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| Full name | Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, right winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2013 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Benfica B | 38 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Benfica | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Monaco (loan) | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Monaco | 86 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Manchester City | 243 | (39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Portugal U19 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Portugal | 97 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈsilvɐ]; born 10 August 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team. Considered one of the best midfielders in the world, Silva is known for his creativity, dribbling, stamina, versatility, and work-rate.[3][4] Pep Guardiola has described Silva as one of the best players he has ever seen.[5]
Silva came through Benfica's youth academy. He began playing for Benfica B in 2013 and was promoted to the first-team in 2014, playing a few minutes with the latter. He was on loan at the Ligue 1 side Monaco during the 2014–15 season, with Les Monégasques making the move permanent in winter 2015. After winning the league title with them in 2017, he was signed by English club Manchester City for a reported fee of £43.5 million. He subsequently won the Premier League and EFL Cup in his first season in England, following this up with a domestic treble the following season. He had a significant role in City becoming the first men's team in England to win a domestic treble, being named Manchester City's Player of the Year in 2019 and being part of the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. Afterwards, Silva was listed among the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or. In 2020–21, he helped Manchester City reach their first UEFA Champions League final, and was an integral part of the side who sealed a first-ever continental treble in 2022–23.
Silva made his senior debut for Portugal in 2015 after previously being capped by the nations's youth teams at under-19 and under-21 levels. He was chosen in Portugal's squads for two FIFA World Cups (2018 and 2022) and two UEFA European Championships (2020 and 2024), as well as for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, winning the latter tournament on home soil while also being named as the Player of the Tournament.
- ^ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Dabbs, Ryan (21 October 2022). "Ranked! The 10 best attacking midfielders in the world right now". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "15 Best Midfielders In The World Right Now". 1SPORTS1. 25 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Manchester United 0-3 Manchester City: Red Devils given 'a footballing lesson', say pundits". BBC Sport. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.