21 Facts About Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, known as Bernardo Silva or simply Bernardo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team.

Bernardo Silva began playing for Benfica B in 2013 and was promoted to the first-team in 2014, playing a few minutes with the latter.

Bernardo Silva subsequently won the Premier League and EFL Cup in his first season in England, following this up with a domestic treble the following season.

Bernardo Silva 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.

Bernardo 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.

Bernardo Silva was chosen in Portugal's squads for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, UEFA Euro 2020 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, winning the 2019 tournament on home soil while being named as the Player of the Tournament.

Bernardo Silva made his debut for Benfica B in a Segunda Liga match against Trofense on 10 August 2013.

On 7 August 2014, Bernardo Silva joined Monaco on one-year loan deal.

On 10 August 2015, Bernardo Silva extended his contract by one year, tying him to the club until June 2020.

Bernardo Silva established himself as a consistent performer, playing the most matches of any City player in the season up to the end of February 2018.

The FA said that Bernardo Silva did not intend the post to be insulting or in any way racist.

Bernardo Silva ended the season with 13 goals and 7 assists in all competitions.

In 2013, Bernardo Silva represented Portugal at the 2013 European Under-19 Championship, reaching the semi-finals.

Bernardo Silva was left out of the Portuguese squad for the finals of Euro 2016 due to injury.

Bernardo Silva was selected for the Portugal squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup which was hosted in Russia.

Bernardo Silva was named in Portugal's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Bernardo Silva was named in Portugal's final squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, appearing in all games of the eventual round of 16-exit to Belgium.

Bernardo Silva is a diminutive, elegant, and creative left-footed playmaker, with a slender build, who is capable of playing in several attacking and midfield positions.

Bernardo Silva is mainly known for his technique, acceleration, agility, passing, ball control, vision, creativity, and dribbling skills, as well as his energy and defensive work-rate, which enables him to cover ground, press opponents, and start attacks after winning back possession.

Bernardo Silva's English has been described as "perfect" by the media, partly as a result of his parents sending him to an English-speaking school in Lisbon when he was six years old.

Bernardo Silva's cousin Matilde Fidalgo, born in 1994, has represented Portugal and Manchester City's women's teams.