Talk:S.L. Benfica (youth)

Notable former players

The list is biased and needs to be updated. Or removed. BenficaNNossaPaixao (talk)

I don't know who created, but biased how?--Threeohsix (talk) 16:54, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

It' also subjective. In my opinion these are not notable players: Sílvio, Miguel Lopes, André Carvalhas, Leandro Pimenta, Romeu Ribeiro, Miguel Rosa, David Simão, Miguel Vítor, Leandro Pimenta, Ruben Lima, Lassana Camará, Rúben Pinto. BenficaNNossaPaixao (talk) 19:06, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

I agree, but I wouldn't be bother, maybe remove a few like "André Carvalhas, Leandro Pimenta, Romeu Ribeiro, Miguel Rosa, David Simão, Leandro Pimenta, Ruben Lima, Lassana Camará" that never played for Benfica. Others like Silvio ou Vlad Chirches have notability and it's good to have them present.--Threeohsix (talk) 19:00, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

I changed "notable" to "known". BenficaNNossaPaixao (talk)

"Known former players" should mean ex- football players, not active ones. BenficaNNossaPaixao (talk) 19:15, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

@BenficaNNossaPaixao, Threeohsix, Besteirense, and The Replicator: I do not agree with the criteria used in this section. Why only players who played in the Primeira Liga? What is the difference between Clésio, who played 63 minutes in Primeira Liga, and David Simão who played 65 minutes in two Taça de Portugal games? I think the criteria should be "Players who played for Benfica's first team."

What do you think? P3DRO (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

"Thanks" for ignoring me. Answer: because the Primeira Liga is the most important competition in Portugal, and the list would be too long. SLBedit (talk) 17:17, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Just needs a tighter criteria, it has so many recent players because most 50/60/70s players don't have an article yet, so the list could get bigger. The criteria should be maybe played for Benfica first team and was international, or played a set minimum of first tier matches, like 100 or 200, or at least 25 for Benfica. United uses international level, Barça uses 200 appeareances, so just use commons sense at defining criteria.--Threeohsix (talk) 18:45, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. The actual criteria it's too wider. The notable players in La Masia need 200 apps but the Barcelona U19 page has Fontàs with 16 apps. Since there is a page of Benfica players with 25-99 caps, I think 25 apps in the main team, regardless of the competition, it's a good criteria. P3DRO (talk) 19:34, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

25 caps as a minimum seems fine to me too. The Replicator (talk) 19:58, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

International criteria is a good choice if we also add players that became full internationals after leaving the club (like Man. United does), hence the wording "notable". 25 caps will leave notable players out of the list, such as Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo. SLBedit (talk) 20:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Another good reason is that a number of matches doesn't actually matter in this case. Playing 24 or 25 matches isn't such a big difference. So, let's say, a former youth player plays one match for the first-team, then he signs for another club and becomes the best player in the world and a full international... and he's not on the list just because a number of matches? SLBedit (talk) 20:14, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

@SLBedit: You have a point. "Notable" opens a lot of possibilities and Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo fit into the "notable" category". The Replicator (talk) 21:39, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Now the problem is that the section was removed because there are no sources for it. SLBedit (talk) 23:47, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

@Threeohsix and The Replicator: I think BenficaNNossaPaixao does not edit anymore. Let us wait for Besteirense to see what he thinks. If he agrees with the 25 apps I will personally edit the page. P3DRO (talk) 20:11, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Except you are ignoring my input. SLBedit (talk) 20:15, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

In my opinion, the section should only list former juniors (players who were part in the Juniors team, not the players under 19!) who became notable in Benfica's first team, instead of players who achieved success playing elsewhere (including Portugal national football team). With that in mind, I think the criteria should be 100 appearances (all competitions). Like it or not, guys like Cancelo, Hélder Costa, Clésio or Bernardo Silva are just some footnotes in the history of Benfica. Besteirense (talk) 11:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

But they aren't "footnotes" in the history of Benfica's youth system; they are notable. SLBedit (talk) 20:08, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

According to whom? Besteirense (talk) 22:19, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

The press. SLBedit (talk) 22:39, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Not a very reliable source. Anyway, none of the criteria considered before takes into account the performance of the players while they were in the Juniors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Besteirense (talk • contribs) 22:53, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia relies on sources from the press/media. A junior isn't notable just for playing well or winning trophies in youth competition. SLBedit (talk) 23:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

I've re-added a sourced list with a wide enough criteria to fit every proposal here, because getting a consensus is very difficult ant that should be a reason not to have a notable youth players. Any of the follow could be there: 25 matches; full international after leaving or outstanding performance for those who never played for Benfica. I believe this criteria will be tight enough to reduce excessive cluttering, but large to include players like Bernardo Silva. Sources should reflect the motive of inclusion. --Threeohsix (talk) 12:40, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Benfica isn't Sporting Lisbon, so we shouldn't add players that didn't become notable at Benfica without a valid reason and source. "In rare exceptions, some graduates debuted for the first-team but left the club before reaching 25 matches and went on to achieve recognition elsewhere while representing their country at full international level" is subjective. "Additionally, outstanding performances (Player of the Year) without ever playing for Benfica are also noteworthy of inclusion": problem is original research, and p3dro adds players without adequate sources. "Manchester City Player of the Year" has nothing to do with Benfica, and it's simply a club award. Rúben Dias was awarded FWA Footballer of the Year (a notable honour), while Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo weren't. As for the "full international level" debut, one or a few appearances for the Jorge Mendes national team doesn't make them notable, so maybe we should impose a minimum number of matches for Portugal, e.g. 25. SLBedit (talk) 19:16, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Maniche: played more than 25 matches with Benfica; included. Miguel Rosa: no 25 matches with Benfica, not a full international; removed. Vlad Chiricheș: was 18 years old when he arrived at Benfica, spending only one year there, thus not graduating; removed. Bernardo Silva: 25 caps for Portugal in 2018; included. João Cancelo: 2 matches with Benfica, reached 25 caps for Portugal in 2021; included. António Silva: no 25 matches for Benfica or Portugal; temporarily removed. SLBedit (talk) 23:45, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

p3dro is blindly reverting my edits claiming there is a consensus here. There isn't. SLBedit (talk) 10:54, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

