Nelito | |
Fullname: | Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1970 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Position: | Pivot |
Years1: | 1994–2000 |
Goals1: | 130 |
Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs2: | Sporting Vila Verde |
Goals2: | 43 |
Years3: | 2001–2003 |
Clubs3: | Benfica |
Goals3: | 23 |
Years4: | 2003–2004 |
Goals4: | 25 |
Years5: | 2004–2006 |
Clubs5: | Benfica |
Goals5: | 35 |
Nationalyears1: | 1998–2002 |
Nationalcaps1: | 38 |
Nationalgoals1: | 26 |
Manageryears1: | 2006–2013 |
Managerclubs1: | Benfica (assistant coach) |
Manageryears2: | 2018– |
Managerclubs2: | Novos Talentos |
Pcupdate: | 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 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]