Verissimo

Benfica B
Manager

Born on : April 17, 1977 (49 years) at Vila Franca de Xira

Nationality : Portugal

Height : 1m82

Weight : 76 kg

Current season statistics (2026/2027)

2 Victories 1 Draws

0 Losses 3 League Ranking

4 Goals for 2 Goals against

RCD

Main position
Right central defender	100%

Identities

Verissimo

Nélson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo

Nélson Veríssimo

Manager careerLast updated on 28/08/2026 at 01:37

V D L

Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
2026/2027	Benfica B	2	3	67%2	33%1		3	7	4	2																						3	67%2	33%1			4	2
2025/2026	Benfica B	2	34	32%11	32%11	35%12	9	44	43	44								4	50%2	50%2		Premier League International Cup4	13	4								38	34%13	34%13	32%12		56	48
2024/2025	Benfica B	2	34	44%15	29%10	26%9	4	55	53	38								4	25%1	50%2	25%1	Premier League International Cup7	5	5								38	42%16	32%12	26%10		58	43
2023/2024	Benfica B	2	34	35%12	26%9	38%13	8	45	48	48								4		25%1	75%3	Premier League International Cup7	4	8								38	32%12	26%10	42%16		52	56
2022/2023	Estoril	1	21	29%6	19%4	52%11	15	22	19	29								6	17%1	33%2	50%3	Allianz Cup5 Taça de Portugal Placard1/161/16 de finale	7	9								27	26%7	22%6	52%14		26	38
2021/2022	Benfica	1	19	58%11	21%4	21%4	3	74	32	18	4	25%1	50%2	25%1	Champions League1/4 1/4 de finale	7	8	2		50%1	50%1	Allianz CupFinaFinale	2	3								25	48%12	28%7	24%6		41	29
2021/2022	Benfica B	2	16	63%10	19%3	19%3	1	33	33	18																						16	63%10	19%3	19%3		33	18
2020/2021	Benfica B	2	21	38%8	33%7	29%6	8	44	32	22																						21	38%8	33%7	29%6		32	22
2019/2020	Benfica	1	5	80%4	20%1		2	77	12	3								1			100%1	Taça de PortugalFinaFinale	1	2								6	67%4	17%1	17%1		13	5
2018/2019	Benfica B	2	3		33%1	67%2	4	28	5	7																						3		33%1	67%2		5	7
Total			190	42%79	27%51	32%60	57	429	281	229	4	25%1	50%2	25%1		7	8	21	19%4	38%8	43%9		32	31								215	39%84	28%61	33%70		320	268

Verissimo's career statisticsLast updated on 28/08/2026 at 01:37

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

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eff.

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goals

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goals

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eff.

2011/2012

Mafra

2010/2011

Fatima

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Fatima	Liga Orangina	26					46	4	2336	17	100%		87%	6	1	15%	27%	58%
Fatima	Taça da Liga	2					5		180	0	100%					0%	50%	50%

2009/2010

Fatima

2338

2638

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Fatima	Liga Vitalis	26	1	2338	26	9	2338	100%	87%	1	31%	46%	23%
Fatima	Taça da Liga	2			4		180	100%	100%		50%	0%	50%
Fatima	Taça de Portugal	1				1	120	100%	50%		0%	100%	0%

2009/2010

Fatima

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Fatima	Taça da Liga	2					1	1	180	0	100%		50%			50%	0%	50%

2008/2009

Fatima

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Fatima	Taça de Portugal	2					2		210	0	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%

2007/2008

Fatima

2006/2007

Vitória S.

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vitória S.	SuperLiga	22					27	4	1604	23	82%	4	73%	3		23%	27%	50%
Vitória S.	Taça de Portugal	1					2		90	23	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2005/2006

Vitória S.

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Vitória S.	Supertaça	1	1		90	23	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Vitória S.	SuperLiga	21	24	6	1756	23	95%	1	62%	2	33%	14%	52%
Vitória S.	Taça de Portugal	6	3	3	600	23	100%		100%	1	67%	17%	17%

2004/2005

Vitória S.

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vitória S.	SuperLiga	21				1	24	7	1766	23	95%	1	62%	2		38%	19%	43%
Vitória S.	Taça de Portugal	2					2		128	23	100%				1	100%	0%	0%

2003/2004

Alverca

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Alverca	SuperLiga	31					41	8	2783	23	100%		91%	10		32%	16%	52%

2002/2003

Alverca

2001/2002

Alverca

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Alverca	Primeira Liga	29					52	5	2552	23	100%		85%	10		17%	17%	66%
Alverca	Taça de Portugal	1						1	90	23	100%			1		100%	0%	0%

2000/2001

Alverca

2495

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Alverca	Primeira Liga	29	1		2495	2	44	6	2495	23	100%		85%	5		38%	24%	38%

1999/2000

Alverca

2314

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Alverca	Primeira Liga	27	1		2314		34	6	2314	23	100%		79%	8		37%	19%	44%

1998/1999

Académica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Académica	Primeira Divisão	30					60	3	2661	23	100%		88%	8	1	13%	27%	60%

