Emanuel Benjamín joins FC Porto B until 2029 | OneFootball

Emanuel Benjamín is the newest addition to FC Porto’s B team. The 19-year-old right-back moves to Porto after coming through Real Madrid’s youth system. A youth international for Italy, he has already won a UEFA Under-17 European Championship. The deal signed with the Dragons is valid for three seasons, until 2029, with the club holding the option to extend it for a further two years.

Born in Blumenau, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, the player was 11 years old when he moved to Spain with his family. He began his European football journey at AD Complutense Alcalá, on the outskirts of Madrid, and later played for Rayo Vallecano and Getafe CF. In 2022, he joined Real Madrid’s academy.

His progress at Valdebebas was rapid. After starting out with the under-16s, he moved up to the under-17s and, the following season, featured for the under-19s and the Merengues C team. He made his senior football debut on 17 November 2024, at the age of 17, in Segunda División B, the fourth tier of Spanish football. Seven days later, he scored his first professional goal. Over the course of that year, he made 15 appearances, adding five more in 2025/26, alongside matches for Italy’s youth teams.

The son of a family with Italian roots, through grandparents originally from Pievepelago, in the province of Modena, Emanuel Benjamín received his first call-up to Italy’s youth teams in 2024. He took part in the qualification for the UEFA Under-17 European Championship, a tournament in which he started all five matches played by Italy on the way to lifting the trophy. In the final, he faced Martim Cunha and Cardoso Varela, and was later selected for the Team of the Tournament.

Closely monitored by the national team staff, the full-back moved up to the under-20s in 2025 and was included in the squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the tournament held in Chile, he played in every match of Italy’s campaign, which ended in the round of 16.

After leaving Madrid for Porto, the new number 80 for the blue and whites is now preparing to add depth to FC Porto B’s defensive unit.

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