Wilson Carvalho

Portuguese footballer

Wilson Carvalho
Carvalho with Kings Langley in February 2023
Personal information
Full name Wilson Roberto Neves Bento de Carvalho[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Spalding United
Youth career
20??–2010 Fulham
2010–2012 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 North Greenford United 1 (0)
2013–2014 Port Vale 0 (0)
2013 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Corby Town (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Ilkeston (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2015 Corby Town 47 (10)
2015 → Canvey Island (dual registration) 5 (0)
2015–2017 Kettering Town 55 (18)
2017 Oxford City 14 (0)
2018 Kettering Town 7 (0)
2018–2019 Stratford Town 38 (10)
2019–2020 Accrington Stanley 8 (0)
2020 Macclesfield Town 0 (0)
2020–2021 Hampton & Richmond Borough 15 (1)
2021 Hendon 11 (3)
2021–2022 Walton Casuals 13 (0)
2022 Hayes & Yeading United
2022 Westfield 1 (0)
2022–2023 Kings Langley
2023– Spalding United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:54, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Wilson Roberto Neves Bento de Carvalho (born 4 July 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Spalding United as a winger.

He spent his youth with Fulham, Stevenage and Port Vale. He spent 2012 to 2019 playing for a multitude of non-League clubs, including: North Greenford United, Hemel Hempstead Town, Ilkeston, Corby Town, Canvey Island, Kettering Town, Oxford City and Stratford Town. With Corby Town he won the Southern League Premier Division title in 2014–15 and he lifted the Southern League Cup with Stratford Town in 2019. He was signed by Accrington Stanley in July 2019 and made his debut in the English Football League the following month. He joined Macclesfield Town in September 2020, though the club were liquidated later in the month. He then signed for Hampton & Richmond Borough in October 2020. He played for Hendon and Walton Casuals in the 2021–22 campaign, and later played for Hayes & Yeading United, Westfield, Kings Langley and Spalding United.

Career

Non-League

Carvalho spent his youth at the centre of excellence at Stevenage after leaving Fulham's Academy.[3][4] He went on join the Nike Academy and was signed to Port Vale's youth team after impressing on trial at Birmingham City.[4] He never made a first-team appearance at Vale Park, though was loaned out to Southern League Premier Division side Hemel Hempstead Town for one month after the "Tudors" suffered an injury crisis in November 2013.[5][6] On 6 December, he joined Hempstead's divisional rivals Corby Town on a one-month loan deal.[7] On 10 January, he was loaned out to Northern Premier League Premier Division side Ilkeston and featured in three games for the "Robins" during a one-month stay.[8] He was released by "Valiants" manager Micky Adams in April 2014.[9]

He signed with Corby Town and scored 11 goals in 51 appearances across the 2014–15 campaign as Tommy Wright's "Steelmen" won promotion as champions of the Southern League Premier Division.[4][10] Corby also reached the final of the League Cup, but lost out to Poole Town on away goals.[10] He had trials at Yeovil Town and Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in summer 2015.[11][12] He had a successful trial at Braintree Town, but instead signed with Isthmian League Premier Division club Canvey Island on dual registration forms.[13]

He joined Kettering Town in November 2015.[4] He was handed a six-game ban for spitting in a game against Bedworth United.[14] He said that "I have definitely learned a few lessons" from the incident.[15] He ended the 2015–16 campaign with 12 goals from 29 games and went on to add a further eight goals from 34 appearances in 2016–17.[10] He signed with Oxford City on 9 February 2017, having previously played under manager Mark Jones in the youth team at Stevenage.[4] He featured 15 times for the "Hoops".[16]

On 20 March 2018, he rejoined former club Kettering Town.[17] He played nine games for the "Poppies" in what remained of the 2017–18 season. On 6 August 2018, he was one of four players to sign a contract with Stratford Town of the Southern League Premier Division Central.[18] A key player for Town, he scored 15 goals from 52 games in the 2018–19 season, helping the club to reach the play-offs and the League Cup final.[10] They were beaten 3–1 by King's Lynn Town in the play-off semi-finals, but managed to beat Cinderford Town 1–0 in the League Cup final.[19]

Accrington Stanley

On 23 July 2019, he signed a one-year deal with the option of a further year at League One side Accrington Stanley after impressing manager John Coleman on trial in pre-season friendlies.[20] Assistant manager Jimmy Bell had previously coached him in Port Vale's development squad.[21] He scored his first goal for Stanley in a 2–1 victory over Fleetwood Town in an EFL Trophy tie on 3 September.[22] He was one of five players released by the club at the end of the 2019–20 season.[23]

Return to non-League

Wilson was unveiled as signed for Macclesfield Town on 7 September 2020.[24] The club was wound up a few days later, on 16 September.[25] He signed for National League South club Hampton & Richmond Borough in October 2020.[26] He scored one goal in 17 appearances in the 2020–21 season, which was curtailed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[10] He was handed a six-match ban by The Football Association after being sent off for spitting in a game with Bedworth United.[27]

He joined Southern League Premier Division South side Hendon in July 2021.[28] He scored two goals on his debut in a 4–0 win at Truro City on 14 August, the first of three goals in thirteen games for the "Greens".[10] On 23 November 2021, he signed with divisional rivals Walton Casuals.[29] He played 14 games in what remained of the 2021–22 season.[10] Walton Casuals folded on 9 June 2022.[30] In August 2022, Carvalho signed for Hayes & Yeading United,[31] before signing for Westfield later that month,[32] and for Kings Langley in September 2022.[33] Kings Langley were relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central at the end of the 2022–23 season.

In June 2023, Carvalho signed for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Spalding United.[34]

Style of play

Carvalho is a pacey winger.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
North Greenford United 2012–13[10] Southern League
Division One Central		 1 0 2 0
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2013–14[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 3 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 3 5 3
Ilkeston (loan) 2013–14[35] Northern Premier League
Premier Division		 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Corby Town 2013–14[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2014–15[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 42 10 2 1 6 0 1[b] 0 51 11
2015–16[10] National League North 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 51 10 2 1 6 0 1 0 60 11
Canvey Island (dual registration) 2015–16[10] Isthmian League
Premier Division		 5 0 6 0
Kettering Town 2015–16[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 28 12 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 29 12
2016–17[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 27 6 4 2 1 0 2[a] 0 34 8
Total 55 18 4 2 1 0 3 0 63 20
Oxford City 2016–17[10] National League South 14 0 15 0
Kettering Town 2017–18[10] Southern League
Premier Division		 7 0 0 0 0 0 2[c] 0 9 0
Stratford Town 2018–19[10] Southern League
Premier Division Central		 38 10 52 15
Accrington Stanley 2019–20[36] EFL League One 8 0 1 0 1 0 3[d] 0 13 0
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2020–21[10] National League South 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Hendon 2021–22[10] Southern League
Premier Division South 		11 3 0 0 0 0 2[e] 0 13 3
Walton Casuals 2021–22[10] Southern League
Premier Division South 		13 0 0 0 0 0 1[f] 0 14 0
Westfield 2022–23[32] Isthmian League
South Central Division 		1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Spalding United 2023–24 Northern Premier League
Division One Midlands 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 215 42 273 53
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  3. ^ 1 appearance in the play-offs and 1 appearance in the Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in the play-offs
  5. ^ 1 appearance in the FA Trophy and 1 appearance in the Middlesex Senior Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in the Surrey Senior Cup

Honours

Corby Town

Stratford Town

References

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