Bernard (footballer)
Bernard at a press conference in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2006 | Comercial EC do Barreiro | ||
| 2006–2011 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Atlético Mineiro | 62 | (12) |
| 2010 | → Democrata-SL (loan) | 16 | (14) |
| 2013– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 128 | (18) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Brazil | 14 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of match played 8 July 2014 |
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Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte (born 8 September 1992), better known as Bernard (Brazilian Portuguese: [bɛʁˈnaʁ]) and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League, as a winger. A left-sided player, Bernard is known for his pace and energy.
He made his senior international debut in 2012 and was in the Brazilian squads which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals on home soil.
Bernard started his footballing career in 2006, joining Atlético Mineiro's youth system, but was released twice because of his short height. In 2010, he was loaned to Democrata FC (back then, a club which was made up entirely of Atlético Mineiro's youth players), to play in Campeonato Mineiro Third Level.
After being the top goalscorer at Democrata (14 goals in only 16 games), Bernard returned to Atlético. Despite being young enough to play in Copa São Paulo de Juniores, he was called up by the manager Dorival Júnior to play for first team.
He made his debut with the club in the match against Uberaba, on 23 March 2011, playing in the right back position due to the squad's injury crisis at the time. He then returned to youth squads, scoring the winning goal of the Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores.
After Dorival's dismissal and the appointment of Cuca, Bernard returned to the first team squad. On 21 May, he made his Série A debut, against Atlético Paranaense. In his first season, Bernard appeared 23 times for Galo (19 starts, 1794 minutes overall). On 14 September, Atlético's president Alexandre Kalil rejected a £3.4 million bid from Al Ahli Doha.
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