Vítor Emanuel Gonçalves São Bento (born 9 August 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...

Club career

Portugal

Born in

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, Barcelos, São Bento played youth football with four clubs, including local

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from ages 9 to 16. His senior debut was made with

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club si ...

, in the third division. São Bento signed with

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

of the Segunda Liga in 2013. His first match in the competition occurred on 11 May 2014, in a 2–1 away loss against

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which was his only appearance of the season. In the 2015–16 campaign, São Bento only missed three matches in 46 but the

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side finished in 20th position and were relegated. In January 2016, he was voted Best Young Player for the previous month. On 31 May 2016, São Bento joined

C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...

on a four-year contract. Nearly one year later, as his team had already been

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, he made his

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debut, replacing the habitual starter Adriano Facchini midway through the second half of the 2–2 away draw with

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. São Bento returned to the second tier for 2017–18, agreeing to a deal at

Xanthi

On 14 June 2019, São Bento moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a contract with

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References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Bento, Vitor 1992 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Barcelos, Portugal Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Santa Maria F.C. players Varzim S.C. players S.C. Farense players C.D. Nacional players S.C. Covilhã players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.D. Trofense players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Xanthi F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece