Yohan Tavares

Tavares's current-season form is down 72% on last season (Season 39→11), while his Rating eased 23→9. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Laval · 16th	17	6.84	9	11
2024/25	Laval · 7th	29	6.9	23	39
2023/24	Laval · 7th	21	6.89	17	26
2022/23	Laval · 14th	34	6.83	22	30
2021/22	Belenenses · 18th	28	6.76	24	35

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 11 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Yohan Tavares is a 38-year-old central defender at Laval, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 17 appearances, a Season grade of 11. On long-term scout potential he's rated 8.7. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (37.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.31 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tavares.

On the season, Tavares graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 3 clean sheets and 2.308 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 9. At 38 Tavares is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending down

8.7

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

11.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.31

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Laval finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.31

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 38, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 8.7 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.3%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.308

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.223

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~5), then tapers with age. At 38, Tavares sits on 1.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Tavares's projected Rating — 8.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles11

Interceptions7

Blocks13

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards1

Transfer history

€1M total transfer fees · 10 moves

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

LavalJul 2022 – Jun 2026

BBelenensesAug 2021 – Jul 2022Free

TondelaJul 2019 – Aug 2021

Estac Troyesuntil Jul 2019

AApoel NicosiaJul 2018 – Jul 2019Free

VitoriaJan 2018 – Jul 2018Free

BBangkok Uniteduntil Jan 2018

Estoril(on loan)Jul 2013 – Jan 2018

CChievoJul 2013 – Jul 2013€ 500K

Estoril(on loan)Jan 2013 – Jul 2013

Standard LiegeJul 2012 – Jan 2013€ 500K

BBeira-Maruntil Jul 2012

About Yohan Tavares

Yohan Tavares is a 38-year-old centre-back who plays for Laval, born on March 2, 1988 in Tours, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Laval currently sit 10th of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, Yohan Tavares has made 17 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,209 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

Yohan Tavares's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Laval face Grenoble at home in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Yohan Tavares at 8.7 with a Season form score of 11.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Segunda Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, Yohan Tavares has totalled 419 club appearances with 6 goals and 2 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for Laval.

Yohan Tavares's career has also included time at BBelenenses, Tondela, Estac Troyes, AApoel Nicosia, Vitoria, BBangkok United, Estoril, CChievo, Standard Liege and BBeira-Mar.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Laval finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points