Bernardo (footballer, born 1995)
{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Portuguese name|Fernandes|da Silva}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Bernardo
|image = FC RB Salzburg gegen WSG Tirol ( mit Meistertellerübergabe 22. Mai 2021) 06.jpg
|caption = Bernardo with Red Bull Salzburg in 2021
|full_name = Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/844127 |title=2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed |publisher=Premier League |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=4 September 2018}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|14|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/first-team/defender/bernardo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025014/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/first-team/defender/bernardo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2018|title=Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior|website=Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.|access-date=9 May 2019}}
|birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
|position = Full-back, centre-back
|currentclub = VfL Bochum
|clubnumber = 5
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Audax São Paulo
|youthyears2 = 2013–2014
|youthclubs2 = Red Bull Brasil
|years1 = 2014–2015 |clubs1 = Red Bull Brasil |caps1 = 6 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2015 |clubs2 = → Ponte Preta (loan) |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2016 |clubs3 = FC Liefering |caps3 = 1 |goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2016 |clubs4 = Red Bull Salzburg |caps4 = 16 |goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2016–2018 |clubs5 = RB Leipzig |caps5 = 40 |goals5 = 1
|years6 = 2018–2021 |clubs6 = Brighton & Hove Albion |caps6 = 39 |goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2021 |clubs7 = → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) |caps7 = 14 |goals7 = 1
|years8 = 2021–2023 |clubs8 = Red Bull Salzburg |caps8 = 37 |goals8 = 0
|years9 = 2023– |clubs9 = VfL Bochum |caps9 = 49 |goals9 = 1
|club-update = 12 April 2025
}}
Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior (born 14 May 1995), known simply as Bernardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a full-back or centre-back for German {{German football updater|Bochum}} club VfL Bochum.
Club career
=Early career=
Bernardo started his career at Audax São Paulo, before moving to Red Bull Brasil, the Brazilian Red Bull GmbH football team, in 2012. He made three appearances for the Red Bulls in the 2014 edition of the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, before being sent out on loan to Ponte Preta. He failed to make a single appearance for the Macaca, being selected three times for the bench, before being sent back to the Red Bulls.
In his final season with the Red Bulls, he made three appearances in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
=RB Leipzig=
Bernardo joined Red Bull Salzburg on 1 January 2016 from Red Bull Brasil.{{cite web|title=Brasilianischer Spieler Bernardo Neu in Salzburg |url=http://www.redbullsalzburg.at/de/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2015_16/rote-bullen-verpflichten-innenverteidiger-bernardo.html |work=Red Bull Salzburg |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=7 May 2017 |language=de}} He made his Red Bull's debut on 7 February 2016 in the 2–1 Bundesliga victory over Admira.
Bernardo was sent off in only his third Bundesliga game, against Rheindorf Altach for a second bookable offence.{{cite web |url=http://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2015_16/win-in-first-home-match-of-the-year.html |title=Win in First Home Match of the Year |date=20 February 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |work=Red Bull Salzburg |language=de}}
Bernardo joined RB Leipzig on 28 August 2016 for a reported fee of £3.4m.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bernardo_von-salzburg-nach-leipzig-659112/artikel|title=Bernardo: Von Salzburg nach Leipzig|trans-title=Bernardo: From Salzburg to Leipzig|access-date=30 August 2016|language=de}}
Bernardo made 32 appearances for Leipzig in his first season including playing in all 6 Champions League games. In his second season, he played 27 games for Leipzig.
=Brighton & Hove Albion=
On 5 July 2018, Bernardo joined Brighton & Hove Albion from Leipzig for £9 million.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44733299|title=Brighton sign Bernardo from RB Leipzig on a four-year deal|date=5 July 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=6 July 2018|language=en-GB}} Bernardo made his debut for the Sussex club on 11 August in a 2–0 away loss to Watford. He made a total of 22 Premier League appearances in his first season with Brighton. He scored his first goal for The Seagulls on 17 September 2020 in a 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54097200| publisher=BBC Sport |title= Brighton fringe players impress in win - BBC Sport | access-date=18 September 2020}}
== Loan to Red Bull Salzburg ==
On 19 January 2021, Bernardo returned to Red Bull Salzburg on a loan until the end of the season.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 January 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg - Bernardo is back|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/bernardo-is-back.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119095541/https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/bernardo-is-back.html |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=19 January 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}} 5 days later he made his return to action for Salzburg coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute in a 2–0 away win at SCR Altach, in what also happened to be his 100th league appearance of his career.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 January 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg - A good start|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/a-good-start.html|access-date=26 January 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}} On 27 January, Bernardo made his first start on his return in his second appearance starting in a 3–0 home victory over SV Ried, going off injured in the 61st minute after being caught up in a rumble.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 January 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg - Clinical and effective|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/clinical-and-effective.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}} He returned to action on 13 March, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home victory over Admira.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=13 March 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg – Comfortabe win against Admira|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/comfortable-win-against-admira.html|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}} On 1 May Bernardo came on as a 77th minute substitute replacing Zlatko Junuzović in the 2020–21 Austrian Cup Final, coming on 2–0 up over LASK, eventually winning the final 3–0 with an 88th minute goal scored by Enock Mwepu. This Bernardo's second Austrian Cup title with the club after winning the 2015–16 competition where he played whole match of that final.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 May 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg - 3–0 - the cup is ours|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/3-0---the-cup-is-ours.html|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}} Bernardo scored his first goal since his return on 22 May, the last game of the season, as the already confirmed champions thrashed WSG Wattens 4–0 at home, with the return of fans in the game described by the Salzburg website as a 'Title Party.'{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 May 2021|title=FC Red Bull Salzburg - Berisha opens title party as fans return|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2020_21/berisha-opens-title-party-as-fans-return.html|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Red Bull Salzburg Official Website|language=en}}
