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Portuguese footballer

Full name Bernardo Oliveira Dias^[1]

Date of birth (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 29)^[1]

Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal^[1]

Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)^[1]

Bernardo Dias
Personal information
Full name	Bernardo Oliveira Dias^[1]
Date of birth	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 29)^[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal^[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Petro Atlético
Number	12
Youth career
2007–2008	Oficinas São José
2008–2010	Benfica
2010–2014	Oeiras
2014–2016	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Belenenses	25	(2)
2018–2020	B-SAD	4	(0)
2018–2019	→ Benfica B (loan)	29	(2)
2020–2021	Chaves	35	(1)
2021–2023	Doxa	61	(6)
2023–2024	Torreense	26	(6)
2024–2025	Araz-Naxçıvan	35	(6)
2025–	Petro Atlético	11	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:02, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Bernardo Oliveira Dias (born 4 January 1997), also known as Benny,^[2] is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Girabola club Atlético Petróleos de Luanda.

Born in Lisbon, Dias joined C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system in 2014, aged 17. On 14 August 2016 he made his Primeira Liga debut, starting and playing 56 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against Vitória de Setúbal.^[3]

Dias scored his first league goal on 24 September 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute and closing the 4–1 away win over C.D. Feirense.^[4] His second arrived the following 9 January, in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista FC.^[5] The previous November, he had renewed his contract until 2022 with a €15 million buyout clause.^[2]

On 6 July 2018, Dias was loaned from B-SAD to S.L. Benfica B for one season.^[6] His maiden appearance in the LigaPro took place on 11 August, when he started in the 2–1 home defeat of Leixões SC.^[7] His first goal arrived on 27 October, helping the hosts beat S.C. Covilhã 3–2.^[8]

Dias signed with G.D. Chaves still in the second tier in January 2020.^[9] He scored his only goal for the club on 23 September of that year, in a 4–3 victory at Benfica B.^[10]

On 14 July 2021, Dias agreed to a deal at Doxa Katokopias FC in the Cypriot First Division.^[11] He returned to Portugal and its second division in summer 2023, on a contract at S.C.U. Torreense.^[12]

Dias went back abroad subsequently, having one-year spells at Armenia's Araz-Naxçıvan PFK and Angola's Atlético Petróleos de Luanda.^[13] With the latter, he participated in the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.^[14]

References

1 2 3 4 "Benny" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
1 2 "Benny: a promessa é do Belenenses até 2022 e bem protegida pela cláusula" [Benny: the prospect belongs to Belenenses until 2022 and well protected by the clause]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
↑ "Vitória vence Belenenses e arranca com o pé direito" [Vitória beat Belenenses and start off on the right foot] (in Portuguese). Vitória F.C. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
↑ Maia, Vítor (24 September 2017). "Feirense-Belenenses, 1–4 (crónica)" [Feirense-Belenenses, 1–4 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ "Golo em fora-de-jogo dá empate ao Boavista no Restelo" [Offside goal gives Boavista draw at the Restelo] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
↑ Marques, Valter (6 July 2018). "Benny reforça equipa B do Benfica" [Benny bolsters Benfica's B team]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
↑ "Benfica B entra a ganhar na II Liga" [Benfica B have II League winning debut] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
↑ "Sp. Covilhã infeliz na derrota com o Benfica B" [Sp. Covilhã unhappy in defeat to Benfica B]. Jornal do Fundão (in Portuguese). 27 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
↑ "Benny é reforço para César Peixoto" [Benny is an addition for César Peixoto]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
↑ "Gonçalo Ramos bisa, mas Benfica B perde com o Chaves" [Gonçalo Ramos grabs brace, but Benfica B lose to Chaves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
↑ "ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ – BERNARDO OLIVEIRA DIAS" [Announcement – Bernardo Oliveira Dias] (in Greek). Doxa Katokopias. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
↑ "Médio Benny regressa a Portugal para reforçar o Torreense na II Liga" [Midfielder Benny returns to Portugal to bolster Torreense in the II League] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
↑ "Oficial: Médio português Benny Dias assina pelo Petro de Luanda" [Official: Portuguese midfielder Benny Dias signs for Petro de Luanda]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
↑ "Benny strike earns Petro valuable away win against Simba to go top in Group D". Confederation of African Football. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.

External links

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