Benny Couto

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Benny Couto
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Peixoto Couto [1]
Date of birth (2003-09-27) 27 September 2003 (age 21) [1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Cork City
Youth career
Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Oldham Athletic 28 (1)
2023The New Saints (loan) 1 (0)
2023–2024Ashton United (loan) 31 (3)
2024 Ashton United 17 (1)
2025– Cork City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:56, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Bernardo Peixoto Couto (born 27 September 2003) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for League of Ireland Premier Division club Cork City.

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Club career

Born in Portugal, [2] Couto began his career with English club Oldham Athletic in their academy. In August 2021, he was called up by coach Keith Curle to participate in first team training after impressing coaches with the youth squad. [2] On 31 August, Couto was named as a starter for Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy match against Salford City, playing the whole 90 minutes in the 1–0 victory. [3] Shortly following his debut, he would go onto play the second half in the 7-0 away defeat to Brentford in the EFL Cup. Despite the Scoreline, he played well leading to his first League Two start days later. A 1-0 victory against Rochdale in the Greater Manchester derby again performing well and winning favour with the Oldham Athletic fans. Throughout the festive period Couto continued to perform well. During this period he scored his first professional goal in a 3-1 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United.

In August 2023 he joined The New Saints on loan until January 2024. [4]

Having spent the majority of the 2023–24 season at Ashton United on loan, he spent the first half of the following season with the club after signing permanently with them in the summer of 2024.

On 29 November 2024, Couto signed for newly promoted League of Ireland Premier Division side Cork City ahead of their 2025 season. [5]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oldham Athletic 2021–22 [6] League Two 19120105 [a] 0261
2022–23 [6] National League 90202 [b] 0130
2023–24 [6] National League 00000000
Total281401070401
The New Saints (loan) 2023–24 [6] Cymru Premier 1000000010
Ashton United (loan) 2023–24 [7] Northern Premier League Premier Division313205 [c] 1384
Ashton United 2024–25 [8] Northern Premier League Premier Division171002 [b] 0191
Cork City 2025 [6] LOI Premier Division 00000000
Career total7756010141986
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. 2 appearances in the FA Trophy & 3 appearances, 1 goal in the Manchester Premier Cup

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References

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  2. 1 2 Geldard, Suzanne (2 September 2021). "Couto made good first impression on Oldham boss Keith Curle". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. "Oldham Athletic 1–0 Salford City". Soccerway.
  4. "The New Saints sign Benny Cuoto on loan from National League side, Oldham Athletic". The New Saints. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. "Welcome to City, Benny Couto!". Cork City FC Shop.
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  8. "Ashton United | Appearances | Bernardo Couto | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.