Florentino Luís

Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís (born 19 August 1999), known as Florentino, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club Getafe CF on loan from S.L. Benfica.

Florentino
Florentino in 2019
Personal information
Full name Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Getafe
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2009 Tercena (futsal)
2009–2010 Real
2010–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Benfica B 69 (1)
2019– Benfica 21 (1)
2020–2021 → Monaco (loan) 6 (0)
2021– → Getafe (loan) 14 (0)
National team
2014 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2014–2015 Portugal U16 10 (1)
2015–2016 Portugal U17 16 (0)
2016–2018 Portugal U19 26 (0)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 18 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner2018
Runner-up2017
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner2016
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:42, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Lisbon, Florentino started his football career at Real S.C. in 2009, before joining S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2010. He made his professional debut with the club's reserve team as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Académico de Viseu in LigaPro on 11 September 2016.[2]

Benfica

Following his promotion to Benfica's first team alongside three other Benfica B players on 1 February 2019,[3] Florentino made his Primeira Liga debut as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 10–0 thrashing of Nacional on 10 February.[4] Four days later, he made his European debut as Benfica beat Galatasaray 2–1 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 32, their first ever victory in Turkey.[5] Florentino scored his first Primeira Liga goal in a 4–0 away win over Moreirense on 17 March 2019.

Monaco (loan)

Florentino joined AS Monaco on a season-long loan deal on 25 September 2020.[6]

Getafe CF (loan)

On 31 August 2021, Florentino joined La Liga side Getafe CF on a season-long loan deal with the Spanish club having an option to buy.[7]

Personal life

Florentino is of Angolan descent.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 September 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 180————180
2017–18 300————300
2018–19 211————211
Total691————691
Benfica 2018–19 Primeira Liga 11100003[lower-alpha 1]0—141
2019–20 10010203[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0170
Total 21110206010311
Monaco (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 9020———110
Getafe (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 0000———00
Career total 992302060101112
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Benfica[9]

Portugal[9]

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
  3. Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "Florentino assinala estreia: "Noite memorável"" [Florentino marks his debut: "Memorable night"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. Fernandes, Nuno (14 February 2019). "Benfica de Lage faz história na Turquia e tem os oitavos à vista" [Lage's Benfica make history in Turkey and have the round of 16 in sight]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. "Florentino Luis à l'AS Monaco". asmonaco.com (in French). AS Monaco FC. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Florentino Luis" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Florentino Luis] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 31 August 2021.
  8. "Vidigal treina selecção da diáspora" [Vidigal coaches the diaspora national team]. Portal de Angola (in Portuguese).
  9. Florentino Luís at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP Soccerway
  11. "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
  12. "Under-19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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