Bernardo Barral Martins Santos (born 29 December 1989), better known simply as Bê Martins, is a Brazilian-born,

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player who plays as a

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. He is a two-time winner of the

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(

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and

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); he claimed the Bronze Ball (third best player) award at the latter, and in 2022, was named the world's best player at the

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awards ceremony. He has an

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brother,

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, who is also a high-profile beach soccer player.

Biography

Bê and his twin brother,

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, were born in

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. Bê was born two minutes before his younger sibling. Aged 18, they went to play

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on the promise of a contract. However, when they arrived, an issue with their agent meant there was no club to sign for. The move was funded by their parents, but without an income the money soon ran out and the brothers found themselves broke and starving. Despite this, they stayed in Spain to attempt to recuperate the money for their parents. Eventually, they landed a contract with

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. During this time, they began the application process for

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great-grandfather was from the country. In 2009, citizenship was achieved.São gémeos brasileiros, mas é com um título por Portugal que sonham

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. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020. Aged 21, in 2011, their contracts ended and their mother developed a health issue, and so they returned to Brazil. To maintain their fitness, they began training on the beach. Struggling to find a new football club, they started to pursue beach soccer instead, joining

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and soon after,

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, he was offered a role at a Russian club to which he moved. He was later followed by his twin. Bê was called up to the Brazil national team in 2012 for an exhibition tournament in

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. However, soon after, Júnior Negão became the new head coach of Brazil, and Bê found himself out of favour. The twins received an offer to join the Portugal squad at the end of 2014 after playing for clubs in Italy. Despite renewed offers from the Brazil national team for Bê, the brothers decided they wanted to represent Portugal instead, citing their belief that there would be less chance of a "follow-up" if they were to join Brazil, their admiration for the country, and for Portuguese legends

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and

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who supported their integration into the Portuguese squad when they learnt of their citizenship. Bê debuted for Portugal at the

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, six months before his brother, earning 15 caps during that time. The following year, aged 24, Bê was awarded with the "Rising Star" commendation at the 2015

awards ceremony, as chosen by the

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expert committee. This followed his role in Portugal's 2015 World Cup win, which, in response to, Bê, along with the rest of the squad, were appointed as

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in December 2015. That year, both brothers also moved to

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with whom they would go on to win multiple domestic and European club titles. Bê's stock value particularly began to rise following his influential performances during Portugal's 2019 World Cup win, when he was honoured as the third best player of the competition, winning the Bronze Ball award. Following the World Cup victory, along with the rest of the squad, Bê was made a Commander of the

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. In 2021, he was named as part of the year's world dream team. In 2022, he won the world's best player award at the

ceremony, the latter of which he described as "exceptionally rewarding" and a "recognition of all my hard work". He was honoured as beach soccer player of the year at the

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(FPF)'s annual year-ending ''Quinas de Ouro'' (Golden Shields) awards in 2023.

Statistics

;County ;Club

Honours

The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major international honours that Bê has achieved:

Country

**Winner (2):

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**Winner (4):

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**Gold medal (1):

**Bronze medal (1):

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**Winner (1): 2016 * Mundialito **Winner (4):

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**Silver medal (1):

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Club

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**Winner (3):

**Runner-up (4):

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**Winner (3):

, 2020 **Runner-up (2):

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, 2021

Individual

(1): **Bronze Ball: 2019 *

(4): **World's best player: 2022 **World dream team: 2021, 2022 **Rising star: 2015 *

(2): **Superfinal: ***Best player: 2016 **Regular season stages: ***Best player:

(x1) *

(1): **Best player: 2019 * FPF Quinas de Ouro (1): **Beach soccer player of the year: 2023

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Officer (OIH) of the

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(since 2015) * POR Ordem do Merito Comendador BAR

Commander (ComM) of the

(since 2019)

References

External links

*
Bernardo Santos
profile at

Bê Martins
at playmakerstats.com (English version of zerozero.pt)
Bernardo Barral Martins
profile at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Bê 1989 births Living people Portuguese beach soccer players European Games gold medalists for Portugal European Games bronze medalists for Portugal European Games medalists in beach soccer Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games Beach soccer players at the 2019 European Games Beach soccer players at the 2023 European Games Brazilian emigrants to Portugal Officers of the Order of Prince Henry Commanders of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Portuguese twins