Tonny Vilhena

Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔni viˈleːnaː]; Portuguese: [viˈʎẽnɐ]; born 3 January 1995), more commonly known as simply Tonny Vilhena, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian Premier League side FC Krasnodar.

International Career

Vilhena is of partial Angolan descent which made him eligible to play for either Netherlands or Angola national teams per FIFA eligibility rules. Vilhena opted to debut for Netherlands at the senior level.

Youth career

Vilhena has represented the Netherlands up to Under-21 level. In November 2009, Vilhena was called up to the Netherlands U15 for the first time in his career. He was placed as captain on his Netherlands U15 debut against Turkey U15 on 8 December 2009 and scored his first goal for the U15 side, winning 4–1. Vilhena went on to make five appearances for the U15 side.

In September 2010, Vilhena was called up to the Netherlands U16 squad for the first time in his career. It wasn’t until on 26 October 2010 when he made his U16 debut, in a 2–1 win against France U16. Four days later on 30 October 2010, Vilhena scored his first Netherlands U16 goal, in a 1–0 win against Norway U16. He then scored in a follow–up match, winning 2–0 against Portugal U16 on 4 February 2011. Vilhena captained the Netherlands U16 for the first time in his career, winning 4–1 win against Israel U16 two days later. He went on to make six appearances and scoring two times for the U16 side.

In March 2011, Vilhena was called up to the Netherlands U17 squad for the first time in his career. He made his Netherlands U17 debut, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win against Austria U17 on 24 March 2011. Vilhena was part of the Netherlands under-17 national team which won European Championship in 2011. Vilhena then scored his first goal of the tournament, in a 1–0 win against Romania U17 on 6 May 2011. He won the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship with the Netherlands U-

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