Personal information | |||
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Full name | Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 January 1998||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2011 | União Tires | ||
2011–2012 | Benfica | ||
2012–2013 | União Tires | ||
2013–2014 | Oeiras | ||
2014–2015 | União Tires | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | União Tires | 25 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Olímpico Montijo | 34 | (21) |
2019–2022 | Portimonense | 44 | (13) |
2021–2022 | → Udinese (loan) | 28 | (11) |
2022–2023 | Udinese | 34 | (10) |
2023– | Everton | 28 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC) |
Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal (born 31 January 1998), known as Beto, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Everton.
Born in Lisbon of Bissau-Guinean descent, Beto started his senior career with amateurs União de Tires in the Lisbon Football Association, while working at KFC. [2] In 2018 he signed with Olímpico do Montijo of the third division, finishing second in the scoring charts in his only season with 21 goals. [3] [4]
Beto moved straight to the Primeira Liga on 3 June 2019, joining Portimonense on a four-year contract. [5] He made his debut in the competition on 9 August, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against B-SAD. [6] He finished the campaign with a further ten league appearances, all from the bench.
Beto scored his first goal in the Portuguese top division on 8 November 2020, but in a 3–1 away loss to Porto. [7] He added ten more during the season, best in the squad. [8]
On the last day of the 2021 summer transfer window, Beto was transferred to Italian club Udinese on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy. [9] He scored four times in his first ten Serie A appearances, helping his team earn six points in the process. [10]
Beto netted a hat-trick in a 5–1 home win over Cagliari on 3 April 2022. [11]
On 29 August 2023, Beto joined Premier League club Everton on a four-year deal for a reported fee of around £25.8 million (€30 million). [12] [13] The following day, he made his debut and scored his first goal for the Toffees in a 2–1 victory at Doncaster Rovers in the second round of the EFL Cup. [14] His league bow took place on 2 September, when he featured the entire 2–2 draw away to Sheffield United. [15]
Beto scored his first goal in the league on 7 December 2023, closing the 3–0 win over Newcastle United at Goodison Park after playing the last minutes in place of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. [16] Twelve days later, he equalised 1–1 against Fulham in the League Cup quarter-finals and later converted his penalty shootout attempt, but the opposition advanced with a 7–6 victory. [17]
In October 2022, Beto was named in a preliminary Portugal 55-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [18]
Beto idolised Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o as a child, and signed his name as "Beto'o". He named Beethoven's Ninth as his music to listen to before training. [2] [19]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Olímpico Montijo | 2018–19 | Campeonato de Portugal | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 21 | |
Portimonense | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 11 | ||
2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 44 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 13 | ||
Udinese (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 11 | |
Udinese | 2022–23 | Serie A | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 10 | |
2023–24 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 62 | 21 | 3 | 1 | — | 65 | 22 | |||
Everton | 2023–24 | Premier League | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 5 |
Career total | 168 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 183 | 61 |
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