Brighton’s new defender had a privileged upbringing in Brazil but kept his feet on the ground by training with the poor kids
“I think I have a Brazilian soul,” Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior says as he prepares to delve into a discussion about Brazil’s social divide on an entertaining afternoon at the Amex Stadium. “You see me laughing and joking. But I had a different education from most players because my dad could afford to invest in certain things for me. Most people in Brazil could not have that.”
Bernardo, Brighton & Hove Albion’s new Brazilian defender, is aware of the world around him. His father is Bernardo Fernandes da Silva, a former footballer who won the Brazilian championship with São Paulo in 1986, counted Careca as a teammate, represented Bayern Munich in 1989 and earned 19 caps for Brazil, and he knows that he was lucky to enjoy a privileged upbringing. His parents could afford to send him to a private school in São Paulo, he enjoyed exciting family holidays and his mother, Irene, was happy to give him lifts to training.
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