William Carvalho

**William Silva de Carvalho**  (born 7 April 1992) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a defensive midfielder for Real Betis and the Portugal national team.

### Club

|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Sporting CP|2010–11|Primeira Liga|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|2013–14|Primeira Liga|29|4|1|0|3|0|0|0|—|33|4||||
|2014–15|Primeira Liga|30|1|5|0|0|0|7|0|—|42|1||||
|2015–16|Primeira Liga|27|2|3|1|1|0|5|0|0|0|36|3|||
|2016–17|Primeira Liga|32|2|3|0|2|0|6|0|—|43|2||||
|2017–18|Primeira Liga|24|1|1|0|4|0|9|0|—|38|1||||
|Fátima (loan)|2011–12|Segunda Divisão|13|3|0|0|—|—|—|13|3|||||
|rowspan="3"|Cercle Brugge (loan)|2011–12|Belgian Pro League|19|0|1|0|—|—|—|20|1||||
|2012–13|Belgian Pro League|28|2|4|0|—|—|—|32|2||||||
|rowspan="6"|Betis|2018–19|La Liga|30|0|6|0|—|7|0|—|43|0|||
|2019–20|La Liga|13|0|0|0|—|—|—|13|0||||||
|2020–21|La Liga|27|2|3|0|—|—|—|30|2||||||
|2021–22|La Liga|33|2|8|2|—|8|0|—|49|4|||||
|2022–23|La Liga|33|3|2|1|—|7|0|1|0|43|4||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Portugal|2013|1|0|
|2014|10|0|||
|2015|4|0|||
|2016|14|1|||
|2017|11|1|||
|2018|13|0|||
|2019|6|2|||
|2020|5|0|||
|2021|5|0|||
|2022|11|1|||

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|13 November 2016|Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal||2–1|4–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2|31 August 2017|Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal||3–1|5–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|3|7 September 2019|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia||1–0|4–2|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|
|4|10 September 2019|LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania||5–1|5–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|
|5|5 June 2022|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||1–0|4–0|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|

## Honours

**Sporting CP**
- Taça de Portugal: 2014–15
- Taça da Liga: 2017–18

**Betis**
- Copa del Rey: 2021–22

**Portugal U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2015

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship: 2016
- UEFA Nations League: 2018–19
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2017

**Individual**
- SJPF Player of the Month: October 2013, November 2013, December 2013, March 2014
- SJPF Young Player of the Month: August 2013, September 2013, October 2013, November 2013, March 2014, April 2014
- LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2013–14
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Player of the tournament/Team of the tournament 2015

**Orders**
- Commander of the Order of Merit

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: William Carvalho
- **image**: William Carvalho.jpg
- **caption**: Carvalho with Portugal national football team, Portugal at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
- **fullname**: William Silva de Carvalho
- **birth place**: Luanda, Angola
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Midfielder, Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Real Betis, Betis
- **clubnumber**: 14
- **youthyears1**: 2003–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Algueirão
- **youthyears2**: 2004–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Mira Sintra
- **youthyears3**: 2005–2011
- **youthclubs3**: Sporting CP
- **years1**: 2011–2018
- **clubs1**: Sporting CP
- **caps1**: 143
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2011
- **clubs2**: → C.D. Fátima, Fátima (loan)
- **caps2**: 13
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2012–2013
- **clubs3**: → Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Cercle Brugge (loan)
- **caps3**: 48
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2018–
- **clubs4**: Real Betis, Betis
- **caps4**: 70
- **goals4**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2009
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-17 football team, Portugal U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 25
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 2008–2010
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-19 football team, Portugal U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 9
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2012
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 3
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2012–2015
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 15
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **nationalyears6**: 2013–
- **nationalteam6**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps6**: 68
- **nationalgoals6**: 4
- **club-update**: 22 May 2021
- **nationalteam-update**: 15:55, 26 June 2021 (UTC)