Benny Couto is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for National League club Oldham Athletic.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bernardo Peixoto Couto | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 2003 (age 18) | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Oldham Athletic | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
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JN Sports Oldham Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Oldham Athletic | 21 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:35, 8 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Portugal,[1] 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.[1] 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.[2] Shortly following his debut, he would go onto play the second half in the 7-0 away defeat to Brentford in the EFL league 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.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 2021–22 | League Two | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Career total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. – current squad | |
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