Nelito

Nelito
Personal information
Full name	Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo
Date of birth	31 March 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Pivot
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2000	Correio da Manhã
2000–2001	Sporting Vila Verde
2001–2003	Benfica
2003–2004	Correio da Manhã
2004–2006	Benfica
International career‡
1998–2002	Portugal
Managerial career
2006–2013	Benfica (assistant coach)
2018–	Novos Talentos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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^[1] 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.^[2]

References

^ "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.
^ "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.

Nelito national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Nelito club profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)

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