Bernardo Folha

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Bernardo Folha
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Pereira Folha [1]
Date of birth (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Porto B
Number 87
Youth career
2009–2010 Boavista
2010–2021 Porto
2017–2018Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Porto B 80 (6)
2021– Porto 5 (0)
International career
2019 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2021 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2022– Portugal U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:17, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:24, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Bernardo Pereira Folha (born 23 March 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Porto B.

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Club career

Born in Porto, Folha joined FC Porto's youth system at age 8. On 18 December 2020, he renewed his contract with the club until 2024. [2]

Folha made his Liga Portugal 2 debut with the reserves on 14 February 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against U.D. Oliveirense and being sent off with a straight red card after only nine minutes on the pitch. [3] [4] He scored his first goal in the competition one month later, opening the 1–1 away draw with G.D. Chaves following an individual effort. [5]

Folha's first competitive appearance for the main squad took place on 15 December 2021, when he replaced Sérgio Oliveira late into the 1–0 win over Rio Ave F.C. in the group stage of the Taça da Liga. [6] In the following edition of the tournament he contributed four appearances for the winners, scoring in the semi-finals on 25 January 2023 to help defeat Académico de Viseu F.C. 3–0. [7] [8] [9] On 1 February, his Primeira Liga bow, he was again ejected, after two bookings in the first half of an eventual 2–0 victory at C.S. Marítimo who also finished with ten players. [10] [11]

International career

Folha won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 29 March 2022, coming on for Fábio Carvalho in the 4–0 win in Greece for the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. [12]

Personal life

Folha's father, António, was also a footballer. A winger, he was also developed at Porto, and coached his son at the reserve team. [13] [3]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2023 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 131131
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2292292
2022–23 Liga Portugal 2162162
2023–24 Liga Portugal 28181
Total666666
Porto 2021–22 Primeira Liga 0000100010
2022–23 Primeira Liga5020412 [lower-alpha 1] 0131
2023–24 Primeira Liga0000000000
Total50205120141
Career total716205120807
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Porto

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