Nélson Veríssimo

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Veríssimo.
Nélson Veríssimo
Personal information
Full name Nélson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo
Date of birth (1977-04-17) 17 April 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Benfica (caretaker)
Youth career
1987–1989 Povoense
1989–1995 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Benfica 4 (0)
1996–2004 Alverca 184 (3)
1997 → Académica (loan) 7 (0)
1998–1999 → Académica (loan) 30 (0)
2004–2007 Vitória Setúbal 64 (0)
2007–2011 Fátima 112 (4)
2011–2012 Mafra 25 (0)
Total 426 (7)
National team
1998–2000 Portugal U21 19 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2019 Benfica B (assistant)
2019 Benfica B (caretaker)
2019–2020 Benfica (assistant)
2020 Benfica (caretaker)
2020–2021 Benfica B
2021– Benfica (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nélson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo (born 17 April 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Benfica.

Playing career[]

Veríssimo was born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District. During his professional career, the youth graduate at S.L. Benfica (having joined the club's youth system at the age of 12, he only appeared in four first-team games during his short spell)[1] represented F.C. Alverca – the first of his spells being while they acted as the former's farm team[2][3]– Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Setúbal, C.D. Fátima and C.D. Mafra.

In the Primeira Liga alone, Veríssimo amassed totals of 221 matches and two goals, mostly for Alverca and Setúbal, adding 149 games and three goals in the Segunda Liga. He earned 19 caps for the Portugal under-21 team.

Coaching career[]

Veríssimo rejoined Benfica immediately after retiring, being appointed assistant coach with the reserves in the second division, first under Luís Norton de Matos,[4] then former teammate at the club Hélder Cristóvão.[5][6] In January 2019, as Bruno Lage was named caretaker manager at the main squad, he assumed the same position in the secondary team;[7] he returned to the latter's technical staff shortly after, now permanently in charge of the main squad.[8]

When Lage resigned in July 2020, after Benfica fell into second place behind FC Porto in the closing stages of the season, Veríssimo took interim charge of the first team;[9] he won 3–1 at home to Boavista F.C. on his debut.[10]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 29 January 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Benfica B (caretaker) 3 January 2019 15 January 2019 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 000.00 [11]
Benfica (caretaker) 30 June 2020 1 August 2020 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 066.67 [12]
Benfica B 25 December 2020 28 December 2021 36 18 10 8 64 38 +26 050.00 [13]
Benfica (caretaker) 28 December 2021 Present 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 033.33
Total 51 24 14 13 90 57 +33 047.06 —

Honours[]

Vitória Setúbal

Fátima

References[]

  1. ^ "Ramirez e Veríssimo renovam com Benfica" [Ramirez and Veríssimo renew with Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 June 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Veríssimo: "Temos condições para vencer o Benfica"" [Veríssimo: "We can beat Benfica"]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 May 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Veríssimo desafia Benfica" [Veríssimo challenges Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 March 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Benfica «B» já trabalha: conheça algumas caras" [Benfica «B» already at work: get to know some of the faces] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Benfica B vence mas continua nos lugares de descida" [Benfica B win but are still in relegation zone]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Torneio do UA Povoense com grandes nomes do futebol português" [UA Povoense tournament with big names of Portuguese football]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ ""Bruno Lage? Está mais do que preparado"" ["Bruno Lage? He's more than ready"]. Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Equipa técnica já foi reforçada" [Technical staff has already been reinforced]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. ^ "A BOLA".
  10. ^ Marques, Pedro Miguel (5 July 2020). "Análise: Veríssimo mudou um pouco, Gabriel mudou muito e o Benfica voltou a ganhar" [Veríssimo changed a bit, Gabriel changed a lot and Benfica returned to winning ways]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Nélson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo :: Benfica :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: Histórico :: Jogos :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Zerozero.pt".
  12. ^ "Nélson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo :: Benfica :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: Histórico :: Jogos :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Zerozero.pt".
  13. ^ "Benfica B: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ^ "V. Setúbal – Sp. Braga: 3–2". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 2 March 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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