Bernardo Vasconcelos

Bernardo Vasconcelos
Personal information
Full nameBernardo Lino Castro Paes Vasconcelos
Date of birth10 June 1979
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Doxa
Number19
Youth career
1994–1997Dramático Cascais
1997–1998Estoril
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999Dramático Cascais
1999–2000Palmelense
2000–2001Benfica B12(1)
2001–2002Torreense27(16)
2002–2003Alverca13(1)
2003Torreense20(12)
2004RKC17(4)
2004União Leiria2(0)
2005RKC15(1)
2005–2006Estoril18(4)
2006–2009APOP66(41)
2008→ Omonia (loan)9(3)
2009–2010AEP18(7)
2010Hapoel Be'er Sheva13(1)
2011AEP14(7)
2011–2013Alki Larnaca47(22)
2013–2014Zawisza Bydgoszcz30(8)
2015–Doxa3(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:54, 24 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Bernardo Lino Castro Paes Vasconcelos (born 10 June 1979) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias F.C. as a striker.

In a professional career which spanned nearly 15 years he played mostly in Cyprus, representing five different teams.

Football career

Portugal / Holland

Born in Lisbon, Vasconcelos played for three teams early in his career, including the reserves of local – and national – powerhouse S.L. Benfica. In the 2002–03 season he helped F.C. Alverca return to the top division after one year of absence, scoring once and appearing in less than half of the league's matches.

In January 2004, after solid performances with S.C.U. Torreense in the third level, Vasconcelos moved to the Netherlands and signed with RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie, netting four goals to help the North Brabant side retain its top division status. Subsequently he returned to his country with U.D. Leiria, for what would be his only Portuguese top flight experience – after only two games (36 minutes), he returned to his previous team in the following transfer window.

Cyprus

Vasconcelos left RKC in the 2005 summer, then played one year in Portugal with G.D. Estoril Praia. He then moved to Cyprus and signed for APOP Kinyras FC, scoring at an impressive rate in the second division and adding 12 in 26 games in his first season in the top level, which he split between APOP and AC Omonia.

Vasconcelos returned to APOP for the 2008–09 campaign, helping the team win the domestic cup as he netted in the semifinals against APOEL FC. Afterwards he left the club but remained in the Paphos District, signing for AEP Paphos FC.

In the summer of 2010 Vasconcelos joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. in Israel, but he returned to former side AEP Paphos in January of the following year. He scored seven goals in only 14 appearances, but his team eventually suffered top division relegation.

In June 2011, Vasconcelos signed for Alki Larnaca FC. He was crowned the league's top scorer in his second year at 18 goals, but the club could only rank ninth.

After a stint in Poland with Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Vasconcelos returned to Cyprus in late 2014 by signing a one-and-a-half year contract with Doxa Katokopias FC.[1]

Club statistics

As of match played on 22 February 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2000–01[2] Segunda Divisão 121——121
Torreense 2001–02[2] Segunda Divisão 271600—2716
Alverca 2002–03[2] Segunda Liga 13110—141
Torreense 2003–04[2] Segunda Divisão 201210—2112
RKC 2003–04[2] Eredivisie 174—174
União Leiria 2004–05[2] Primeira Liga 2000—20
RKC 2004–05[2] Eredivisie 151—174
Estoril 2005–06[2] Primeira Liga 18410—194
APOP 2006–07[2] Cypriot First Division 2422—2422
2007–08[2] Cypriot First Division 179—179
2008–09[2] Cypriot First Division 2510—2510
Total 6641—6641
Omonia (loan) 2007–08[3] Cypriot First Division 931[lower-alpha 1]0103
AEP 2009–10[3] Cypriot First Division 188—188
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2010–11[3] Israeli Premier League 13100—131
AEP 2010–11[3] Cypriot First Division 14700—147
Alki Larnaca 2011–12[3] Cypriot First Division 23431—265
2012–13[3] Cypriot First Division 241821—2619
Total 472252—5224
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2013–14[3] Ekstraklasa 22731—258
2014–15[3] Ekstraklasa 81102[lower-alpha 1]0111
Total 3084120369
Doxa 2014–15[3] Cypriot First Division 3110—41
Career total 32415813330340161
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "Καλωσορίζουμε τον Βernardo στην οικογένεια της Δόξας!" (in Greek). Facebook. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 "Bernardo Vasconcelos". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Bernardo Vasconcelos". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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