{{short description|Portuguese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Portuguese name|Oliveira|Dias}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bernardo Dias | image = | caption = | fullname = Bernardo Oliveira Dias<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benny/benfica-b/2734-100-194286|title=Benny|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|1|4|df=yes}}<ref name=Profile/> | birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal<ref name=Profile/> | height = 1.77 m<ref name=Profile/> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Petro Atlético | clubnumber = 12 | youthyears1 = 2007–2008 | youthclubs1 = Oficinas São José | youthyears2 = 2008–2010 | youthclubs2 = Benfica | youthyears3 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs3 = Oeiras | youthyears4 = 2014–2016 | youthclubs4 = Belenenses | years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Belenenses | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2018–2020 | clubs2 = B-SAD | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = → Benfica B (loan) | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = Chaves | caps4 = 35 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2021–2023 | clubs5 = Doxa | caps5 = 61 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = Torreense | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 6 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = Araz-Naxçıvan | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Petro Atlético | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 2 | club-update = 18:02, 24 January 2026 (UTC) }} '''Bernardo Oliveira Dias''' (born 4 January 1997), also known as '''Benny''',<ref name=Contract>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/belenenses/noticias/interior/belenenses-anuncia-renovacao-ed-benny-a-promessa-com-clausula-de-milhoes-8902383.html|title=Benny: a promessa é do Belenenses até 2022 e bem protegida pela cláusula|trans-title=Benny: the prospect belongs to Belenenses until 2022 and well protected by the clause|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=8 November 2017|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Girabola club Atlético Petróleos de Luanda.
==Club career== Born in Lisbon, Dias joined C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system in 2014, aged 17. On 14 August 2016 he made his Primeira Liga debut, starting and playing 56 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against Vitória de Setúbal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vfc.pt/noticias/futebol/2016/08/16/vitoria-vence-belenenses-e-arranca-com-o-pe-direito/|title=Vitória vence Belenenses e arranca com o pé direito|trans-title=Vitória beat Belenenses and start off on the right foot|publisher=Vitória F.C.|language=pt|date=16 August 2016|access-date=12 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106054618/http://vfc.pt/noticias/futebol/2016/08/16/vitoria-vence-belenenses-e-arranca-com-o-pe-direito/|archive-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>
Dias scored his first league goal on 24 September 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute and closing the 4–1 away win over C.D. Feirense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga/24-09-2017/feirense-belenenses-1-4-cronica|title=Feirense-Belenenses, 1–4 (crónica)|trans-title=Feirense-Belenenses, 1–4 (match report)|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Vítor|last=Maia|language=pt|date=24 September 2017|access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref> His second arrived the following 9 January, in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/102550/golo-em-fora-de-jogo-da-empate-ao-boavista-no-restelo|title=Golo em fora-de-jogo dá empate ao Boavista no Restelo|trans-title=Offside goal gives Boavista draw at the Restelo|publisher=Rádio Renascença|language=pt|date=9 January 2018|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> The previous November, he had renewed his contract until 2022 with a €15 million buyout clause.<ref name=Contract/>
On 6 July 2018, Dias was loaned from B-SAD to S.L. Benfica B for one season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/benny-reforca-equipa-b-do-benfica.html|title=Benny reforça equipa B do Benfica|trans-title=Benny bolsters Benfica's B team|newspaper=Record|first=Valter|last=Marques|language=pt|date=6 July 2018|access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> His maiden appearance in the LigaPro took place on 11 August, when he started in the 2–1 home defeat of Leixões SC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/noticias/2018-2019/08/11/cronica-futebol-benfica-b-leixoes-1-jornada-segunda-liga|title=Benfica B entra a ganhar na II Liga|trans-title=Benfica B have II League winning debut|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|date=11 August 2018|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> His first goal arrived on 27 October, helping the hosts beat S.C. Covilhã 3–2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jornaldofundao.pt/desporto/sp-covilha-infeliz-na-derrota-benfica-b/|title=Sp. Covilhã infeliz na derrota com o Benfica B|trans-title=Sp. Covilhã unhappy in defeat to Benfica B|newspaper=Jornal do Fundão|language=pt|date=27 October 2018|access-date=7 November 2018}}</ref>
Dias signed with G.D. Chaves still in the second tier in January 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/chaves/detalhe/benny-e-reforco-para-cesar-peixoto|title=Benny é reforço para César Peixoto|trans-title=Benny is an addition for César Peixoto|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=1 January 2020|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> He scored his only goal for the club on 23 September of that year, in a 4–3 victory at Benfica B.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/noticias/goncalo-ramos-bisa-mas-benfica-b-perde-com-o-chaves-12753134.html|title=Gonçalo Ramos bisa, mas Benfica B perde com o Chaves|trans-title=Gonçalo Ramos grabs brace, but Benfica B lose to Chaves|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=23 September 2020|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
On 14 July 2021, Dias agreed to a deal at Doxa Katokopias FC in the Cypriot First Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doxafc.com.cy/anakoinosi-bernardo-oliveira-dias/|title=ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ – BERNARDO OLIVEIRA DIAS|trans-title=Announcement – Bernardo Oliveira Dias|publisher=Doxa Katokopias|language=el|date=14 July 2021|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref> He returned to Portugal and its second division in summer 2023, on a contract at S.C.U. Torreense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportinforma.sapo.pt/futebol/segunda-liga/artigos/medio-benny-regressa-a-portugal-para-reforcar-o-torreense-na-ii-liga|title=Médio Benny regressa a Portugal para reforçar o Torreense na II Liga|trans-title=Midfielder Benny returns to Portugal to bolster Torreense in the II League|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=1 July 2023|access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>
Dias went back abroad subsequently, having one-year spells at Armenia's Araz-Naxçıvan PFK and Angola's Atlético Petróleos de Luanda.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/paises/angola/detalhe/oficial-medio-portugues-benny-dias-assina-pelo-petro-de-luanda|title=Oficial: Médio português Benny Dias assina pelo Petro de Luanda|trans-title=Official: Portuguese midfielder Benny Dias signs for Petro de Luanda|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=26 August 2025|access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref> With the latter, he participated in the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions-league/news/benny-strike-earns-petro-valuable-away-win-against-simba-to-go-top-in-group-d/|title=Benny strike earns Petro valuable away win against Simba to go top in Group D|publisher=Confederation of African Football|date=23 November 2025|access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{Soccerway|new_id=benny/v7MvU0XJ}}
{{Atlético Petróleos de Luanda squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dias, Bernardo}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Lisbon Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:C.F. Os Belenenses players Category:B-SAD players Category:S.L. Benfica B players Category:G.D. Chaves players Category:S.C.U. Torreense players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:Doxa Katokopias FC players Category:Azerbaijan Premier League players Category:Araz-Naxçıvan PFK players Category:Girabola players Category:Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola