Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte (born 8 September 1992), better known as Bernard () and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. A left-sided player, he is known for his pace and energy. Born in Belo Horizonte, Bernard began his professional career with hometown club

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

, where he won the 2013 Copa Libertadores. He then moved for a reported €25 million fee to

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

, where he won three

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titles. In 2018, he joined Everton on a free transfer. Bernard made his international debut for

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in 2012 and was in the squads that won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals on home soil.

Club career

Atlético Mineiro

Bernard started his footballing career in 2006, joining

'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

After being the top goalscorer at Democrata (14 goals in only 16 games), Bernard returned to Atlético. Despite being young enough to play in

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, he was called up by the manager

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to play for first team. He made his debut with the club in the match against

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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

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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 Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. 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

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and

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) 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, although, Kalil revealed Shakhtar were the only club to submit an offer for the player.

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 8 August 2013

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

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, in the 1–1 draw with

FC Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 year ...

. Bernard was chosen as one of the top 11 South American players 2013 by the Spanish newspaper '' El País''. Commenting on the 2014 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

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side. Manager

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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, replacing

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for the final five minutes. He scored his first goal for Everton on 5 January 2019 in a 2–1

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win over Lincoln City in the 3rd round. He then scored his first

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

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after extra-time in the 2020–21 FA Cup 5th round tie.

Sharjah

On 22 July 2021, Bernard signed a two-year deal with

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club

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for a reported fee of €1 million.

Panathinaikos

On 21 August 2022, Super League Greece club Panathinaikos announced the signing of Bernard. He made his debut on 11 September in a league match against

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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)

Bernard was first called up for

on 11 September 2012, to the Superclásico de las Américas, by coach

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. He made his debut for

as a 74th-minute substitute for Lucas Marques on 21 November 2012, in the 2nd leg of the 2012 Superclásico de las Américas against

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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, making his first appearance in the final group game against

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for the last 20 minutes in place of

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. He also came on as a substitute in the semi-final victory over

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, as Brazil went on to win the trophy. After being regularly called up by manager

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, Bernard was named among the final 23-man squad ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup on 7 May 2014. He played in the opening game against

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as a substitute for Hulk, and came on at half-time in Brazil's second group game against

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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. He remained an unused substitute in the third place play-off match against

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, which

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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* Copa Libertadores:

Shakhtar Donetsk *

: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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, 2015,

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International

Brazil * FIFA Confederations Cup:

Club career

Atlético Mineiro

Shakhtar Donetsk

Everton

Sharjah

Panathinaikos

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Clubs

International

References

External links