Nelito

Nelito
Personal information
Full name Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo
Date of birth (1970-03-31) 31 March 1970 (age 56)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Pivot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Correio da Manhã (130)
2000–2001 Sporting Vila Verde (43)
2001–2003 Benfica (23)
2003–2004 Correio da Manhã (25)
2004–2006 Benfica (35)
International career‡
1998–2002 Portugal 38 (26)
Managerial career
2006–2013 Benfica (assistant coach)
2018– Novos Talentos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Vítor Leonel Simões Fernandes Bernardo (born 31 Março 1970), commonly known as Nelito, is a Portuguese futsal coach and former futsal player who played as a pivot. He is the head coach of the Lisbon Division of Honour club Novos Talentos. As a player Nelito was the 2000–01 Portuguese Futsal First Division top scorer while playing for Sporting Vila Verde and he won two Portuguese futsal leagues with Benfica. Nelito played for the Portugal national team in the 1999 Euros and the 2000 World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Nelito: "Quem está no Benfica só pode pensar em vencer"" [Nelito: «At Benfica one must always think about winning»]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Portugal vence a Guatemala na abertura do Mundial de futsal" [Portugal beats Guatemala in the first game of the Futsal World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 20 October 2018.