Bernardo Sousa Pereira Brites Martins (born 4 December 1997), known as Benny, is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or
winger for Liga Portugal 2 club AVS.
Club career
Born in
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
, Martins made his professional debut with
Leixões on 14 August 2016 as an 18th-minute substitute in a
LigaPro 1–0 away loss to
Cova da Piedade
Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas. The population in 2011 was 19,904, in an area of ...
.
On 26 January 2019, Martins joined
LigaPro side
Benfica B along with Leixões teammate
Pedro Henrique. Months later, he moved to
Paços de Ferreira in
Primeira Liga on a three-year contract.
Honours
Individual
*
Liga Portugal 2
The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pri ...
Player of the Month: August 2023
* Liga Portugal 2 Midfielder of the Month: August 2023, September 2023
References
External links
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Stats and profile at LPFP
1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Porto
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Primeira Liga players
Leixões S.C. players
F.C. Pedras Rubras players
C.D. Trofense players
S.L. Benfica B players
F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
G.D. Chaves players
S.C. Covilhã players
U.D. Vilafranquense players
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