William Carvalho
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| Full name | William Silva de Carvalho | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1992 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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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 | 116 | (9) | ||||||
| 2011 | → Fátima (loan) | 13 | (3) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 48 | (3) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 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 | 31 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:29, 30 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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William Silva de Carvalho ComM (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, winning the latter tournament.
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.
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. 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.
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 who were there on the same basis. His first professional goal came on 7 April in a 6–4 home win over OH Leuven, and a year later he helped the team to the final of the Belgian Cup, where they lost 0–2 to K.R.C. Genk at the Stade Roi Baudouin.
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