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Florentino
Personal information
Full name Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís
Date of birth (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 61
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 15 (1)
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
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2018 Finland
Runner-up 2017 Georgia
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner 2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2019
‡ 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 for Benfica as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Florentino started his football career at Real S.C. in 2009. After progressing through S.L. Benfica's youth system since 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]

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.

Personal life

Florentino is of Angolan descent.[5]

Honours

Benfica[6]

Portugal[6]

Individual

References

  1. ^ Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Florentino assinala estreia: "Noite memorável"" [Florentino marks his debut: "Memorable night"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Vidigal treina selecção da diáspora" [Vidigal coaches the diaspora national team]. Portal de Angola (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ a b Florentino Luís at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP Soccerway
  8. ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Under-19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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