Cabral

Basel were 1–2 down at half time, Cabral scored the equaliser in the 54th minute and the team went on to achieve a 3–2 win over AC Bellinzona.

Cabral was substituted on for Marco Streller during the 81st minute.

In the third minute of overtime, Cabral dribbled around the defence and then lobbed the ball over keeper Bogdan Lobonţ to the final score of 3–1.

However, Basel only gained six points during the stage and thus ended the group in third position.

Adilson Tavares Varela (born 22 October 1988), commonly known as Cabral, is a former professional footballer.

He spent most of his career at Basel, winning ten honours including five Swiss Super League championships and three Swiss Cup titles.

He also had brief spells in three foreign countries.

He moved to FC Étoile-Broye in 1998 and stayed with them three seasons.

In 2000 he was spotted by FC Lausanne-Sport and in summer 2001 he joined their youth department.

Cabral then advanced through the ranks by Lausanne-Sport playing the 2004–05 with their U-21 team.

In the 2005–06 season he advanced to their first team, who at that time played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football.

He made his debut for the club in August 2005 under head coach Gérard Castella, coming on as a substitute in the match against Baden.

He had only three appearances that season, but was regularly on the pitch the following season.

He went on to play 26 league games for Lausanne-Sport.

In summer 2007, Cabral left Lausanne for FC Basel on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.

He joined Basel's first team for their 2007–08 season under head coach Christian Gross, who was starting his ninth season in that position.

After playing in six test games Cabral played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stadion Wankdorf on 5 August 2007 as Basel suffered a 1–5 against Zürich.

At the end of the 2007–08 season he won the Double with the club.

They won the League Championship title with four points advantage over second placed Young Boys.

In the Swiss Cup via FC Léchelles, SC Binningen, Grasshopper Club, Stade Nyonnais and in the semi-final Thun, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 4–1 against AC Bellinzona they won the competition.

However, during his first season with the team he played in only eight league matches and had two appearances in the 2007–08 Swiss Cup.

Therefore, for the 2008–09 season, he was loaned out to Sevilla FC's B Team, Sevilla Atlético, who played in the Segunda Federación, the fourth tier of Spanish football.

Here he made 22 league appearances, scoring one goal.

When he returned to Basel Manager Christian Gross had been sacked and Thorsten Fink was in charge.

Cabral had become a much improved player following his season in Spain and thus during the 2009–10 season he broke into the first team squad.

Basel joined the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.

Basel advanced to the group stage, in which despite winning three of the six games the ended in third position and were eliminated.

They finished four points behind group winners Roma and one behind Fulham, against whom they lost 3–2 in the last game of the stage.

Cabral played in eight of the ten matches.

He scored his first league goal for his club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 6 December 2009.

At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the Double with his club.

They won the League Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys.

In the Swiss Cup via SC Cham, FC Le Mont, Zürich, FC Biel-Bienne and in the semi-final SC Kriens, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 6–0 against Lausanne-Sport they won the competition.

Cabral played in three of the six cup games, but not in the final.

Basel started in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and advanced to the group stage.

Cabral's finest goal came in the group stage away game against A.S. Roma on 19 October 2010.

Therefore, they dropped to the 2010–11 Europa League knockout phase, but here they were eliminated by Spartak Moscow due to a last-minute goal against them.

Cabral played in eight of the 12 European matches.

After representing his adopted Switzerland 30 times between under-18 and under-21 level, Cabral was called up in 2012 for his native Cape Verde but did not play.

Cabral started his children's football with local amateur club FC Moudon.