@BenficaNNossaPaixao, Threeohsix, Besteirense, and The Replicator: Please read and comment what I recently wrote above and the changes I've made to the article. SLBedit (talk) 20:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Problems about this page

@Threeohsix, Besteirense, and The Replicator: This page is about Benfica Juniors, a very concrete section of Benfica's youth system. The Junior team are the U19 not the U17, U15, etc. I thinks the honour section should only focus the U19 honours. The same for the page's header. The Current squad and the Technical staff sections are only about the Juniors. I think the page need some coherence.

What do you think? P3DRO (talk) 17:04, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

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S.L. Benfica Juniors → S.L. Benfica (youth) – Although the article is mainly about Benfica's under-19 team, it also has information on the club's youth system. Moreover, "Benfica Juniors", a translation of "Juniores do Benfica", isn't common in the English media, unlike "Benfica U(-)19" or "Benfica under-19" (sub-19 in Portuguese). In addition, Benfica U19 play(s) in the UEFA Youth League, so it makes sense for the name of the article to use "youth". SLBedit (talk) 22:13, 14 June 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 06:11, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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Pronunciation of "juniores"

The correct European Portuguese pronunciation is juniores ("junióres"), not juniores ("juníores"). SLBedit (talk) 17:57, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

And does ⟨j⟩ make a vowel sound? Please stop interfering with my edits. You're just wasting my time at this point. Sol505000 (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it does. By the way, the "s" in "juniores" doesn't not sound like a ʒ. You may understand about IPA but you clear don't know how real Portuguese sounds. SLBedit (talk) 19:08, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The palatal approximant is a consonant, or a semivowel at best. You're confusing it with the close front unrounded vowel, which tells a lot about your knowledge of the IPA.

This is not a transcription of words in isolation but of the entire phrase Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, which is pronounced JuniorejdoSportLijboaeBenfica, not Juniores... do... Sport... Lisboa... e... Benfica... as if those were the last words in one's life. Sol505000 (talk) 19:13, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Nope, it doesn't sound like that. SLBedit (talk) 20:01, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it does and I'm tired of this. I have better things to do. There's no consensus we can reach here as you lack the WP:COMPETENCE to participate in this discussion in the first place. I'm reporting you. Sol505000 (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

It's not my problem that you're not a native speaker of Portuguese. The stress isn't on "ni", as the reliable source shows, nor the "s" is a "ge" while speaking normally. Go ahead. It's not the first time you try to bully me. SLBedit (talk) 21:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@Sol505000: Please listen to the correct pronunciation of "juniores" at 08:03. https://www.rtp.pt/play/p11208/e684022/voz-do-cidadao SLBedit (talk) 20:06, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

@SLBedit: To quote myself, Now, onto the voicing of the final /ʃ/. Per Cruz-Ferreira (1999:128), Syllable-final /ʃ/ occurs as [ʒ] before a voiced consonant (except before /ʒ/ itself, where it is deleted), and as [z] before a syllable-initial vowel both within and across word boundaries, as in [ku̯al duʒ doi̯z ɛɾɔ] qual dos dois era o 'which of the two (m) was the (m)' in the transcribed passage. Her [ku̯al duʒ doi̯z ɛɾɔ] translates into our [kwal duʒ ðojz ɛɾɐ ɔ] per Help:IPA/Portuguese and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Other languages. In the context of Portugese, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish etc. we transcribe how the whole phrases are pronounced, not just individual words (not even robots speak like that). Source: [1]. Sol505000 (talk) 23:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I understand that, but it doesn't change the fact that the first word (juniores) is correctly pronounced as junióres and incorrectly as juníores or júniores; any expert in the Portuguese language knows this and supports this... I wasn't referring to the final s this time. So, this begs the question: why isn't the article showing "ʒunjˈɔɾɨʒ", instead of "ʒuˈnjɔɾɨʒ"? SLBedit (talk) 20:04, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

What in the transcription indicates a pronunciation different from junióres? Sol505000 (talk) 20:07, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Please read the updated message above. SLBedit (talk) 20:10, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Do you still think that ⟨j⟩ represents a vowel in IPA? If so - it does not. Sol505000 (talk) 20:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Well, according to the IPA page on Wikipedia, it's a semivowel, which connects to "n", forming the syllable "nj", separate from the stressed vowel "ɔ". Therefore, shouldn't the lexical stress (ˈ) appear right before ɔ (ˈɔ) instead? SLBedit (talk) 22:19, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

It rather connects to [ɔ] forming a diphthong (a rising diphthong, meaning that [ɔ] is more prominent), if you want to approach it this way. Junióres has three syllables and /n/ begins the stressed second syllable. A semivowel is (more or less) synonymous to an approximant consonant. It is not a vowel, not in a phonetic sense.

You have more or less the same sequence in the Dutch surname Jol [jɔl] (see [2]) and the British English pronunciation of the word yod [jɒd] (see [3]). Don't let the Portuguese spelling fool you, these are the same in the sense that the consonant/semivowel [j] is followed by an open(ish) back rounded vowel. Sol505000 (talk) 22:42, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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