Florentino Luís
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Full name | Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 August 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Monaco (on loan from Benfica) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Tercena (futsal) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Real | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2018 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016– | Benfica B | 69 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Benfica | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | → Monaco (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U16 | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Portugal U17 | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Portugal U19 | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Portugal U20 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:53, 30 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2019 |
Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís (born 19 August 1999), simply known as Florentino, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco, on loan from Benfica.
Club career
Early career
Born in Lisbon, Florentino started his football career at Real S.C. in 2009, before joining S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2010. He made his professional debut with the club's reserve team as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Académico de Viseu in LigaPro on 11 September 2016.[1]
Benfica
Following his promotion to Benfica's first team alongside three other Benfica B players on 1 February 2019,[2] Florentino made his Primeira Liga debut as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 10–0 thrashing of Nacional on 10 February.[3] Four days later, he made his European debut as Benfica beat Galatasaray 2–1 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 32, their first ever victory in Turkey.[4] Florentino scored his first Primeira Liga goal in a 4–0 away win over Moreirense on 17 March 2019.[citation needed]
Monaco (loan)
Florentino joined AS Monaco on a season-long loan deal on 25 September 2020.[5]
Personal life
Florentino is of Angolan descent.[6]
Honours
Benfica[7]
- Primeira Liga: 2018–19
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2019[8]
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
- UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2016–17
Portugal[7]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016[9]
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2018[10]
References
- ^ Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
- ^ Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Florentino assinala estreia: "Noite memorável"" [Florentino marks his debut: "Memorable night"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Fernandes, Nuno (14 February 2019). "Benfica de Lage faz história na Turquia e tem os oitavos à vista" [Lage's Benfica make history in Turkey and have the round of 16 in sight]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Florentino Luis à l'AS Monaco". asmonaco.com (in French). AS Monaco FC. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Vidigal treina selecção da diáspora" [Vidigal coaches the diaspora national team]. Portal de Angola (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b Florentino Luís at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP Soccerway
- ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Under-19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
External links
- Florentino at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Florentino – UEFA competition record (archive)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese people of Angolan descent
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Ligue 1 players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- AS Monaco FC players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Portuguese football midfielder stubs