{{short description|Portuguese beach soccer player}}{{Portuguese name|Martins|Santos}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bê Martins<br>{{small|OIH}} {{small|ComM}} | fullname = Bernardo Barral Martins Santos | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | image = File:Be Martins 2023.jpg | image_size = 210px | caption = Bê Martins during the 2023 EBSL. | height = 1.72 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = 8 | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalteam1 = Portugal | nationalcaps1 =176 | nationalgoals1 =148 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = 24 September 2023 }} '''Bernardo Barral Martins Santos''' {{small|OIH}} {{small|ComM}} (born 29 December 1989), better known simply as '''Bê Martins''', is a Brazilian-born, Portuguese beach soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He is a two-time winner of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2015 and 2019); he claimed the Bronze Ball (third best player) award at the latter, and in 2022 and 2024, was named the world's best player at the Beach Soccer Stars awards ceremony.
Martins has an identical twin brother, Léo, who is also a high-profile beach soccer player.
==Biography== [[File:Be_Martins.png|thumb|180px|left|Be Martins playing for Flamengo in 2016.]] Martins and his twin brother, Léo, were born in Brazil. Bê was born two minutes before his younger sibling.<ref name="TSF"/> Aged 18, they went to play association football in Spain on the promise of a contract.<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/> However, when they arrived, an issue with their agent meant there was no club to sign for. The move was funded by their parents, but without an income the money soon ran out and the brothers found themselves broke and starving. Despite this, they stayed in Spain to attempt to recuperate the money for their parents.<ref name="fifainter">{{Cite web |title=Be Martins: I wish I could split the Best Player trophy with my brother |author= |work=FIFA |date=5 December 2023 |access-date=13 January 2024 |url= https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/beachsoccerworldcup/united-arab-emirates-2024/articles/be-martins-interview-portugal-beach-soccer-world-cup-uae-2024}}</ref> Eventually, they landed a contract with CD Canillas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=De passar fome a melhor do Mundo: salário de Bê Martins chegou a ser pago com carne do talho do treinador |trans-title= |author= |work=Record |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=13 January 2024 |url= https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-de-praia/detalhe/de-passar-fome-a-melhor-do-mundo-salario-de-be-martins-chegou-a-ser-pago-com-carne-do-talho-do-treinador |language=pt}}</ref> During this time, they began the application process for Portuguese citizenship.<ref name="MaisFutebol1">[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/mais-longe-e-mais-alto/futebol-de-praia/melhor-do-que-um-campeao-so-ter-outro-igual Melhor do que um campeão, só ter outro igual] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.</ref> This was possible since their paternal great-grandfather was from the country. In 2009, citizenship was achieved.<ref name="dn">[https://www.dn.pt/desporto/outras-modalidades/sao-gemeos-brasileiros-mas-e-com-um-titulo-por-portugal-que-sonham-4661046.html São gémeos brasileiros, mas é com um título por Portugal que sonham]. Diário de Notícias. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020.</ref> Aged 21, in 2011, their contracts ended and their mother developed a health issue, and so they returned to Brazil. To maintain their fitness, they began training on the beach. Struggling to find a new football club, they started to pursue beach soccer instead, joining Vasco da Gama and soon after, Flamengo.<ref name="TSF">[https://www.tsf.pt/programa/uma-questao-de-adn/be-e-leo-a-historia-de-dois-gemeos-campeoes-11665552.html Bê e Léo, a historia dos gémeos campeões do mundo por Portugal] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.</ref><ref name="MaisFutebol1"/> Bê progressed somewhat quicker than his brother; after impressing for Flamengo at the 2012 Mundialito de Clubes, he was offered a role at a Russian club to which he moved.<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/> He was later followed by his twin.
