is something noble about the last line of defense quietly doing his job for a local club on a tiny island, far from the spotlight. To me, players like Fock embody the unglamorous heart of football.

Name (English)

Fredson Tavares

Name (Japanese)

フレドソン・ジョルジェ・ラモス・タヴァレス

Reading

ふれどそん・じょるじぇ・らもす・たゔぁれす

Born

July 25, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Origin

São Vicente, Cape Verde

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.