1997/1998

Académica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Académica	Primeira Divisão	7					9	3	630	23	100%		21%			29%	29%	43%

1997/1998

Alverca

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Alverca	Segunda Divisão de Honra	16					10	7	903	0	50%	11	47%	2		63%	6%	31%
Alverca	Taça de Portugal									0		1	0%

1996/1997

Alverca

1996/1997

Benfica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	1					1		30	0	0%	1	8%			0%	100%	0%

1995/1996

Benfica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	3						2	188	0	67%	1	9%			67%	33%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Taça de Portugal

2005

Runner-ups

Primeira Liga	1	1996
Taça de Portugal	1	2006
Supertaça	1	2005

Manager's titles

Runner-ups

Primeira Liga	1	2020
Taça de Portugal	1	2020
Taça da Liga	1	2022

Transfers

06/07/23 >	Benfica B	mana.
02/07/22 > 24/02/23	Estoril	mana.
28/12/21 > 30/06/22	Benfica	mana.
28/12/20 > 28/12/21	Benfica B	mana.
30/06/20 > 02/08/20	Benfica	mana.
15/01/19 > 02/08/20	Benfica	a. m.
04/01/19 > 15/01/19	Benfica B	mana.
01/07/12 > 04/01/19	Benfica B	a. m.

01/07/12 >	Retired
01/07/11 > 01/07/12	Mafra
01/07/07 > 01/07/11	Fatima
01/07/04 > 01/07/07	Vitória S.
01/07/99 > 01/07/04	Alverca
01/07/97 > 01/07/99	Académica
01/01/97 > 01/07/98	Alverca	Loan
01/07/95 > 01/01/97	Benfica B

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 28/08/2026 at 01:37

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
Benfica	31	52%16	26%8	23%7	54	34
Benfica B	157	39%61	30%47	31%49	240	196
Estoril	27	26%7	22%6	52%14	26	38

Player career by clubLast updated on 28/08/2026 at 01:37

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Académica	37			3291	8	1	100%37	16%6	57%21
Alverca	133	2	5569	11137	36		94%125	35%47	47%63
Benfica	4			218			50%2	50%2	0%0
Fatima	61	1	5544	5544	7	1	100%61	23%14	41%25
Vitória S.	74			6034	8	1	92%68	35%26	46%34

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
Paços	10	5	17	9
FC Porto B	9	5	20	11
Feirense	8	5	15	9
Leixões	9	4	13	7
Chaves	7	4	9	4
Mafra	6	4	13	8
Viseu	9	3	9	11
Penafiel	8	3	8	7
UD Oliveirense	8	3	14	12
Vizela	7	3	6	6
Leiria	7	2	10	15
Portimonense	7	2	8	6
Boavista	4	2	8	5
Sporting CP	4	2	5	5
Guimarães	4	2	5	2
Felgueiras 1932	4	2	10	7
Nacional	3	2	8	4
Casa Pia	3	2	6	4
Arouca	3	2	5	3
Belenenses	2	2	5	3

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Beira Mar	15	4	0
Boavista	17	4	0
Braga	16	6	1
Leiria	12	4	0
Gil Vicente	12	5	1
Aves	6	5	0
Estrela	11	5	0
Nacional	8	3	0
Varzim	7	3	0
Chaves	5	2	0
Maritimo	15	2	0
FC Porto	14	1	0
Belenenses	13	2	0
Rio Ave	9	4	0
Farense	8	4	0
Paços	8	4	0
Vitória S.	7	2	0
Salgueiros	7	2	0
Penafiel	7	3	0
Estoril	6	1	0

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
Maritimo	8	5	11
Viseu	9	4	11
FC Porto	4	3	7
Leiria	7	3	15
Feirense	8	3	9
UD Oliveirense	8	3	12
Torreense	7	3	12
Vizela	7	3	6
Benfica	2	2	6
Sporting CP	4	2	5
Braga	2	2	5
Guimarães	4	2	2
Santa Clara	4	2	6
Paços	10	2	9
Famalicão	5	2	3
Vilafranquense	4	2	4
Mafra	6	2	8
Tondela	6	2	8
Liverpool	2	1	6
Sunderland U-23	1	1	2

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Benfica	14	12	28
FC Porto	14	11	31
Boavista	17	9	27
Maritimo	15	9	26
Belenenses	13	8	21
Sporting CP	13	7	25
Beira Mar	15	7	21
Santa Clara	7	6	15
Braga	16	5	26
Leiria	12	5	11
Guimarães	13	5	20
Estrela	11	5	12
Vitória S.	7	4	6
Farense	8	4	8
Salgueiros	7	4	11
Gil Vicente	12	4	18
Académica	6	3	8
Moreirense	6	3	11
Rio Ave	9	3	9
Penafiel	7	3	8