=Permanent return to Red Bull Salzburg=
Bernardo signed for Salzburg on a permanent deal on 2 July 2021 after a successful loan spell in the second half of the previous season.{{Cite web|last=Owen|first=Brian|date=2 July 2021|title=Brighton defender Bernardo signs Red Bull Salzburg deal|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/19415557.brighton-defender-bernardo-signs-red-bull-salzburg-deal/|access-date=2 July 2021|website=The Argys|language=en}}
On 16 July 2021, Bernardo scored the opener in the Austrian Cup in a 4–1 away win against WSC Hertha Wels.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/fc-red-bull-salzburg/news/saison_2021_22/hard-earned-cup-win.html|title=HARD-EARNED CUP WIN|website=redbullsalzburg.at|date=16 July 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}} Bernardo helped Salzburg to a fourth consecutive double – his third overall with the club – and a ninth consecutive league title with another successful campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/2021-2022/fixtures/bundesliga-runde-28-fc-red-bull-salzburg-vs-fk-austria-wien#report|title=Title sealed with perfect performance |website=redbullsalzburg.at|date=24 April 2022|access-date=7 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/2021-2022/fixtures/oefb-cup-finale-fc-red-bull-salzburg-vs-sv-guntamatic-ried#report|title=Mission completed! The double is ours|website=redbullsalzburg.at|date=1 May 2022|access-date=7 May 2022}}
=VfL Bochum=
On 2 August 2023, Bernardo signed a two-year contract with VfL Bochum in Bundesliga.{{cite web|publisher=VfL Bochum|url=https://www.vfl-bochum.de/de/news/2023/august/02/bernardo-wechselt-zum-vfl|title=Bernardo wechselt zum VfL|trans-title=Bernardo switches to VfL|date=2 August 2023|access-date=2 August 2023|language=de}} He finished his first season at Bochum in 2023–24 as the player with most duels won in the league in 504 occasions.{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/stats/players/duels-won |title=Bundesliga Stats 2023-2024 |publisher=Bundesliga |access-date=23 May 2024 }}
Personal life
Bernardo is the son of former Brazil international footballer Bernardo Fernandes da Silva.{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/br-pt/futebol-red-bull-salzburg-liga-dos-campeoes-bernardo|title='O Red Bull Salzburg pode fazer história na Liga dos Campeões'|website=Red Bull}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|12 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|bernardo-fernandes-da-silva-junior/328528|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Red Bull Brasil
|2014 |colspan="3"|– |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3{{efn|name=CP2|Appearances in the Paulista A2}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2015
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|–||0||0||3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Ponte Preta (loan)
|2015 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| FC Liefering
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Red Bull Salzburg
|13 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in the Austrian Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga |3 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=AC}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|–||6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|RB Leipzig
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|Bundesliga |18 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=DFBP|Appearances in the DFB-Pokal}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 8{{efn|Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, five in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|–||8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Brighton & Hove Albion
|22 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=FAC|Appearances in the FA Cup}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFL|Appearance in EFL Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|Premier League |14 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FAC}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Premier League |3 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FAC}} | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFL}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan)
|Austrian Bundesliga |14 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in the Austrian Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Red Bull Salzburg
|Austrian Bundesliga |19 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in the Austrian Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 3{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|Austrian Bundesliga |18 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in the Austrian Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5{{efn|Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!37 | 0 | 7 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|VFL Bochum
|Bundesliga |33 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=DFBP}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1{{efn|Appearance in Bundesliga Relegation Play-offs}} | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25
|Bundesliga |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!199 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 250 | 7 |
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Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2015–16,{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} 2020–21, 2021–22,[https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/de/2021-2022/spielplan/bundesliga-runde-28-fc-red-bull-salzburg-vs-fk-austria-wien#spielbericht Spielbericht (German)] 2022–23[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/red-bull-salzburg-10-in-a-row]
- Austrian Cup: 2015–16,{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} 2020–21, 2021–22
References
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{{VfL Bochum squad}}
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Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Red Bull Bragantino II players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Footballers from São Paulo
Category:Men's association football fullbacks