Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu bɨɾˈnaɾdu]; born 24 January 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica.
![]() Bernardo with Benfica in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo | ||
Date of birth | (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
Number | 55 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2022 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Benfica B | 29 | (6) |
2021– | Benfica | 17 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Portugal U15 | 5 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U17 | 19 | (4) |
2019 | Portugal U19 | 5 | (1) |
2021– | Portugal U21 | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:40, 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
A product of S.L. Benfica's youth system, Bernardo played for its ranks and signed his first professional contract with Benfica on 26 February 2018.[2] He made his debut for Benfica's reserve team in a Segunda Liga match against Vilafranquense on 2 February 2020, with manager Renato Paiva praising him as one of the "future stars of the club".[3]
After a promising 2020–21 season with the B team, Bernardo started the 2021–22 season, with various solid performances, leading him to be named Liga Portugal 2's Midfielder of the Month for the months of October and November.[4] On 2 November 2022, Bernardo made his first-team debut coming on the 77th minute in a 5-2 Champions League group stage defeat at Bayern Munich.[5] Later that week, on 7 November 2022, he made his Primeira Liga debut coming on for injured João Mário on the 23rd minute for a 6–1 home win against Braga.[6]
With the Portugal under-17s, Bernardo took participated in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Ireland, playing four matches, scoring one goal as the team lost in the quarter-finals to Italy.[7]
On 6 September 2021, Bernardo won his first cap for the under-21 side, replacing André Almeida in the 73rd minute in a 1–0 victory against Belarus for the 2023 European Championship qualification campaign.[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | ||||||
2021–22 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 6 | ||||||
Benfica | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
Career total | 34 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 53 | 6 |
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