Betinho (footballer)

Betinho

Betinho with Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Alves Coelho
Date of birth	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 23)
Place of birth	Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Belenenses
Number	11
Youth career
2002–2004	União Lamas
2004–2012	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Sporting CP	3	(0)
2012–2015	Sporting B	50	(16)
2014	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	8	(0)
2014–2015	→ Brentford (loan)	1	(0)
2015–	Belenenses	3	(0)
2016	→ Sporting B (loan)	16	(4)
National team
2007–2008	Portugal U15	3	(1)
2008–2009	Portugal U16	9	(7)
2009–2010	Portugal U17	12	(2)
2010–2012	Portugal U19	20	(14)
2012–2013	Portugal U20	9	(0)
2013	Portugal U21	4	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

Alberto Alves Coelho (born 21 July 1993), known as Betinho, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.F. Os Belenenses as a striker.

Born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Aveiro District, Betinho signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of 11, from local C.F. União de Lamas. He then proceeded to play for every youth side at the club.

On 14 December 2011, Betinho was called for a UEFA Europa League group stage game away against S.S. Lazio, alongside youth graduates Ricardo Esgaio, Tiago Ilori, João Carlos and João Mário, as the Lions had already secured the first place in its group. He remained an unused substitute in the 0–2 loss.

Betinho started the 2012–13 season with Sporting's reserves, in the Segunda Liga. He made his debut as a professional on 18 August by playing three minutes in a 1–0 home win over Vitória de Guimarães B, and scored his first goal in the competition four days later in a 2–1 home win over S.C. Covilhã; late into the following month he made his first Primeira Liga appearance, replacing André Carrillo in the 74th minute of an eventual 2–2 home draw against G.D. Estoril Praia.