Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva playing for Benfica in 2014 Emirates Cup
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva
Date of birth (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2013 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013–2015 Benfica B 38 (7)
2013–2015 Benfica 1 (0)
2014 → Monaco (loan) 15 (2)
2015– Monaco 48 (14)
National team‡
2013 Portugal U19 13 (2)
2013– Portugal U21 13 (6)
2015– Portugal 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

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

Club career

Benfica

A product of Benfica's youth system, Silva played for its 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, Silva 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] He was part of the club's domestic treble in the 2013–14 season.

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, he scored the victorious goal against Marseille in Ligue 1.[8]

On 20 January 2015, Benfica announced that 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]

On 10 April 2015, he scored twice in an away win at Caen (0–3) in the league.[11]

International career

In 2013, he represented Portugal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship,[12] 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.[13][14][15]

On 31 March 2015 he made his senior debut for Portugal, starting in a 0–2 friendly defeat to Cape Verde in Estoril.[16]

On 27 June 2015, he scored Portugal U21's first goal in a 5–0 win against Germany U21 in the semi-finals of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Czech Republic.[17]

Club statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016[18]
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
Portugal total 397101000417
Monaco (loan) 2014–15 152112030213
Monaco 2014–15 177201040247
Monaco 2015–16 317301080437
Monaco total 631671401508817
Career total 10223715015012924

Honours

Club

Benfica

Country

Portugal

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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Portugal - Bernardo Silva - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  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. ↑ "Caen vs. Monaco". Soccerway. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ten Under-19 talents to watch". uefa.com. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Bernardo Silva entre os maiores talentos europeus". record.pt. 2 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Bernardo Silva, o Messizinho do Seixal que sofre pelo clube". maisfutebol.iol.pt. 18 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Hart, Simon (27 June 2015). "Five-goal Portugal stun Germany in semi-finals". UEFA. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Bernardo Silva profile at Soccerway
  19. 1 2 3 "Bernardo Silva". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Liga Honra: Bernardo Silva eleito melhor jogador do mês de outubro". MaisFutebol. 7 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Bernardo Silva melhor do mês na Segunda Liga". Record. 9 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Benfiquista Bernardo Silva eleito melhor futebolista da II Liga em janeiro". Record. 7 February 2014.
  23. ↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. pp. 18–19.
  24. ↑ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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