Jump to content

Bernardo Oliveira (soccer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bernardo
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Lancao Oliveira
Date of birth (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Macarthur FC
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2015 Port Adelaide Pirates
2016 Adelaide Olympic
2017–2019 FFSA NTC
2019–2021 Melbourne City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Melbourne City 0 (0)
2019–2021 Melbourne City NPL 2 (0)
2021–2024 Adelaide United 31 (5)
2021–2024 Adelaide United NPL 21 (3)
2024– Macarthur FC 8 (3)
International career‡
2019 Australia U17 9 (3)
2023– Australia U20 4 (2)
2022– Australia U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2023

Bernardo Lancao Oliveira, known as Bernardo Oliveira or mononymously as Bernardo, is a professional soccer player who plays as an winger for Macarthur FC.[1] Born in Brazil, he represents Australia at youth level.

Career

[edit]

Youth career

[edit]

Bernardo played youth football in South Australia with Port Adelaide Pirates and Adelaide Olympic.[2]

Melbourne City

[edit]

After impressing whilst playing the youth leagues of NPL South Australia, Bernardo signed for Melbourne City on a scholarship contract, on 7 November 2019, being regarded by City director Michael Petrillo as "one of the best players in the 2004 crop of Australian players".[3] During his time at City, he broke into the Melbourne City NPL squad in 2021, making 2 league appearances in NPL Victoria 3 before the league cut short due to COVID.[4]

Adelaide United

[edit]

On 12 April 2021, Bernardo moved back to Adelaide to join with Adelaide United signing a scholarship contract that would expire in 2023.[5] This made him the second player whose father had previously played for the club, following Domenic Costanzo in 2020.[5] Bernardo made his professional club debut in a 3–1 win over Floreat Athena in the 2021 FFA Cup Round of 32.[6] He scored on his A-League debut, on 12 February 2022, in a 1-1 draw against Wellington Phoenix equalising for his team by full time.[7]

Bernardo extended his contract with Adelaide at the conclusion of 2021–22 A-League season, with a set date to expire in 2025.[8] At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Bernardo suffered a fracture on his right fifth metatarsal bone during international break which led him to receive surgery and took him out for the rest of the season.[9]

Bernardo's contract was mutually terminated on 16 January 2024, with one year remaining, to "pursue another opportunity."[10] The same day he signed with A-League Men club Macarthur FC.[11]

International career

[edit]

Born in Brazil and moved to Australia at the age of three, Bernardo is eligible for both Brazil and Australia.[12]

After recovering from his injury, Bernardo was called up to Australia U20 for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup despite not having played in any league matches before.[13]

Personal life

[edit]

He is the son of former Adelaide United player Cássio Oliveira.[14]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Bernardo Oliveira at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Bernardo Oliveira - Player Statistics". GameDay.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City add two talented youngsters to Scholarship roster". Melbourne City. KEEPUP. 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Bernardo Oliveira - Player Statistics". GameDay.
  5. ^ a b "Reds sign Bernardo". Adelaide United. KEEPUP. 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ Gianluca Filosi (26 September 2021). "FFA Cup 2021 Round of 32 Report: Floreat Athena 1-3 (aet) Adelaide United". Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ^ Filosi, Gianluca (15 February 2022). "Bernardo thrilled to score maiden goal, focused on City". Adelaide United.
  8. ^ Filosi, Gianluca (21 June 2022). "Reds extend Bernardo until 2025". Adelaide United.
  9. ^ "Bernardo successfully undergoes surgery". Adelaide United. 29 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Adelaide United parts way with Bernardo". Adelaide United. 16 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Bernardo Joins the Bulls!". Macarthur FC. 16 January 2024.
  12. ^ Jackson, Ed (16 July 2019). "Adelaide import's son gets Joeys call-up". FTBL.
  13. ^ "Bernardo determined to put frustrating few months behind him | Socceroos". Socceroos. 20 February 2023.
  14. ^ Gotardo, Mariana; Vieira, Eduardo (3 November 2022). "Like father, like sons: How Brazilian A-League legend Cassio laid a path in Australia". SBS Language.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernardo_Oliveira_(soccer)&oldid=1257271617"