Morato_(footballer,_born_2001)
Morato (footballer, born 2001)
Brazilian footballer
Felipe Rodrigues da Silva (born 30 June 2001), commonly known as Morato, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Portuguese club Benfica of Primeira Liga.
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Morato with Benfica in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Felipe Rodrigues da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Francisco Morato, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2019 | São Paulo | ||
| 2019– | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–201 | Benfica B | 47 | (4) |
| 2019– | Benfica | 41 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Born in Francisco Morato in the state of São Paulo, Morato was 18 when he moved from the youth ranks of São Paulo to Benfica in September 2019, on a contract lasting until 2024. The transfer fee was €6 million and the Brazilian club retained 15% of the rights to his next transfer.[2]
On 22 September 2019, Morato made his professional debut for Benfica B in the LigaPro, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 loss at Leixões.[3] He made his first-team debut on 21 December in the final game of the Taça da Liga group stage, again featuring for the entirety of a 2–2 draw at Vitória de Setúbal.[4][5] In the same season, he played 10 games as the under-19 team came runners-up in the UEFA Youth League, scoring in a 3–2 group win at Olympique Lyonnais on 5 November.[6]
On 27 September 2020, Morato scored his first professional goal to open a 2–1 loss for the reserves at Mafra;[7] on 17 October he was sent off in a 1–0 loss away to Arouca.[8] He made his Primeira Liga debut the following 30 April in a 2–0 win at Tondela, as an added-time substitute for Pizzi.[9] On 23 May, he started in the 2021 Taça de Portugal final, lost 2–0 to Braga in Coimbra;[10][11] he had days earlier been told that he would be on the bench for that game.[12]
Morato was given a run in the first team at the start of the 2021–22 season, due to injury to veteran Jan Vertonghen.[13] He scored his first goal for them on 2 November, in the first half of a 5–2 loss at Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League group stage.[14] The following season, under new manager Roger Schmidt, Morato earned a place in the starting eleven over Jan Vertoghen, and following a run of four consecutive wins and three clean sheets, he was named the Primeira Liga's Defender of the Month for August.[15]
Morato was called up in November 2019 to the Brazil national under-20 football team, for games against Peru and Colombia.[16]
Club
- As of match played 18 February 2024[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | LigaPro | 28 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 47 | 4 | ||||||
| Benfica | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 88 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 6 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 2022–23[18]
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2023[19]
- Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2020–21[11]
- Taça da Liga runner-up: 2021–22
Individual
- Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: August 2022[20]
- "Benfica anuncia a contratação de Morato, formado na base do São Paulo; veja os valores" [Benfica announce the signing of Morato, formed in São Paulo's youth ranks; see the values] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Golo no tempo de compensção dá triunfo ao Leixões sobre o Benfica B" [Goal in added time gives Leixões triumph over Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Esteves Teixeira, Sofia. "Morato titular no Benfica frente ao Vitória de Setúbal". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Morato quer "subir rápido"" [Morato wants to "rise quickly"]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 January 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Sub-19 do Benfica vencem em Lyon. Veja os golos" [Benfica under-19 win in Lyon. See the goals]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Mafra bate Benfica B e segue só com vitórias na II Liga" [Mafra beat Benfica B and continue with only wins in II Liga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Golo de ex-FC Porto impõe quarta derrota consecutiva ao Benfica B" [Goal from ex-FC Porto player imposes fourth consecutive defeat on Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Benfica vence Tondela e reforça terceiro lugar da Liga" [Benfica defeat Tondela and strengthen grip on third place in Liga]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Morato no 'onze' do Benfica, Piazon titular no Braga" [Morato in Benfica's XI, Piazon starting for Braga] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Ribeiro, Patrick (23 May 2021). "Braga beat nine-man Benfica to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Pedras, Filipe; Soares, Rafael (21 May 2021). "Morato agradou Jorge Jesus mas fica no banco na final da Taça" [Morato thanked Jorge Jesus but stays on the bench in Taça final]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Lesão de Vertonghen é oportunidade de Morato frente ao Arouca" [Vertonghen's injury is Morato's opportunity against Arouca]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- "Champions League: Bayern and Juve book last-16 places, Lille stun Sevilla". The Guardian. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- "Melhores de agosto: Morato é o Defesa do Mês da Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- Silva, Flávio Miguel (12 November 2019). "Morato convocado para a seleção sub-20 brasileira" [Morato called up for the Brazilian under-20 national team]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- Kundert, Tom (27 May 2023). "Benfica crowned champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- Vaza, Marco (9 August 2023). "Benfica soube mudar para ganhar a Supertaça". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "Best of August: Morato wins Defender of the Month Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- Profile at the S.L. Benfica website