Tonny Vilhena

Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔni viˈleːnaː]; Portuguese: [viˈʎẽnɐ]; born 3 January 1995), more commonly known as simply Tonny Vilhena, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Russian Premier League side FC Krasnodar.

Tonny Vilhena
Vilhena with FC Krasnodar in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena
Date of birth (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995
Place of birth Maassluis, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Krasnodar
Number 52
Youth career
VDL-Maassluis
2003–2012 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2019 Feyenoord 208 (36)
2019– Krasnodar 17 (2)
National team‡
2009–2010 Netherlands U15 5 (1)
2010–2011 Netherlands U16 6 (2)
2011–2012 Netherlands U17 25 (9)
2012 Netherlands U19 3 (1)
2013–2016 Netherlands U21 23 (4)
2016– Netherlands 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2018

Career

Feyenoord (2012—2019)

Vilhena is a product of the Feyenoord Rotterdam youth academy, joining the club in 2003. His father is from Angola and his mother is from the Netherlands. After nine years in the club's youth ranks, he moved up to join parent-club Feyenoord in January 2012.

He made his debut for the Rotterdam-based club on January 23 2012 versus VVV Venlo.[1] He scored his first goal for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie on 25 November 2012 against AZ Alkmaar, a game that finished 2–0.[2] On 3 February 2013, in Feyenoord's 3–1 win against Willem II, he became the youngest player for the club to ever score at least two goals in a single Eredivisie-match; he accomplished this feat at the age of 18 years and 31 days.[3]

Vilhena became a first team regular for coach Ronald Koeman during his time at the club, featuring in a then career-high 32 league games including 29 starts in the 2013-14 Eredivisie. [4]

On May 2016 Feyenoord announced that Vilhena will not be part of the team due to his high wage demands. [5] However a month later the club announced Vilhena had agreed to a new two-year deal, running until mid-2018.[6]. He would extend it a further two years in the final year of his initial contract, committing to the club until 2020.[7]

On April 22, 2018 he played as Feyenoord won the 2018 KNVB Cup Final 3–0 against AZ Alkmaar.[8]

FC Krasnodar (2019–)

On 20 June 2019, Russian club FC Krasnodar announced that Vilhena signed a long-term contract with the club.[9]

International career

Vilhena is of partial Angolan descent which made him eligible to play for either Netherlands or Angola national teams per FIFA eligibility rules. Vilhena opted to debut for Netherlands at the senior level.

Vilhena has represented the Netherlands up to Under-21 level.

He won the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship with the Netherlands U-17 team and was also the tournament's joint top scorer with 3 goals.[10] He also won the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship after scoring the fifth and final penalty in the penalty shootout against Germany.[11]

On 5 February 2013, Vilhena scored a goal in his debut for the Netherlands U-21 side.

On 6 March 2013, Vilhena was called up for the preliminary squad of the Dutch national team for the first time, only aged 18.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 May 2019[12][13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Netherlands Eredivisie KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
Feyenoord2011–1260——0060
2012–132743010—314
2013–143263020—376
2014–152101090—310
2015–1627561——336
2016–1729420511[lower-alpha 1]0375
2017–18331142601[lower-alpha 1]04413
2018–1933631101[lower-alpha 1]0357
Total 208362242413025941
Career total 208362242413025941
  1. One appearance in the Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

Club

Feyenoord

International
Netherlands

References
  1. "Trindade de Vilhena in voorlopige selectie Oranje onder 17" (in Dutch). feyenoord.nl. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. "AZ ALKMAAR 0–2 FEYENOORD". Sky Sports. 25 November 2012.
  3. "Vilhena strikes hand Feyenoord first win of the year". Feyenoord. 3 February 2013.
  4. https://us.soccerway.com/players/tonny-trindade--de-vilhena/182926/
  5. http://www.football-oranje.com/vilhena-just-wanted-pay-teammates/
  6. https://www.feyenoord.com/news/news-overview/Vilhena-agrees-new-Feyenoord-deal
  7. https://www.feyenoord.com/news/news-overview/Tonny-Vilhena-extends-contract-until-2020
  8. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/04/22/netherlands/knvb-beker/stichting-az/feyenoord-rotterdam-nv/2727912/
  9. "СОСТАВ ЧЕРНО-ЗЕЛЕНЫХ УКРЕПИЛ ТОННИ ВИЛЕНА" [Tonny Vilhena strengthens the squad of black-and-green] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 20 June 2019.
  10. Saffer, Paul (16 May 2011). "Netherlands see off all comers in Serbia". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  11. Ross, Dan (16 May 2012). "Dutch retain crown with shoot-out win". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  12. "T. Vilhena - Voetbal International". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  13. "T. Vilhena". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  14. Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie - AD (in Dutch)
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