Bergson (footballer)

Bergson (footballer)
Bérgson Gustavo Silveira da Silva (born 9 February 1991), simply known as Bérgson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. He was renowned for his creative play, known for his dribbling ability, use of feints, close ball control, as well as his ability to score from distance with powerful strikes with both his foot.
During his time at Athletico Paranaense, he won the 2018 Copa Sudamericana. Bergson is the current all-time top scorer for Johor Darul Ta'zim with 102 goals and the first player to reach the 100 goals landmark for the club.
Club career
Grêmio
Bérgson began his career at Grêmio in 2006. In 2007 played his first Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 and its first Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, one of the highlights of the campaign team of the gaúcho. In 2009, he was promoted to the professional squad, having few chances in the team for their lack of experience and competition with players from more reputed in national football. In 2010, Bergson still suffers from the competition because the Grêmio is full of attackers, as Borges, Leandro and William.
Suwon Bluewings (loan)
On 1 January 2011 Bergson moved to Asia to joined South Korean giants, Suwon Bluewings on loan.
Vila Nova (loan)
On 1 July 2011, Bergson joined Vila Nova on loan.
Ypiranga (loan)
On 1 February 2012, he joined Ypiranga on loan.
Braga B (loan)
On 1 July 2012, he joined the reserve team of S.C. Braga of the Portuguese side, Braga B on loan.
Juventude (loan)
On 1 January 2013, he joined Juventude on loan.
Portuguesa (loan)
On 1 August 2013, he joined Portuguesa on loan.
Chapecoense (loan)
On 1 January 2014, he joined Chapecoense on loan.
Busan IPark (loan)
On 6 January 2015, he joined South Korean side Busan IPark on loan.
Náutico (loan)
On 10 July 2015, he joined Náutico on loan.
Náutico
On 28 January 2016, after a long term of loan series, he finally left Grêmio and joined Náutico on a free transfer.
Paysandu
On 19 January 2017, Bergson joined Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club, Paysandu on a free transfer. On 18 November 2017, he scored his first hat-trick for the club in a league match against Santa Cruz. Bergson ends the season scoring 16 goals in 27 appearances.
Athletico Paranaense
On 1 January 2018, Bergson joined Athletico Paranaense on a free transfer. He won the 2018 Copa Sudamericana which is equivalent to the UEFA Europa League in the South America region.
Ceará
On 26 April 2019, he joined Ceará on a free transfer.
Fortaleza
On 15 October 2020, he joined Fortaleza on a free transfer.
Johor Darul Ta'zim (loan)
On 2 March 2021, he joined Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim on loan. On 13 March 2021, Bergson scored his first goal for Johor Darul Ta'zim in an away league match against UiTM. Johor won the match 0–4.
Johor Darul Ta'zim
On 19 May 2021, after a successful spell of 11 goals, he signed with the club on a permanent deal.
On 31 July 2021, Bergson scored his first hat-trick for the club in a home league match against Perak where JDT won 5–0. On 27 August 2021, He got his 2nd hat-trick for the club in a home league match against Sri Pahang where Johor won 4-0. He went on to score 23 league goals for the club, which is also the club record in a single season.
2022 season
On 15 April 2022, he become the first JDT player to ever score an AFC Champions League hat-trick against Guangzhou FC in a 5–0 victory.
On 12 October 2022, Bergson become the new JDT all-time top scorer after his double against Kedah Darul Aman took his total tally to 67 goals in all competitions for the club. The previous record was 66 goals by Gonzalo Cabrera. Bergson also broke the Malaysia Super League record for the most goals in a league season with 29 goals. On 11 November 2022, he score his 4th hat-trick for the club in a 2022 Malaysia Cup quarter-final match against Kelantan where Johor won 5-0 (8-0 agg) to qualified for the semi-final. He help the Southern Tigers to win the quadruple with an undefeated domestic season, the first in the club's history.
Bergson was listed among 2022's top five goal scorers in the world. Having scored 46 goals in 36 matches in 2022, he was named alongside Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Germán Cano and Robert Lewandowski as players with the most goals in 2022. Also, Sky Sport Italy named Bergson as the goalscorer with the best goal ratio on an average of 1.27 goals per game, which no other player managed to emulate in 2022.
2023 season
Bergson started off the 2023 season scoring a goal and an assist to win the 2023 Malaysia Charity Shield. On 13 May 2023, he scored his first hat-trick of the season in a league match against Kelantan United. On 9 August 2023, Bergson scored his 2nd hat-trick of the season in a league match against Sabah at the Likas Stadium. In the second league of the 2023 Malaysia Cup quarter-finals fixtures against Negeri Sembilan on 23 September 2023, Bergson scored twice to take his goal tally to 101 goals for the club in all competitions, thus becoming the first and only player thus far to score 100 goals for JDT.
International career
Bergson played with the Brazil national under-20 team in 2010.
Style of play
Bergson is a critical and skillful player. Possessing excellent technique, he is also known for his ball striking from volleys, and for having a penchant for scoring from bicycle kicks, feints, long-distance strikes, and ability to both score and create goals. A prolific goalscorer, although naturally right-footed, he is capable of scoring with both feet and is an accurate free-kick and penalty taker.
Career statistics
Honours
Grêmio
Campeonato Gaúcho: 2010
Paysandu
Campeonato Paraense: 2017
Athletico Paranaense
Copa Sudamericana: 2018
Ceará
Copa do Nordeste: 2020
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Malaysia Super League: 2021, 2022
Malaysia FA Cup: 2022, 2023
Malaysia Cup: 2022
Malaysia Charity Shield: 2022, 2023
Individual
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Malaysia Super League Top Scorer: 2022
Best Foreign Player – Malaysia National Football Awards: 2022
Malaysia Cup Top Scorer: 2022
AFC Champions League The Best XI Fans' Choice: 2022
IFFHS CONMEBOL Men's Best Goal Scorer: 2022
IFFHS All Domestic Competitions Scoring Streak: 2022
IFFHS 2nd Men's World Best Serial League Goal Scorer: 2022
References
External links
1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Ypiranga Futebol Clube players
Esporte Clube Juventude players
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players
Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
Paysandu Sport Club players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Copa Sudamericana-winning players
Ceará Sporting Club players
Fortaleza Esporte Clube players
K League 1 players
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
Busan IPark players
Liga Portugal 2 players
S.C. Braga B players
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
People from Alegrete