Benny (footballer)

For the Portuguese football midfielder sometimes known as Benny, see Bernardo Sousa (footballer).

Benny
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Pereira Silvano
Date of birth (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Leiria, Portugal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Marinhense
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2014 União Leiria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 União de Leiria 32 (2)
2017 Benfica Castelo Branco 14 (2)
2017–2020 Arouca 48 (5)
2020–2021 Torreense 21 (0)
2021–2022 União de Leiria 20 (0)
2022–2023 Académica de Coimbra 7 (1)
2023– Marinhense 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Silvano.

Bernardo Pereira Silvano (born 14 April 1996), commonly known as Benny is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato de Portugal club Marinhense.

Club career

Born in Leiria, Benny started his career with the youth setup of local club União de Leiria and was promoted to the senior squad in 2014 which played in the third tier. On 31 January 2017, he joined Benfica Castelo Branco of the same tier.[1]

On 19 June 2017, Benny moved a tier up and moved to Arouca.[2] On 26 November, he made his league debut, playing the whole 90 minutes of a 2–0 victory against Santa Clara.[3]

Club statistics

As of match played on 12 August 2018
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
União Leiria 2014–15[4] Campeonato Nacional 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2015–16[4] Campeonato Nacional 23 2 2 1 — 25 3
2016–17[4] Campeonato Nacional 6 0 2 2 — 8 2
Total 32 2 4 3 — 36 5
Benfica Castelo Branco 2016–17[4] Campeonato Nacional 13 2 0 0 — 13 2
Arouca 2017–18[4] LigaPro 10 1 1 0 — 11 1
2018–19[4] LigaPro 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 11 1 1 0 — 12 1
Career total 56 5 5 3 0 0 61 8

References

  1. ^ "Benny reforça plantel do Benfica e Castelo Branco" [Benny reinforced to Benfica Castelo Branco squad] (in Portuguese). Diario Digital Castelo Branco. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Benny reforça Arouca" [Benny is reinforced by Arouca] (in Portuguese). Oderbie. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Arouca-Santa Clara, 2-0: Buka and Jefre Vargas guarantee victory at home" (in Portuguese). Record. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Benny". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 9 May 2018.


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