William Carvalho

This article is about the Portuguese footballer William Silva de Carvalho. For the Brazilian volleyball player William Carvalho da Silva, see William Silva (volleyball).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.
William Carvalho

Carvalho with Sporting in 2016
Personal information
Full name William Silva de Carvalho
Date of birth (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2004 Algueirão
2004–2005 Mira Sintra
2005–2011 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011– Sporting CP 82 (7)
2011 → Fátima (loan) 13 (3)
2012–2013 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 48 (3)
National team‡
2007–2009 Portugal U17 25 (5)
2008–2010 Portugal U18 8 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U19 9 (2)
2012 Portugal U20 3 (0)
2012–2015 Portugal U21 15 (2)
2013– Portugal 17 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

William Silva de Carvalho (born 7 April 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a defensive midfielder.

A full international for Portugal since 2013, he represented the nation at the 2014 World Cup.

Early life

Born in Luanda, Angola, Carvalho moved to Portugal when he was just a few years old. His grandfather Praia and his uncle Afonso were also footballers, and played for Angolan club Progresso Associação do Sambizanga.[1]

Club career

After moving to Portugal Carvalho first started playing in the streets, and eventually got picked up by Recreios Desportivos de Algueirão. In 2004 he moved to União Sport Clube de Mira Sintra, where he was the youngest player in the team and also its captain.[1] He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 13, making his official debut with the first team on 3 April 2011 by playing six minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Vitória S.C. for the Primeira Liga championship, then spent six months on loan to C.D. Fátima in the third division.[2]

Still owned by the Lisbon side, Carvalho played one-and-a-half seasons with Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in the Belgian Pro League starting from January 2012, featuring alongside several Sporting teammates in the same predicament.[3] He returned for the 2013–14 campaign, being a defensive mainstay for newly appointed coach Leonardo Jardim.[4]

Carvalho scored his first goal for Sporting on 27 October 2013, netting the 1–1 equalizer in an eventual 1–3 loss at F.C. Porto.[5] In the following summer he caught the attention of several European clubs, with Arsenal having their £13 million plus Joel Campbell offer rejected.[6] Sporting only acquired the totality of Carvalho's rights in November 2014, with third-party ownership adding to the difficulties of any possible deal.[7]

Carvalho began 2014–15 by seeing a red card – his first ever – in a 1–1 home draw against Académica de Coimbra, receiving his marching orders after a second bookable offense in the 65th minute.[8] He went on to conquer his first club trophy, that season's Portuguese Cup, playing the full 120 minutes in the final win over S.C. Braga.[9]

Among continued transfer speculation linking him with a number of English Premier League sides, including Arsenal again, manager Jorge Jesus claimed Carvalho would remain at the club.[10] On 14 July 2015, Sporting confirmed the player had suffered a stress fracture in his tibia, which would sideline him for three months.[11]

International career

Eligible for both Portugal and Angola, Carvalho chose to represent the former. When he was still part of the Portugal under-20s the Angolan Football Federation tried to call him up, but were rejected.[1]

Carvalho made his debut with the Portuguese under-21 team on 15 October 2012, in a 0–1 friendly loss with Ukraine. He scored twice during the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers, in home wins against Norway (5–1)[12] and Israel (3–0).[13]

Carvalho was first summoned by full side manager Paulo Bento in November 2013, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup playoffs against Sweden.[14] He gained his first cap in the second leg on the 19th, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 3–2 away triumph (4–2 on aggregate).[15]

On 19 May 2014, Carvalho was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[16] He made his debut in the competition on 22 June, playing the second half of the 2–2 group stage draw against the United States after replacing injured André Almeida;[17] he played all 90 minutes in the next match to help to a 2–1 win over Ghana, but the national team went out on goal difference.[18]

Carvalho played all the matches and minutes at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship. He was elected player of the tournament due to his performances, even though he missed the decisive attempt in the penalty shootout in the final against Sweden, with it saved by Patrik Carlgren after a 0–0 draw in Prague.[19][20][21][22][23]

Club statistics

As of 9 April 2016[24]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting 2010–11 100000000010
Fátima (loan) 2011–12 13300000000133
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2011–12 19100000000191
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2012–13 28240000000322
Sporting 2013–14 29410300000334
Sporting 2014–15 30150007000421
Sporting 2015–16 22231005000303
Total 1321210030900015412

Honours

Club

Sporting

International

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vitor Alvarenga (31 May 2014). "World Cup 2014: Portugal profile – William Carvalho". England: The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sporting empresta William Carvalho ao Fátima" [Sporting loans William Carvalho to Fátima] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "William Carvalho vervangt Neto bij Cercle Brugge" [William Carvalho follows Neto to Cercle Brugge] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "William Carvalho encanta Jardim" [William Carvalho delights Jardim] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "FC Porto 3–1 Sporting Lisbon". BBC Sport. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arsenal failed with late transfer deadline day Joel Campbell-plus-cash bid for Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho". Metro. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sporting compra a totalidade do passe de William Carvalho" [Sporting owns William Carvalho's rights in full] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "£37m valued Arsenal and United target sent off on opening day of the season". Here Is the City. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 Piedade, Luis (31 May 2015). "Sporting dig deep to claim Portuguese Cup". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "William Carvalho to stay at Sporting Libson despite Arsenal talk – Jesus". ESPN FC. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Arsenal target William Carvalho ruled out for three months, confirm Sporting". ESPN FC. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Portugal hit back to floor Norway". UEFA.com. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Portugal make light work of Israel". UEFA.com. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Bento: 'No favourites' for Portugal-Sweden tie". UEFA.com. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ronaldo hat-trick takes Portugal past Sweden". UEFA.com. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Paulo Bento announces Portugal's 23-man World Cup squad". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Varela strikes to save Portugal". FIFA.com. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Ronaldo downs Ghana but Portugal crash out". FIFA.com. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  19. ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (18 June 2015). "England U21 0–1 Portugal U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Improved Italy fail to break Portugal down". UEFA.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Last-gasp Sweden join Portugal in U21 EURO semis". UEFA.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Five-goal Portugal stun Germany in semi-finals". UEFA.com. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Sweden beat Portugal on penalties to win U21 title". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "William Carvalho". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  25. 1 2 "William Carvalho e Rambé ganham prémios" [William Carvalho and Rambé win awards] (in Portuguese). SJPF. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "William Carvalho melhor jogador em dezembro" [William Carvalho best player in December] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "William Carvalho recebeu prémio de melhor jogador" [William Carvalho received best player award] (in Portuguese). SJPF. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  28. 1 2 3 "William Carvalho ganha prémio" [William Carvalho wins award] (in Portuguese). SJPF. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  29. ↑ "William Carvalho eleito melhor jogador de março" [William Carvalho elected best player in March] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  30. 1 2 "Melhor Jovem" [Best Youngster] (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Prémios da Liga: Veja quem são os vencedores" [League awards: See who are the winners] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  32. ↑ "William named U21 EURO player of the tournament". UEFA.com. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  33. ↑ "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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