Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte (born 8 September 1992), better known as Bernard () and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Super League Greece
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club
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
.
A left-sided player, he is known for his pace and energy.
Born in
Belo Horizonte
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, Bernard began his professional career with hometown club
Atlético Mineiro
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, where he won the
2013 Copa Libertadores
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. He then moved for a reported €25 million fee to
Shakhtar Donetsk
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, where he won three
Ukrainian Premier League
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titles. In 2018, he joined
Everton on a free transfer.
Bernard made his international debut for
Brazil
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in 2012 and was in the squads that won the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
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and reached the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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semi-finals on home soil.
Club career
Atlético Mineiro
Bernard started his footballing career in 2006, joining
Atlético Mineiro
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Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
's youth system, but was released twice because of his short height. In 2010, he was loaned to
Democrata FC (back then, a club which was made up entirely of Atlético Mineiro's youth players), to play in
Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão
The Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão is the third tier of football league of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
List of champions
Primeira Divisão
Terceira Divisão
Segunda Divisão
Notes
*FC Betinense changed their name to CA Ser ...
(third level).
![Bernard 2012 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Bernard_2012_01.jpg)
After being the top goalscorer at Democrata (14 goals in only 16 games), Bernard returned to Atlético. Despite being young enough to play in
Copa São Paulo de Juniores
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, he was called up by the manager
Dorival Júnior
Dorival Silvestre Júnior (born 25 April 1962) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Playing career
Known only as Júnior during his playing days, he was born in Araraquara, São Pau ...
to play for first team.
He made his debut with the club in the match against
Uberaba
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, on 23 March 2011, playing in the right back position due to the squad's injury crisis at the time. He then returned to youth squads, scoring the winning goal of the
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores
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.
After Dorival's dismissal and the appointment of
Cuca, Bernard returned to the first team squad. On 21 May, he made his
Série A debut, against
Atlético Paranaense
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. In his first season, Bernard appeared 23 times for Galo (19 starts, 1794 minutes overall). On 14 September, Atlético's president Alexandre Kalil rejected a £3.4 million bid from
Al Ahli Doha.
He scored his first professional goal on 29 January 2012, against
Boa Esporte. He then scored again against
Caldense on 11 February, and twice against
América-MG on 13 May, Campeonato Mineiro's final. His first Série A goal came on 23 June, in a 5–1 routing against
Náutico. He finished
the season with 36 appearances (all starts, 3100 minutes overall), scoring eleven times, leading the club (along with
Ronaldinho
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and
Jô
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He has previously played for Nagoya Grampus, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Everton, Galatasaray, Internacional, Atlétic ...
) to a second-place finish in the league. Bernard also won Brasileirão's Best Newcomer.
In December,
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had an £9.8 million offer rejected by Alexandre Kalil.
On 30 July 2013 Atletico Mineiro President Alexandre Kalil accepted an offer of £22 million from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. However, the player's agent and father revealed his son had his heart set on joining
FC Porto
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, although, Kalil revealed Shakhtar were the only club to submit an offer for the player.
Shakhtar Donetsk
![Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Bernard_An%C3%ADcio_Caldeira_Duarte_2015.jpg)
On 8 August 2013
Shakhtar Donetsk
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announced the signing of Bernard on a five-year deal for a reported €25 million. He made his debut for the Ukrainian side on 31 August, coming on as a substitute for
Douglas Costa
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Costa s ...
, in the 1–1 draw with
FC Metalist Kharkiv
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.
Bernard was chosen as one of the top 11 South American players 2013 by the Spanish newspaper ''
El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
''.
Commenting on the
2014 Ukrainian Revolution
The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, , Bernard stated that he was willing to leave Shakhtar if the situation intensified, and had made arrangements for a potential emergency exit. His contract expired at the end of the 2017–18 season, and he became a free agent.
Everton
Bernard joined English club
Everton on 9 August 2018, signing a four-year deal with the
Premier League
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side. Manager
Marco Silva
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ignored concerns over Bernard's height and physicality, instead signing him for his technical ability. He made his debut on 25 August in a 2–2 draw at
AFC Bournemouth
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, replacing
Theo Walcott
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Walcott is a product of the Southampton Academy and started his career with ...
for the final five minutes.
He scored his first goal for Everton on 5 January 2019 in a 2–1
FA Cup
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win over
Lincoln City in the 3rd round. He then scored his first
Premier League
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goal on 30 March 2019 in a 0–2 victory against
West Ham United. On 10 February 2021, he scored the winning goal in a 5–4 win over
Tottenham Hotspur
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after extra-time in the
2020–21 FA Cup
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5th round tie.
Sharjah
On 22 July 2021, Bernard signed a two-year deal with
UAE Pro League
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club
Sharjah
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Sharjah is the capital o ...
for a reported fee of €1 million.
Panathinaikos
On 21 August 2022,
Super League Greece
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club
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
announced the signing of Bernard.
He made his debut on 11 September in a league match against
AEK Athens
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, coming on as a second half substitution in a 2–1 win.
International career
![Brazil and Croatia match at the FIFA World Cup 2014-06-12 (32)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Brazil_and_Croatia_match_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup_2014-06-12_%2832%29.jpg)
Bernard was first called up for
Brazil
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on 11 September 2012, to the
Superclásico de las Américas, by coach
Mano Menezes
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He managed the Brazil national f ...
. He made his debut for
Brazil
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as a 74th-minute substitute for
Lucas Marques on 21 November 2012, in the 2nd leg of the 2012
Superclásico de las Américas against
Argentina
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, where the ''Seleção'' won the title on penalties.
He was selected in Brazil's squad for their hosting of the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
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, making his first appearance in the final group game against
Italy
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for the last 20 minutes in place of
Neymar
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. He also came on as a substitute in the semi-final victory over
Uruguay
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, as Brazil went on to win the trophy.
After being regularly called up by manager
Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and notab ...
, Bernard was named among the final 23-man squad ahead of
2014 FIFA World Cup
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on 7 May 2014. He played in the opening game against
Croatia
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as a substitute for
Hulk
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, and came on at half-time in Brazil's second group game against
Mexico
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, a 0–0 draw. He was then unused until his first start in a major tournament, playing all 90 minutes of the
7–1 defeat to Germany in his hometown of
Belo Horizonte
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.
He remained an unused substitute in the third place play-off match against
Netherlands
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, which
Brazil
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lost 3–0.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bernard goal.''
Honours
Clubs
Atlético Mineiro
*
Campeonato Mineiro
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The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: befor ...
:
2012
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,
2013
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*
Copa Libertadores
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:
2013
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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Ukrainian Premier League
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:
2013–14,
2016–17,
2017–18
*
Ukrainian Cup
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:
2015–16,
2016–17,
2017–18
*
Ukrainian Super Cup
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:
2014
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,
2015
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,
2017
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International
Brazil
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FIFA Confederations Cup
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:
2013
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References
External links
*
Bernardat BeSoccer.com
Bernardat oGol.com.br
Profileat the Everton F.C. website
*
Galo Digital
*
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1992 births
Living people
Footballers from Belo Horizonte
Brazilian footballers
Association football midfielders
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Democrata Futebol Clube players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
Everton F.C. players
Sharjah FC players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Premier League players
UAE Pro League players
Super League Greece players
Brazil international footballers
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate footballers in Greece