Results with or without him

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2011/2012	Mafra	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2010/2011	Fatima	14%	57%	28	25%	25%	8	Very negative
2009/2010	Fatima	31%	24%	29	20%	40%	5	-
2009/2010	Fatima	41%	29%	17	25%	25%	4	-
2008/2009	Fatima	0%	50%	2	0%	0%	0	-
2007/2008	Fatima	0%	0%	0	22%	47%	36	-
2006/2007	Vitória S.	22%	52%	23	0%	64%	11	Extremely positive
2005/2006	Vitória S.	39%	46%	28	47%	40%	15	Slightly negative
2004/2005	Vitória S.	43%	39%	23	41%	18%	17	Very slightly positive
2003/2004	Alverca	32%	52%	31	0%	100%	4	-
2002/2003	Alverca	0%	0%	0	46%	20%	35	-
2001/2002	Alverca	20%	63%	30	38%	38%	8	Very negative
2000/2001	Alverca	38%	38%	29	25%	63%	8	Positive
1999/2000	Alverca	37%	44%	27	13%	50%	8	Extremely positive
1998/1999	Académica	13%	60%	30	0%	80%	5	-
1997/1998	Académica	29%	43%	7	21%	43%	28	Slightly positive
1997/1998	Alverca	63%	31%	16	47%	32%	19	Slightly positive
1996/1997	Alverca	0%	0%	0	36%	32%	22	-
1996/1997	Benfica	0%	0%	1	68%	16%	19	-
1995/1996	Benfica	67%	0%	3	65%	16%	43	-

Key figures

The player has played in the first 11 in Segunda Liga in each of the last 30 away from home matches

Verissimo has lost in Segunda Liga the last 4 away from home matches

The player hasn't won in Segunda Liga any of the last 7 away from home matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 in Segunda Liga in each of the last 58 matches

Verissimo hasn't won in Segunda Liga any of the last 7 matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 in Segunda Liga in each of the last 28 at home matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 35 away from home matches

Verissimo has lost all competitions included the last 4 away from home matches

Verissimo hasn't won all competitions included any of the last 7 away from home matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 67 matches

Verissimo hasn't won all competitions included any of the last 7 matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 32 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 12 away from home matches

He hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 7 away from home matches

Verissimo has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 20 matches

The player hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 8 at home matches

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Benfica
09/03/1996	PD	Benfica - Chaves	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
Alverca
21/09/1997	SDH	União Madeira - Alverca	1 - 3	First match with the club, first victory
23/11/1997	SDH	Penafiel - Alverca	1 - 0	First loss
30/11/1997	SDH	Alverca - Felgueiras	3 - 0	First start
30/04/2000	PL	Gil Vicente - Alverca	2 - 2	First goal
22/10/2000	PL	Alverca - Aves	5 - 1	First own goal
Académica
05/04/1998	PD	Académica - Vitória S.	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
11/04/1998	PD	Belenenses - Académica	2 - 0	First loss
30/08/1998	PD	Académica - Campomaiorense	1 - 5	First red card
Vitória Setúbal
29/08/2004	SL	Penafiel - Vitória S.	1 - 4	First match with the club, first victory
18/10/2004	SL	Vitória S. - Académica	1 - 0	First start
07/11/2004	SL	Benfica - Vitória S.	4 - 0	First loss
07/01/2005	SL	Estoril - Vitória S.	2 - 1	First own goal
26/01/2005	TP	Vitória S. - Guimarães	3 - 1	First red card
Fatima
19/10/2008	TP	Fatima - Feirense	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
09/11/2008	TP	Cinfães - Fatima	1 - 0	First loss
02/08/2009		Fatima - Varzim	2 - 0	First victory
23/08/2009		Fatima - Trofense	2 - 1	First goal
24/10/2010		Fatima - Estoril	2 - 2	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 28/08/2026 at 01:37

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Primeira Liga	Primeira Liga	221	2	9390	3	18779	96%213	1	29%64	21%47	50%110
Taça de Portugal	Taça de Portugal	13				1238	100%13	1	54%7	23%3	23%3
Supertaça	Supertaça	1				90	100%1				100%1
Taça da Liga	Taça da Liga	6				540	100%6		33%2	17%1	50%3
Segunda Liga	Segunda Liga	68	1	5577		5577	88%60	1	32%22	29%20	38%26

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2010/2011	Fatima	2	16	23	30	5	8	17	29	49
2009/2010	Fatima	2	10	38	30	8	14	8	31	31
2007/2008	Fatima	2	16	25	30	5	10	15	25	41
2006/2007	Vitória S.	1	14	24	30	5	9	16	21	45
2005/2006	Vitória S.	1	8	46	34	14	4	16	28	33
2004/2005	Vitória S.	1	10	44	34	11	11	12	46	45
2003/2004	Alverca	1	16	35	34	10	5	19	33	49
2002/2003	Alverca	2	2	60	34	16	12	6	47	24
2001/2002	Alverca	1	18	27	34	7	6	21	39	67
2000/2001	Alverca	1	12	43	34	12	7	15	45	52
1999/2000	Alverca	1	11	41	34	11	8	15	39	48
1998/1999	Académica	1	18	21	34	4	9	21	30	71
1997/1998	Académica	1	15	36	34	8	12	14	27	41
1997/1998	Alverca	2	3	62	34	19	5	10	64	35
1996/1997	Alverca	2	15	40	34	9	13	12	31	30
1995/1996	Benfica	1	2	73	34	22	7	5	57	27

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