Bernardo Lino Castro Paes Vasconcelos (born 10 June 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a striker.

Bernardo Vasconcelos
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Lino Castro Paes Vasconcelos
Date of birth (1979-06-10) 10 June 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1994–1997 Dramático Cascais
1997–1998 Estoril
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Dramático Cascais
1999–2000 Palmelense
2000–2001 Benfica B 12 (1)
2001–2002 Torreense 27 (16)
2002–2003 Alverca 13 (1)
2003 Torreense 20 (12)
2004 RKC 17 (4)
2004 União Leiria 2 (0)
2005 RKC 15 (1)
2005–2006 Estoril 18 (4)
2006–2009 APOP 66 (41)
2008Omonia (loan) 9 (3)
2009–2010 AEP 18 (7)
2010 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 (1)
2011 AEP 14 (7)
2011–2013 Alki Larnaca 47 (22)
2013–2014 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 30 (8)
2015 Doxa 6 (1)
2015–2016 Oriental 3 (1)
Total 330 (130)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In a professional career which spanned nearly 15 years, he played mostly in Cyprus, representing five teams.

Club career edit

Portugal / Holland edit

Born in Lisbon, Vasconcelos played for three teams early in his career, including the reserves of local club S.L. Benfica. In the 2002–03 season he helped F.C. Alverca return to the Primeira Liga after one year of absence, scoring once and appearing in less than half of the league's matches.

In January 2004, after solid performances with S.C.U. Torreense in the third division, Vasconcelos moved to the Netherlands and signed with RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie, netting four goals to help the North Brabant side retain their top-level status. Subsequently, he returned to his country with U.D. Leiria, for what would be his only Portuguese top flight experience – after only two matches (36 minutes), he returned to his previous team in the following transfer window.

Cyprus edit

Vasconcelos left RKC in the summer of 2005, then played one year in Portugal with G.D. Estoril Praia. He then moved to Cyprus and signed for APOP Kinyras FC, scoring at an impressive rate in the division two and adding 12 in 26 games in his first season in the Cypriot First Division, which he split between APOP and AC Omonia.

Vasconcelos returned to APOP for the 2008–09 campaign, helping the team win the domestic cup as he netted in the semi-finals against APOEL FC. Afterwards, he left the club but remained in the Paphos District, signing for AEP Paphos FC.

In the 2010 off-season, Vasconcelos joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. in Israel, but he returned to former side AEP Paphos in January of the following year. He scored seven goals in only 14 appearances, but they suffered relegation from the top tier.

In June 2011, Vasconcelos signed for Alki Larnaca FC. He was crowned the league's top scorer in his second year at 18 goals, but the team could only rank ninth.

After a stint in Poland with Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Vasconcelos returned to Cyprus in late 2014 by signing a one-and-a-half year contract with Doxa Katokopias FC.[1]

Club statistics edit

As of 14 November 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2000–01[2] Portuguese Second Division 12 1 12 1
Torreense 2001–02[2] Portuguese Second Division 27 16 0 0 27 16
Alverca 2002–03[2] Segunda Liga 13 1 1 0 14 1
Torreense 2003–04[2] Portuguese Second Division 20 12 1 0 21 12
RKC 2003–04[2] Eredivisie 17 4 17 4
União Leiria 2004–05[2] Primeira Liga 2 0 0 0 2 0
RKC 2004–05[2] Eredivisie 15 1 17 4
Estoril 2005–06[2] Primeira Liga 18 4 1 0 19 4
APOP 2006–07[2] Cypriot First Division 24 22 24 22
2007–08[2] Cypriot First Division 17 9 17 9
2008–09[2] Cypriot First Division 25 10 25 10
Total 66 41 66 41
Omonia (loan) 2007–08[3] Cypriot First Division 9 3 1[a] 0 10 3
AEP 2009–10[3] Cypriot First Division 18 8 18 8
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2010–11[3] Israeli Premier League 13 1 0 0 13 1
AEP 2010–11[3] Cypriot First Division 14 7 0 0 14 7
Alki Larnaca 2011–12[3] Cypriot First Division 23 4 3 1 26 5
2012–13[3] Cypriot First Division 24 18 2 1 26 19
Total 47 22 5 2 52 24
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2013–14[3] Ekstraklasa 22 7 3 1 25 8
2014–15[3] Ekstraklasa 8 1 1 0 2[a] 0 11 1
Total 30 8 4 1 2 0 36 9
Doxa 2014–15[3] Cypriot First Division 6 1 1 0 7 1
Oriental 2015–16[2] Segunda Liga 2 1 2 2 4 3
Career total 329 159 15 5 3 0 347 164
  1. ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

Honours edit

APOP Kinyras

References edit

  1. ^ "Καλωσορίζουμε τον Βernardo στην οικογένεια της Δόξας!" [We welcome Bernardo to the Doxa family!] (in Greek). 16 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Bernardo Vasconcelos". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bernardo Vasconcelos". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Cyprus 2008/09". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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