Wilson Carvalho

Wilson Roberto Neves Bento de Carvalho (born 4 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English EFL League One club Accrington Stanley, as a winger.

Wilson Carvalho
Personal information
Full name Wilson Roberto Neves Bento de Carvalho[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[2]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 23
Youth career
20??–2010 Fulham
2010–2012 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 North Greenford United 1 (0)
2013–2014 Port Vale 0 (0)
2013 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Corby Town (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Ilkeston (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2015 Corby Town 47 (10)
2015 → Canvey Island (dual registration) 5 (0)
2015–2017 Kettering Town 55 (18)
2017 Oxford City 14 (0)
2018 Kettering Town 7 (0)
2018–2019 Stratford Town 38 (10)
2019– Accrington Stanley 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:09, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

He spent his youth with Fulham, Stevenage and Port Vale. He spent 2012 to 2019 playing for a multitude of non-league clubs, including: North Greenford United, Hemel Hempstead Town, Ilkeston, Corby Town, Canvey Island, Kettering Town, Oxford City and Stratford Town. With Corby Town he won the Southern League Premier Division title in 2014–15 and he lifted the Southern League Cup with Stratford Town in 2019. He was signed by Accrington Stanley in July 2019 and made his debut in the English Football League the following month.

Career

Non-league

Carvalho spent his youth at the centre of excellence at Stevenage after leaving Fulham's Academy.[3][4] He went on join the Nike Academy and was signed to Port Vale's youth team after impressing on trial at Birmingham City.[4] He never made a first-team appearance at Vale Park, though was loaned out to Southern League Premier Division side Hemel Hempstead Town for one month after the "Tudors" suffered an injury crisis in November 2013.[5][6] On 6 December, he joined Hempstead's divisional rivals Corby Town on a one month loan deal.[7] On 10 January, he was loaned out to Northern Premier League Premier Division side Ilkeston and featured in three games for the "Robins" during a one month stay.[8] He was released by "Valiants" manager Micky Adams in April 2014.[9]

He signed with Corby Town and scored 11 goals in 51 appearances across the 2014–15 campaign as Tommy Wright's "Steelmen" won promotion as champions of the Southern League Premier Division.[4][10] Corby also reached the final of the League Cup, but lost out to Poole Town on away goals.[10] He had trials at Yeovil Town and Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in summer 2015.[11][12] He had a successful trial at Braintree Town, but instead signed with Isthmian League Premier Division club Canvey Island on dual registration forms.[13]

He joined Kettering Town in November 2015.[4] He was handed a six-game ban for spitting in a game against Bedworth United.[14] He said that "I have definitely learned a few lessons" from the incident.[15] He ended the 2015–16 campaign with 12 goals from 29 games and went on to add a further eight goals from 34 appearances in 2016–17.[10] He signed with Oxford City on 9 February 2017, having previously played under manager Mark Jones in the youth-team at Stevenage.[4] He featured 15 times for the "Hoops".[16]

On 20 March 2018, he rejoined former club Kettering Town.[17] He played nine games for the "Poppies" in what remained of the 2017–18 season. On 6 August 2018, he was one of four players to sign a contract with Stratford Town of the Southern League Premier Division Central.[18] A key player for Town, he scored 15 goals from 52 games in the 2018–19 season, helping the club to reach the play-offs and the League Cup final.[10] They were beaten 3–1 by King's Lynn Town in the play-off semi-finals, but managed to beat Cinderford Town 1–0 in the League Cup final.[19]

Accrington Stanley

On 23 July 2019, he signed a one-year deal with the option of a further year at League One side Accrington Stanley after impressing manager John Coleman on trial in pre-season friendlies.[20] Assistant manager Jimmy Bell had previously coached him in Port Vale's development squad.[21] He scored his first goal for Stanley in a 2–1 victory over Fleetwood Town in an EFL Trophy tie on 3 September.[22] He was one of five players released by the club at the end of the 2019–20 season.[23]

Style of play

Carvalho is a pacey winger.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 January 2020.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
North Greenford United 2012–13[10]Southern League Division One Central1020
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2013–14[10]Southern League Premier Division3000002[lower-alpha 1]353
Ilkeston (loan) 2013–14[24]Northern Premier League Premier Division3000000030
Corby Town 2013–14[10]Southern League Premier Division4000000040
2014–15[10]Southern League Premier Division421021601[lower-alpha 2]05111
2015–16[10]National League North5000000050
Total 51102160106011
Canvey Island (dual registration) 2015–16[10]Isthmian League Premier Division5060
Kettering Town 2015–16[10]Southern League Premier Division281200001[lower-alpha 2]02912
2016–17[10]Southern League Premier Division27642102[lower-alpha 1]0348
Total 55184210306320
Oxford City 2016–17[10]National League South140150
Kettering Town 2017–18[10]Southern League Premier Division7000002[lower-alpha 3]090
Stratford Town 2018–19[10]Southern League Premier Division Central38105215
Accrington Stanley 2019–20[25] EFL League One 80101030130
Career total 1853822849
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. Appearances in the Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  3. 1 appearance in the play-offs and 1 appearance in the Northamptonshire Senior Cup

Honours
Corby Town
Stratford Town

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Accrington Stanley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 1. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Pearson, Luke (23 July 2019). "Stanley sign Portuguese winger". Accrington Stanley. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "Stevenage continue youth progress". BBC Sport. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. "Wilson Carvalho joins City". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. "Wilson Carvalho - Hemel Hempstead Town FC 1st XI". www.hemelfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. Conway, Tony. "Port Vale's Wilson Carvalho joins the Tudors on a month's loan". pitchero.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  7. "Steelman Loan Port Vale Duo". corbytownfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. "Ilsonfootball The Independent Ilkeston Football Website". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. "Micky Adams wants positive finish to the season". The Sentinel. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  10. "Wilson Carvalho Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. "Ciderspace News Page : Glovers Field Trialists In Opening Friendly". www.ciderspace.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  12. Parks, Gordon (5 August 2015). "Hearts weigh up move for English attacker Wilson Carvalho after attacker scores v Rangers in trial". dailyrecord. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  13. "Club Sign Carvalho and Pepe-Ngoma | Kettering Town Football Club". www.ketteringtownfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  14. "Carvalho ban | Kettering Town Football Club". ktfc.1pcswebdesign.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  15. Dunham, Jon (26 August 2016). "Carvalho is 'raring to go' as he gets ready to return for Poppies". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  16. Wilson Carvalho at Soccerway
  17. Dunham, Jon (20 March 2018). "Carvalho is a Poppy once again". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  18. Chilton, Andy (6 August 2018). "FOUR New Player signings confirmed! - News - Stratford Town". www.stratfordtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  19. "Match Report: Stratford Town v Cinderford Town on Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019 - The BetVictor Southern League". www.betvictorsouthern.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  20. "Wilson Carvalho: Accrington Stanley sign winger". BBC Sport. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  21. Lee, Matt (23 July 2019). "Accrington Stanley Sign Portuguese Winger Wilson Carvalho". Last Word on Football. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  22. "Match Report: Accrington Stanley 2-1 Fleetwood Town". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  23. "Five released". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  24. "2013/14 » Ilsonfootball The Independent Ilkeston Football Website". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  25. "Games played by Wilson Carvalho in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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