Bernardo Silva began his career with Benfica at youth level, aged eight, before progressing through the ranks to the senior squad. He made his debut for Benfica during their treble-winning 2013/14 season. Making most of his appearances for the B squad however, he was named the Segunda Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2013/14, having claimed the October, December and January Player of the Month awards
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He was a key part of Portugal’s Under-21 side that finished the 2015 European Championship as runners-up and was named in the Team of the Tournament, as he was at the U19s tournament in 2013. In August 2014, he joined Monaco on a one-year loan spell and signed a permanent deal with the Club in January 2015
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While Kylian Mbappe has grabbed all the headlines, Silva proved just as integral to Monaco’s first league title triumph in 17 years. The 22-year-old scored eight goals and laid on nine assists as the Cote D’Azur club finished top of the table for the first time since the year 2000, eight points clear of PSG. Along with fellow winger Thomas Lemar, Silva made up a crucial part of Leonardo Jardim’s devastating attacking line-up that managed to score the highest number of goals in Europe’s top five leagues.
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