Bê was called up to the Brazil national team in 2012 for an exhibition tournament in Paraguay.<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/><ref name="dn"/> However, soon after, Júnior Negão became the new head coach of Brazil, and Bê found himself out of favour.<ref name="dn"/>
The twins received an offer to join the Portugal squad at the end of 2014 after playing for clubs in Italy.<ref name="TSF"/> Despite renewed offers from the Brazil national team for Bê, the brothers decided they wanted to represent Portugal instead, citing their belief that there would be less chance of a "follow-up" if they were to join Brazil, their admiration for the country, and for Portuguese legends Madjer and Alan<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/> who supported their integration into the Portuguese squad when they learnt of their citizenship.<ref name="fifainter"/> Bê debuted for Portugal at the 2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup,<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/> six months before his brother, earning 15 caps during that time.<ref name="dn"/>
The following year, aged 24, Bê was awarded with the "Rising Star" commendation at the 2015 Beach Soccer Stars awards ceremony, as chosen by the Beach Soccer Worldwide expert committee. This followed his role in Portugal's 2015 World Cup win,<ref name="fifainter"/> which, in response to, Bê, along with the rest of the squad, were appointed as Officers of the Order of Prince Henry in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidente Cavaco Silva homenageou Presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol e Seleção de Futebol de Praia |trans-title= |author= |work=Official Information Site of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=26 January 2024 |url= https://anibalcavacosilva.arquivo.presidencia.pt/?idc=10&idi=99208 |language=pt}}</ref> That year, both brothers also moved to Braga with whom they would go on to win multiple domestic and European club titles.<ref name="MaisFutebol1"/>
Bê's stock value particularly began to rise following his influential performances during Portugal's 2019 World Cup win, when he was honoured as the third best player of the competition, winning the Bronze Ball award.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191202012149/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/ozu-gori-and-andrade-take-home-individual-honours Ozu, Gori and Andrade take home individual honours]. FIFA.com. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.</ref> Following the World Cup victory, along with the rest of the squad, Bê was made a Commander of the Order of Merit.<ref name="orders">{{cite web|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=270118|title=Campeões do Mundo condecorados: "Bom exemplo para todos os portugueses"|publisher=ZeroZero.pt |date=3 December 2019 |accessdate=19 December 2019 |language=pt}}</ref> In 2021, he was named as part of the year's world dream team.<ref name="twentytwentyone">{{cite web|url=https://beachsoccer.com/ozu-and-molly-clark-win-2021-best-player-awards-in-dubai |title=Ozu and Molly Clark win 2021 Best Player awards in Dubai |publisher=Beach Soccer Worldwide| date=6 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021 }}</ref> In 2022, he won the world's best player award at the Beach Soccer Stars ceremony, the latter of which he described as "exceptionally rewarding" and a "recognition of all my hard work".<ref name="fifainter"/> He was honoured as beach soccer player of the year at the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)'s annual year-ending ''Quinas de Ouro'' (Golden Shields) awards in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bê Martins e o título de melhor do mundo: «Momento inesquecível da minha vida» |trans-title= |author= |work=Record |date=20 November 2023 |access-date=26 January 2024 |url= https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/detalhe/siga-a-gala-quinas-de-ouro-2023-em-direto#timeline_16 |language=pt}}</ref>
==Statistics== {{small|Note: ''Some'' of the sources of these statistics ''may'' have counted an appearance when the player was actually an unused substitute.}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;County {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Competition !! Year !! Apps !! Goals !! Ref. |- | rowspan="4"|'''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup''' | {{flagicon|POR}} 2015 || 5 || 3 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200112190728/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/archive/portugal2015/statistics/players/goal-scored.html ] |- | {{flagicon|BAH}} 2017 || 4 || 0 || [https://bsrussia.com/tournaments/fifa-worldcup-2017-worldcup2017/stats ] |- | {{flagicon|PAR}} 2019 || 6 || 4 || [https://bsrussia.com/tournament/541/stats ] |- | {{flagicon|RUS}} 2021 || 3 || 0 || [https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/894143/contextId/1737209 ] |- ! colspan=2|Total!! 18 !! 7 !! —
|} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Competition !! Season !! Apps !! Goals !! Ref. |- | rowspan="9" width=210|'''Euro Beach Soccer League''' | 2015 || 7 || 3 || rowspan=6| [https://bsrussia.com/profiles/persons/65?season_id=all ] |- | 2016 || 9 || 5 |- | 2017 || 7 || 8 |- | 2018 || 9 || 6 |- | 2019 || 7 || 5 |- | 2020 || 4 || 2 |- | 2021 || 7 || 4 || [https://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament381/teams/team291/ ] |- | 2022 || 6 || 11 || [https://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament406/teams/team291/ ] |- | 2023 || 6 || 7 || [https://beachsoccer.com/event/euro-beach-soccer-league-2023-superfinal-alghero#topscorers ] |- ! colspan=2|Total!! 62 !! 51 !! — |} {{col-2}} ;Club {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Tournament !! Year !! Club !! Apps !! Goals !! Ref. |- | rowspan="11"|'''Euro Winners Cup''' |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} 2014 || align=left rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Catania || 6 || 2 || rowspan=6|[https://bsrussia.com/profiles/persons/65?season_id=all ] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} 2015 || 7 || 6 |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2016 || align=left rowspan=8| {{flagicon|POR}} Braga || 7 || 14 |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2017 || 7 || 5 |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2018 || 7 || 6 |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2019 || 8 || 7 |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2020 || 7 || 5 || [http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament362/players/player3021/ ] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2021 || 7 || 8 || [https://beachsoccer.com/event/euro-winners-cup/#topscorers ] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2022 || 7 || 4 || [https://beachsoccer.com/event/euro-winners-cup-2022#topscorers ] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} 2023 || 9 || 5 || [https://beachsoccer.com/event/euro-winners-cup-nazare-2023#topscorers ] |- ! colspan=3|Total!! 72 !! 62 !! — |} {{col-end}}
==Honours== The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major international honours that Bê has achieved:
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Country=== *FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup **'''Winner''' (2): 2015, 2019 *Euro Beach Soccer League **'''Winner''' (4): 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 *European Games **'''Gold medal''' (1): 2019 **Bronze medal (1): 2015 *Euro Beach Soccer Cup **'''Winner''' (1): 2016 *Mundialito **'''Winner''' (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *Mediterranean Beach Games **Silver medal (1): 2023
===Club=== *Euro Winners Cup **'''Winner''' (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 **Runner-up (4): 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022 *Mundialito de Clubes **'''Winner''' (3): 2017, 2019, 2020 **Runner-up (2): 2012, 2021 {{col-2}} ===Individual=== *FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (1): **Bronze Ball: 2019, 2025 *Beach Soccer Stars (4): **World's best player: 2022, 2024 **World dream team: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 **Rising star: 2015 *Euro Beach Soccer League (2): **Superfinal: ***Best player: 2016 **Regular season stages: ***Best player: 2018 <small>(x1)</small> *Mundialito de Clubes (1): **Best player: 2019 *FPF Quinas de Ouro (1): **Beach soccer player of the year: 2023
===Orders=== *50px Officer (OIH) of the Order of Prince Henry (since 2015) *50px Commander (ComM) of the Order of Merit (since 2019) {{col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FPF national player|894143}} *[https://beachsoccer.com/player/bernardo-santoss Bernardo Santos], profile at Beach Soccer Worldwide *[https://bsrussia.com/profiles/persons/65?season_id=all Bernardo Barral Martins], profile at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Bê}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Portuguese beach soccer players Category:European Games gold medalists for Portugal Category:European Games bronze medalists for Portugal Category:European Games medalists in beach soccer Category:Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games Category:Beach soccer players at the 2019 European Games Category:Beach soccer players at the 2023 European Games Category:Brazilian emigrants to Portugal Category:Officers of the Order of Prince Henry Category:Commanders of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Category:Portuguese twins