Adilson Tavares Varela (born 22 October 1988), commonly known as Cabral, is a professional footballer who plays for Lausanne-Sport. 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. 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. Club career Youth football Cabral started his children's football with local amateur club FC Moudon. 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. Lausanne-Sport 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. Basel 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. Sevill (loan) 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,