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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Carvalho and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
Gedson Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Gedson Carvalho Fernandes
Date of birth (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 83
Youth career
2008–2009 SC Frielas
2009–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Benfica B 40 (5)
2018–2019 Benfica 23 (0)
International career‡
2014 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2015 Portugal U16 3 (0)
2014–2016 Portugal U17 30 (2)
2016–2018 Portugal U19 16 (5)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 13 (0)
2018– Portugal U21 3 (1)
2018– Portugal 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2017 Georgia
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner 2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2019

Gedson Carvalho Fernandes (born 9 January 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Portugal national team as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in São Tomé, Fernandes started his career at SC Frielas in Portugal in 2008. A year later, he joined S.L. Benfica's youth system, where he progressed to the club's reserve team in 2017. On 11 February that year, he made his professional debut with Benfica B in a LigaPro 4–2 win over Desportivo das Aves.[1]

Following his promotion to Benfica's first team in the 2018–19 season, Fernandes debuted as a starter in a 1–0 home win over Fenerbahçe in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on 7 August 2018. A week later, in the second leg away, he scored a 26th-minute opener in a 1–1 draw, which qualified Benfica to the competition's play-off round.[2][3]

Honours

Benfica

International[5]

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Benfica B 4–2 Aves". ForaDeJogo. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Fenerbahçe vs Benfica - Em frente nas asas de Gedson" [Fenerbahçe vs Benfica - Moving forward on Gedson's wings]. ZAP Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ Pires, Bruno (14 August 2018). "Gedson mostra-se ao mundo e Benfica continua na rota dos milhões" [Gedson shows himself to the world and Benfica remain on course for the millions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ Sanches, João (31 August 2018). "Gedson com contrato renovado" [Gedson with renewed contract]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. ^ Gedson Fernandes at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Gedson eleito o melhor jovem de agosto" [Gedson elected best young player of August]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.


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