Gonçalo Guedes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Benavente, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2014 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Benfica B | 38 | (11) |
| 2014– | Benfica | 35 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | Portugal U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U16 | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (2) |
| 2015– | Portugal U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | Portugal U21 | 9 | (3) |
| 2015– | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2016. | |||
Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes (born 29 November 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Benfica.
Club career
Born in Benavente, Portugal, Guedes joined S.L. Benfica youth system in 2005, where he progressed to the juniors team.
On 19 April 2014, he made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2013–14 Segunda Liga match against Porto B.[1]
On 18 October 2014, Guedes debuted for Benfica's first team at Sporting da Covilhã in the third round of Taça de Portugal.[2] On 4 January 2015, he debuted in Primeira Liga at Penafiel, as an added-time substitute for Lima in a 3–0 victory.[3] On 4 July, he won the 2014–15 Segunda Liga's Breakthrough Player of the Year award.[4]
On 26 September 2015, he scored his first goal with Benfica in a 3–0 victory against Paços de Ferreira in the league.[5] On 30 September, he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in a victory at Atlético Madrid (1–2),[6] and became the youngest Portuguese player to have scored a goal in the group stage.[7]
International career
Guedes was first called up by Portugal manager Fernando Santos on 6 November 2015, ahead of international friendlies against Russia and Luxembourg.[8] He made his debut against the former, starting in a 0–1 loss in Krasnodar.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 11 | ||
| Benfica | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Total | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 59 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 97 | 20 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ One appearance in the Portuguese Super Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
- Benfica[10]
- Primeira Liga: 2014–15,[12] 2015–16
- Taça da Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016
- UEFA Youth League: Runner-up 2013–14[13]
Individual
- Segunda Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2014–15[4]
- SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month: October 2014,[14] December 2014[15]
References
- ↑ "FC Porto B 4-1 Benfica B". ZeroZero. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ Taça de Portugal: Benfica sofre mas segue em frente
- ↑ "Penafiel - Benfica (Jornada 15 Primeira Liga 2014-2015) - Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Prémios Oficiais Liga Portugal 2015" [Official Awards Liga Portugal 2015] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/jogo/20152016/liganos/6/2
- ↑ Walker, Joseph (30 September 2015). "How Benfica beat Atlético Madrid". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/benfica/detalhe/goncalo-guedes-faz-historia-em-madrid-978032.html
- ↑ "Portugal gives Ronaldo a rest, calls up newcomers for games". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ Gonçalo Guedes profile at ForaDeJogo
- 1 2 Gonçalo Guedes profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Gonçalo Guedes". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ Cunha, Pedro Jorge (17 May 2015). "Benfica bicampeão: 28 com as faixas e dois à espera" [Benfica back-to-back champion: 28 with the sashes and two await] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "'Proud' Benfica hold heads high after final defeat". UEFA. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Guedes do Benfica eleito Melhor Jogador do mês de Outubro" [Benfica's Gonçalo Guedes voted Best Player of October]. ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Guedes eleito melhor jogador da Segunda Liga (dezembro)" [Gonçalo Guedes elected best player of Segunda Liga (December)]. ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
External links
- Benfica official profile (Portuguese)
- Gonçalo Guedes – UEFA competition record
- National team data (Portuguese)