Nelito
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Pivot | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2000 | Correio da Manhã | ||
2000–2001 | Sporting Vila Verde | ||
2001–2003 | Benfica | ||
2003–2004 | Correio da Manhã | ||
2004–2006 | Benfica | ||
International career‡ | |||
1998–2002 | Portugal | 38 | (26) |
Managerial career | |||
2006–2013 | Benfica (assistant coach) | ||
2018– | Novos Talentos | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC) |
Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo (born 14 September 1974), commonly known as Nelito, is a Portuguese futsal coach and former futsal player who played as a pivot. He is the head coach of the Lisbon Division of Honour club Novos Talentos. As a player Nelito was the 2000–01 Portuguese Futsal First Division top scorer while playing for Sporting Vila Verde[1] and he won two Portuguese futsal leagues with Benfica. Nelito played for the Portugal national team in the 1999 Euros and the 2000 World Cup.[2]
References
- ^ "Nelito: «Quem está no Benfica só pode pensar em vencer»" [Nelito: «At Benfica one must always think about winning»]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Portugal vence a Guatemala na abertura do Mundial de futsal" [Portugal beats Guatemala in the first game of the Futsal World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 20 October 2018.