William Carvalho

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This article is about the Portuguese footballer William Silva de Carvalho. For the Brazilian volleyball player William Carvalho da Silva, see William Silva (volleyball).

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.

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William Carvalho
File:William Carvalho - Sporting Portugal.jpg
Carvalho with Sporting in 2016
Personal information
Full name William Silva de Carvalho
Date of birth (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2004 Algueirão
2004–2005 Mira Sintra
2005–2011 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Sporting CP 87 (7)
2011 → Fátima (loan) 13 (3)
2012–2013 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 48 (3)
International career‡
2007–2009 Portugal U17 25 (5)
2008–2010 Portugal U18 8 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U19 9 (2)
2012 Portugal U20 3 (0)
2012–2015 Portugal U21 15 (2)
2013– Portugal 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016

William Silva de Carvalho (born 7 April 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a defensive midfielder.

A full international for Portugal since 2013, he represented the nation at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.

Early life

Born in Luanda, Angola, Carvalho moved to Portugal when he was just a few years old. His grandfather Praia and his uncle Afonso were also footballers, and played for Angolan club Progresso Associação do Sambizanga.[1]

Club career

After moving to Portugal Carvalho first started playing in the streets, and eventually got picked up by Recreios Desportivos de Algueirão. In 2004 he moved to União Sport Clube de Mira Sintra, where he was the youngest player in the team and also its captain.[1] He joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 13, making his official debut with the first team on 3 April 2011 by playing six minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Vitória S.C. for the Primeira Liga championship, then spent six months on loan to C.D. Fátima in the third division.[2]

Still owned by the Lisbon side, Carvalho played one-and-a-half seasons with Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in the Belgian Pro League starting from January 2012, featuring alongside several Sporting teammates in the same predicament.[3] He returned for the 2013–14 campaign, being a defensive mainstay for newly appointed coach Leonardo Jardim.[4]

Carvalho scored his first goal for Sporting on 27 October 2013, netting the 1–1 equalizer in an eventual 1–3 loss at F.C. Porto.[5] In the following summer he caught the attention of several European clubs, with Arsenal having their £13 million plus Joel Campbell offer rejected.[6] Sporting only acquired the totality of Carvalho's rights in November 2014, with third-party ownership adding to the difficulties of any possible deal.[7]

Carvalho began 2014–15 by seeing a red card – his first ever – in a 1–1 home draw against Académica de Coimbra, receiving his marching orders after a second bookable offense in the 65th minute.[8] He went on to conquer his first club trophy, that season's Portuguese Cup, playing the full 120 minutes in the final win over S.C. Braga.[9]

Among continued transfer speculation linking him with a number of English Premier League sides, including Arsenal again, manager Jorge Jesus claimed Carvalho would remain at the club.[10] On 14 July 2015, Sporting confirmed the player had suffered a stress fracture in his tibia, which would sideline him for three months.[11]

International career

Eligible for both Portugal and Angola, Carvalho chose to represent the former. When he was still part of the Portugal under-20s the Angolan Football Federation tried to call him up, but were rejected.[1]

Carvalho made his debut with the Portuguese under-21 team on 15 October 2012, in a 0–1 friendly loss with Ukraine. He scored twice during the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers, in home wins against Norway (5–1)[12] and Israel (3–0).[13]

Carvalho was first summoned by full side manager Paulo Bento in November 2013, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup playoffs against Sweden.[14] He gained his first cap in the second leg on the 19th, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 3–2 away triumph (4–2 on aggregate).[15]

On 19 May 2014, Carvalho was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[16] He made his debut in the competition on 22 June, playing the second half of the 2–2 group stage draw against the United States after replacing injured André Almeida;[17] he played all 90 minutes in the next match to help to a 2–1 win over Ghana, but the national team went out on goal difference.[18]

Carvalho played all the matches and minutes at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship. He was elected player of the tournament due to his performances, even though he missed the decisive attempt in the penalty shootout in the final against Sweden, with it saved by Patrik Carlgren after a 0–0 draw in Prague.[19][20][21][22][23]

Club statistics

As of 9 April 2016[24]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting 2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fátima (loan) 2011–12 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2011–12 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2012–13 28 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2
Sporting 2013–14 29 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 4
Sporting 2014–15 30 1 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 42 1
Sporting 2015–16 22 2 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 30 3
Total 132 12 10 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 154 12

Honours

Club

Sporting

International

Individual

References

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