Bernardo Silva World Cup 2026 player profile
Bernardo Silva is listed for Portugal as a Midfielder. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Bernardo Silva is currently classified as a high-impact midfielder: senior international core, midfield scoring contributor, and lower aerial-size profile. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- senior international core; 109 caps and 14 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- high-impact player in this data package, ranked 2 by impact inside the Portugal squad and 2 among midfielder entries.
- midfield scoring contributor; lower aerial-size profile.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Role | Midfielder · MF |
| Caps | 109 |
| International goals | 14 |
| Impact score | 96 |
| Squad impact rank | 2 |
| Role impact rank | 2 |
| Role profile | high-impact · midfield scoring contributor |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player help the team control tempo under pressure?
- Would late absence or reduced minutes materially change the team's ceiling?
- Does mobility and role fit matter more than aerial size in this matchup?
Archive context
| Team power score | 85 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 7 |
| Group path | K |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 45 |
Portugal fixtures
- Portugal vs DR CongoFinished 1-1 · Jun 18, 01:00 · Houston
- Portugal vs UzbekistanFinished 5-0 · Jun 24, 01:00 · Houston
- Colombia vs PortugalFinished 0-0 · Jun 28, 07:30 · Miami (Miami Gardens)
- Portugal vs CroatiaFinished 2-1 · Jul 03, 07:00 · Toronto
- Portugal vs SpainFinished 0-1 · Jul 07, 03:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
Related teammates
- Bruno FernandesMidfielder · impact 96
- Cristiano RonaldoForward · impact 96
- Joao CanceloDefender · impact 95
- Joao FelixForward · impact 88
- Ruben DiasDefender · impact 86
- Goncalo GuedesForward · impact 85
- Goncalo RamosForward · impact 84
- Rafael LeaoForward · impact 84
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Portugal team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.