Bergson (footballer)

Bérgson Gustavo Silveira da Silva (born 9 February 1991), simply known as Bérgson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. He was renowned for his creative play, known for his dribbling ability, use of feints, close ball control, as well as his ability to score from distance with powerful strikes with both his foot.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silveira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
Bérgson
Personal information
Full name Bérgson Gustavo Silveira da Silva
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Place of birth Alegrete, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2006 Internacional
2006–2010 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Grêmio 5 (0)
2011 → Suwon Bluewings (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Vila Nova (loan) 6 (0)
2012 → Braga B (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Juventude (loan) 22 (6)
2013–2014 → Portuguesa (loan) 15 (2)
2014–2015 Chapecoense 7 (0)
2015 Busan IPark 7 (0)
2015–2017 Náutico 45 (11)
2017–2018 Paysandu 28 (38)
2018–2019 Athletico Paranaense 22 (19)
2019–2020 Ceará 41 (16)
2020–2021 Fortaleza 14 (3)
2021 → Johor Darul Ta'zim (loan) 20 (23)
2022– Johor Darul Ta'zim 37 (45)
International career
2010 Brazil U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals


During his time at Athletico Paranaense, he won the 2018 Copa Sudamericana. Bergson is the current all-time top scorer for Johor Darul Ta'zim with 102 goals and the first player to reach the 100 goals landmark for the club.

Club career

Grêmio

Bérgson began his career at Grêmio in 2006. In 2007 played his first Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 and its first Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, one of the highlights of the campaign team of the gaúcho. In 2009, he was promoted to the professional squad, having few chances in the team for their lack of experience and competition with players from more reputed in national football. In 2010, Bergson still suffers from the competition because the Grêmio is full of attackers, as Borges, Leandro and William.

Suwon Bluewings (loan)

On 1 January 2011 Bergson moved to Asia to joined South Korean giants, Suwon Bluewings on loan.[2]

Vila Nova (loan)

On 1 July 2011, Bergson joined Vila Nova on loan.[3]

Ypiranga (loan)

On 1 February 2012, he joined Ypiranga on loan.[4]

Braga B (loan)

On 1 July 2012, he joined the reserve team of S.C. Braga of the Portuguese side, Braga B on loan.

Juventude (loan)

On 1 January 2013, he joined Juventude on loan.[5]

Portuguesa (loan)

On 1 August 2013, he joined Portuguesa on loan.[6]

Chapecoense (loan)

On 1 January 2014, he joined Chapecoense on loan.[7]

Busan IPark (loan)

On 6 January 2015, he joined South Korean side Busan IPark on loan.[8]

Náutico (loan)

On 10 July 2015, he joined Náutico on loan.

Náutico

On 28 January 2016, after a long term of loan series, he finally left Grêmio and joined Náutico on a free transfer.

Paysandu

On 19 January 2017, Bergson joined Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club, Paysandu on a free transfer. On 18 November 2017, he scored his first hat-trick for the club in a league match against Santa Cruz. Bergson ends the season scoring 16 goals in 27 appearances.

Athletico Paranaense

On 1 January 2018, Bergson joined Athletico Paranaense on a free transfer. He won the 2018 Copa Sudamericana which is equivalent to the UEFA Europa League in the South America region.[9]

Ceará

On 26 April 2019, he joined Ceará on a free transfer.

Fortaleza

On 15 October 2020, he joined Fortaleza on a free transfer.

Johor Darul Ta'zim (loan)

On 2 March 2021, he joined Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim on loan.[10] On 13 March 2021, Bergson scored his first goal for Johor Darul Ta'zim in an away league match against UiTM. Johor won the match 0–4.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 19 May 2021, after a successful spell of 11 goals, he signed with the club on a permanent deal.[11]

On 31 July 2021, Bergson scored his first hat-trick for the club in a home league match against Perak where JDT won 5–0.[12] On 27 August 2021, He got his 2nd hat-trick for the club in a home league match against Sri Pahang where Johor won 4-0. He went on to score 23 league goals for the club, which is also the club record in a single season.

2022 season

On 15 April 2022, he become the first JDT player to ever score an AFC Champions League hat-trick against Guangzhou FC in a 5–0 victory.

