Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva
Personal information
Full nameBernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva
Date of birth10 August 1994
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Monaco
Number15
Youth career
2002–2013Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–2015Benfica B38(7)
2013–2015Benfica1(0)
2014→ Monaco (loan)15(2)
2015–Monaco13(5)
National team‡
2013Portugal U1913(2)
2013–Portugal U218(5)
2015–Portugal1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015

Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva (born 10 August 1994), known as Bernardo Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Monégasque club Monaco as a midfielder.

Club career

Benfica

Bernardo Silva played for Benfica youth ranks and in 2013 won the 2012–13 Portuguese Juniors Championship.[1] He made his professional debut in the first match of the 2013-14 season, against Trofense.[2]

On 19 October 2013, Bernardo made his debut for Benfica at the age of 19, in a Taça de Portugal 1–0 victory against lower league Cinfães, coming out of the bench in the 80th minute.[3] His performances in his debut season earn him the Segunda Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year.[4]

Monaco

On 7 August 2014, Bernardo joined Monaco on one-year loan deal.[5] He made his Monaco debut on 17 August, substituting Lucas Ocampos in the second half.[6] On 21 September 2014, he made his debut as a starter for Monaco, in a win against Guingamp.[7] On 14 December 2014, Bernardo scored the victorious goal against Marseille in Ligue 1.[8]

On 20 January 2015, Benfica announced that Bernardo Silva's economic and sports rights had been sold to Monaco for €15.75 million.[9] He signed for the new club until 30 June 2019.[10]

International career

In 2013, he represented Portugal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship,[11] reaching the semi-finals. For his performances, Silva was named among the top 10 talents under the age of 19 in Europe by a selection of UEFA reporters.[12][13][14]

On 31 March 2015 he made his senior debut for Portugal, starting in a 0–2 friendly defeat to Cape Verde in Estoril.[15]

Club statistics

As of match played 17 January 2015.
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2013–14 387———387
Benfica 2013–14 1010100030
Monaco 2014–15 152212030213
Career Total 5493130306310

Honours

Club

Benfica

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Benfica garante título nacional de juniores com "bis" de João Cancelo" [Benfica gains portuguese juniors title with a brace from João Cancelo]. Expresso. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Trofense 0 - 0 Benfica B". LPFP. 10 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Porto e Benfica cumprem na terceira eliminatória". pt.uefa.com (in Portuguese). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bernardo Silva considerado o Jogador Revelação da II Liga". SL Benfica website. 6 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Futebol: Ivan Cavaleiro e Bernardo Silva emprestados". SL Benfica. 7 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bordeaux - Monaco". BBC Sport. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Monaco sort de la zone rouge". news.fr.msn.com (in French). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Monaco vs. Olympique Marseille - 14 Dezembro 2014 - Soccerway
  9. ↑ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). CMVM. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Bernardo Silva commits to the club until 2019". AS Monaco FC. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ten Under-19 talents to watch". uefa.com. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Bernardo Silva entre os maiores talentos europeus". record.pt. 2 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Bernardo Silva, o Messizinho do Seixal que sofre pelo clube". maisfutebol.iol.pt. 18 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Portugal - Bernardo Silva - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Liga Honra: Bernardo Silva eleito melhor jogador do mês de outubro". MaisFutebol. 7 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Bernardo Silva melhor do mês na Segunda Liga". Record. 9 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Benfiquista Bernardo Silva eleito melhor futebolista da II Liga em janeiro". Record. 7 February 2014.

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