Gonçalo Guedes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Ganchinho and the second or paternal family name is Guedes.
Gonçalo Guedes
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes
Date of birth (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996
Place of birth Benavente, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Benfica
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2014 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Benfica B 36 (9)
2014– Benfica 23 (3)
National team
2013–2014 Portugal U17 6 (1)
2014–2015 Portugal U19 3 (2)
2015– Portugal U20 3 (0)
2015– Portugal U21 4 (1)
2015– Portugal 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2016

Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes (born 29 November 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Benfica.

Club career

Born in Benavente, Portugal, Guedes joined S.L. Benfica youth system in 2005, where he progressed to the juniors team.

On 19 April 2014, he made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2013–14 Segunda Liga match against Porto B.[1]

On 18 October 2014, Guedes debuted for Benfica's first team at Sporting da Covilhã in the third round of Taça de Portugal.[2] On 4 January 2015, he debuted in Primeira Liga at Penafiel, as an added-time substitute for Lima in a 3–0 victory.[3] On 4 July, he won the 2014–15 Segunda Liga's Breakthrough Player of the Year award.[4]

On 26 September 2015, he scored his first goal with Benfica in a 3–0 victory against Paços de Ferreira in the league.[5] On 30 September, he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in a victory at Atlético Madrid (1–2),[6] and became the youngest Portuguese player to have scored a goal in the group stage.[7]

International career

Guedes was first called up by Portugal manager Fernando Santos on 6 November 2015, ahead of international friendlies against Russia and Luxembourg.[8] He made his debut against the former, starting in a 0–1 loss in Krasnodar.

Career statistics

Club

As of as of match played 1 March 2016[9]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 1010
2014–15 328328
Total 338338
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 5010300090
2015–16 Primeira Liga 173202061274
Total 223305061364
Career total 55113050616912

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal[10] 201520
Total20

Honours

Club

Benfica

Individual

References

  1. "FC Porto B 4-1 Benfica B". ZeroZero. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. Taça de Portugal: Benfica sofre mas segue em frente
  3. "Penafiel - Benfica (Jornada 15 Primeira Liga 2014-2015) - Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Prémios Oficiais Liga Portugal 2015" [Official Awards Liga Portugal 2015] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/jogo/20152016/liganos/6/2
  6. Walker, Joseph (30 September 2015). "How Benfica beat Atlético Madrid". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/benfica/detalhe/goncalo-guedes-faz-historia-em-madrid-978032.html
  8. "Portugal gives Ronaldo a rest, calls up newcomers for games". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. Gonçalo Guedes profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  10. "Gonçalo Guedes". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  11. Cunha, Pedro Jorge (17 May 2015). "Benfica bicampeão: 28 com as faixas e dois à espera" [Benfica back-to-back champion: 28 with the sashes and two await] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  12. "'Proud' Benfica hold heads high after final defeat". UEFA. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  13. "Gonçalo Guedes do Benfica eleito Melhor Jogador do mês de Outubro" [Benfica's Gonçalo Guedes voted Best Player of October]. ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  14. "Gonçalo Guedes eleito melhor jogador da Segunda Liga (dezembro)" [Gonçalo Guedes elected best player of Segunda Liga (December)]. ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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