On 12 October 2022, Bergson become the new JDT all-time top scorer after his double against Kedah Darul Aman took his total tally to 67 goals in all competitions for the club. The previous record was 66 goals by Gonzalo Cabrera. Bergson also broke the Malaysia Super League record for the most goals in a league season with 29 goals. On 11 November 2022, he score his 4th hat-trick for the club in a 2022 Malaysia Cup quarter-final match against Kelantan where Johor won 5-0 (8-0 agg) to qualified for the semi-final. He help the Southern Tigers to win the quadruple with an undefeated domestic season, the first in the club's history.

Bergson was listed among 2022's top five goal scorers in the world. Having scored 46 goals in 36 matches in 2022, he was named alongside Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Germán Cano and Robert Lewandowski as players with the most goals in 2022. Also, Sky Sport Italy named Bergson as the goalscorer with the best goal ratio on an average of 1.27 goals per game, which no other player managed to emulate in 2022.[13][14]

2023 season

Bergson started off the 2023 season scoring a goal and an assist to win the 2023 Malaysia Charity Shield. On 13 May 2023, he scored his first hat-trick of the season in a league match against Kelantan United. On 9 August 2023, Bergson scored his 2nd hat-trick of the season in a league match against Sabah at the Likas Stadium. In the second league of the 2023 Malaysia Cup quarter-finals fixtures against Negeri Sembilan on 23 September 2023, Bergson scored twice to take his goal tally to 101 goals for the club in all competitions, thus becoming the first and only player thus far to score 100 goals for JDT.

International career

Bergson played with the Brazil national under-20 team in 2010.

Style of play

Bergson is a critical and skillful player. Possessing excellent technique, he is also known for his ball striking from volleys, and for having a penchant for scoring from bicycle kicks, feints, long-distance strikes, and ability to both score and create goals. A prolific goalscorer, although naturally right-footed, he is capable of scoring with both feet and is an accurate free-kick and penalty taker.

Career statistics
As of 9 June 2023[15]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 2009 Série A 1000—0[lower-alpha 1]0—10
2010 4060200[lower-alpha 2]0—80
2011 0040000[lower-alpha 1]0—00
2012 0000000[lower-alpha 2]0—00
2013 0000000[lower-alpha 1]0—00
2014 0000000[lower-alpha 1]0—00
2015 000000——00
Total 5010020——90
Suwon Bluewings (loan) 2011 K League 1 70—102[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0110
Vila Nova (loan) 2011 Série B 60————60
Ypiranga (loan) 2012 Série D 0042———42
Braga B (loan) 2012–13 Segunda Liga 20————20
Juventude (loan) 2013 Série D 72154———226
Portuguesa (loan) 2013 Série A 152——1[lower-alpha 2]0—152
Chapecoense (loan) 2014 7011310——193
Busan IPark (loan) 2015 K League 1 70—1 0——80
Náutico (loan) 2015 Série B 174—10——184
Náutico 2016 2873200——319
Paysandu 2017 28160020—5[lower-alpha 5]13517
Athletico Paranaense 2018 Série A 163—526[lower-alpha 2]0—275
2019 00156000[lower-alpha 1]0—156
Total 1631565260—4211
Ceará 2019 Série A 223————223
2020 507152——173
Total 2737152——396
Fortaleza 2021 Série A 14300———143
Johor Darul Ta'zim (loan) 2021 Malaysia Super League 2023——5[lower-alpha 3]08[lower-alpha 6]73330
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2022 1929—446[lower-alpha 3]6773646
2023 1816—2210242322
Career total 2288866182182062115355135
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  4. Appearance(s) in K-League Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Copa Verde
  6. Appearance(s) in Malaysia Cup

Honours

Grêmio

Paysandu

Athletico Paranaense

Ceará

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Individual

Johor Darul Ta'zim

References
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  4. "Grêmio empresta Bergson ao Ypiranga para o Gauchão 2012". globo.com. 4 February 2012.
  5. "Grêmio retribui Juventude e empresta atacante Bergson até o fim do ano". uol.com. 3 January 2013.
  6. "Portuguesa apresenta Bérgson e Carlos Alberto para reforçar setor ofensivo". ESPN.com.br. 21 August 2013.
  7. "Diones e Bergson treinam, e Chapecoense tem nove reforços para 2014". uol.com. 13 January 2014.
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