William Carvalho

William Silva de Carvalho ComM (born 7 April 1992) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a defensive midfielder for Real Betis and the Portugal national team.

William Carvalho
William Carvalho.jpg
Carvalho with Portugal at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Silva de Carvalho[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birthLuanda, Angola
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Betis
Number14
Youth career
2003–2004Algueirão
2004–2005Mira Sintra
2005–2011Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2018Sporting CP143(10)
2011Fátima (loan)13(3)
2012–2013Cercle Brugge (loan)48(3)
2018–Betis70(2)
National team
2007–2009Portugal U1725(5)
2008–2010Portugal U188(1)
2010–2011Portugal U199(2)
2012Portugal U203(0)
2012–2015Portugal U2115(2)
2013–Portugal68(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:55, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP 2010–11 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013–14 Primeira Liga 29 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 33 4
2014–15 Primeira Liga 30 1 5 0 0 0 7[a] 0 42 1
2015–16 Primeira Liga 27 2 3 1 1 0 5[b] 0 0 0 36 3
2016–17 Primeira Liga 32 2 3 0 2 0 6[c] 0 43 2
2017–18 Primeira Liga 24 1 1 0 4 0 9[d] 0 38 1
Total 143 10 13 1 10 0 27 0 0 0 193 11
Fátima (loan) 2011–12 Segunda Divisão 13 3 0 0 13 3
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 19 0 1 0 20 1
2012–13 Belgian Pro League 28 2 4 0 32 2
Total 47 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 3
Betis 2018–19 La Liga 30 0 6 0 7[b] 0 43 0
2019–20 La Liga 13 0 0 0 13 0
2020–21 La Liga 27 2 3 0 30 2
2021–22 La Liga 33 2 8 2 8[b] 0 49 4
2022–23 La Liga 33 3 2 1 7[b] 0 1[e] 0 43 4
Total 136 7 19 3 0 0 22 0 1 0 178 10
Career total 339 23 37 4 10 0 49 0 1 0 436 27
  1. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 6 December 2022[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2013 1 0
2014 10 0
2015 4 0
2016 14 1
2017 11 1
2018 13 0
2019 6 2
2020 5 0
2021 5 0
2022 11 1
Total 80 5
As of match played 5 June 2022. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Carvalho goal.[5][4]
List of international goals scored by William Carvalho
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 November 2016 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal   Latvia 2–1 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 31 August 2017 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal   Faroe Islands 3–1 5–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 7 September 2019 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia   Serbia 1–0 4–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
4 10 September 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania   Lithuania 5–1 5–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
5 5 June 2022 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal   Switzerland 1–0 4–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Sporting CP

Betis

Portugal U21

Portugal

Individual

Orders

William Carvalho Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "William Silva de Carvalho". Real Betis. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "William Carvalho". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "William Carvalho". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. Cristiano Ronaldo grabs hat-trick and passes Pele. 31 August 2017. http://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2017/08/31/59a88058e5fdea894f8b4601.html. Retrieved 1 September 2017. 
  6. Piedade, Luís (31 May 2015). "Sporting dig deep to claim Portuguese Cup". UEFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. "Vitória de Setúbal – Sporting, Final da Taça da Liga" [Vitória de Setúbal – Sporting, League Cup Final] (in português). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  8. "Real Betis 1–1 Valencia (5–4 on pens): Real Betis win Copa del Rey final on penalties". BBC Sport. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. Kell, Tom (30 June 2015). "Spot-on Sweden beat Portugal to win U21 EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  10. "Portugal regressa ao topo da Europa. Liga das Nações fica em casa" [Portugal return to the top of Europe. Nations League stays home] (in português). SAPO. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  11. ""Portugal fez uma prova excelente", diz Fernando Santos" ["Portugal had an excellent tournament", Fernando Santos says] (in português). TSF. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "William Carvalho e Rambé ganham prémios" [William Carvalho and Rambé win awards] (in português). SJPF. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  13. "William Carvalho melhor jogador em dezembro" [William Carvalho best player in December] (in português). SAPO. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  14. "William Carvalho recebeu prémio de melhor jogador" [William Carvalho received best player award] (in português). SJPF. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 "William Carvalho ganha prémio" [William Carvalho wins award] (in português). SJPF. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  16. Henriques, Bruno; Frias, Rui (7 April 2014) (in pt). William Carvalho eleito melhor jogador de março. https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/interior/william-carvalho-eleito-melhor-jogador-de-marco-3800604.html. Retrieved 10 August 2015. 
  17. 17.0 17.1 "Melhor Jovem" [Best Youngster] (in português). SJPF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  18. Bragança, José (6 July 2014). "Prémios da Liga: Veja quem são os vencedores" [League awards: See who are the winners] (in português). Zerozero. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  19. "William: U21 EURO player of the tournament". UEFA. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  20. "The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  21. (in pt) Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto. 25 August 2016. https://www.dn.pt/desporto/euro-2016/interior/selecao-recebe-insignias-de-marcelo-no-porto-5356115.html. Retrieved 11 August 2017.