Bernardo Tengarrinha

Bernardo Tengarrinha
Tengarrinha presented at CSKA Sofia
Personal information
Full name Bernardo David Mendes Salgueiro Campos Tengarrinha
Date of birth (1989-02-17)17 February 1989
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 30 October 2021(2021-10-30) (aged 32)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Youth career
1997–1998 Odivelas
1998–2005 Benfica
2005–2008 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Porto 0 (0)
2009Estrela Amadora (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010Olhanense (loan) 23 (2)
2010Santa Clara (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 Vitória Setúbal 22 (0)
2012–2013 CSKA Sofia 6 (0)
2013 Freamunde 13 (0)
2013–2014 Chaves 18 (0)
2014–2017 Boavista 52 (2)
Total 149 (4)
International career
2005 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U17 10 (0)
2007–2008 Portugal U19 11 (0)
2009 Portugal U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernardo David Mendes Salgueiro Campos Tengarrinha (17 February 1989 – 30 October 2021) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.

He made 106 Primeira Liga appearances for Estrela da Amadora, Olhanense, Vitória de Setúbal and Boavista, after starting his career at Porto.

Tengarrinha played for Portugal up to under-21 level, and in the Bulgarian First Professional Football League for CSKA Sofia. He paused his career in 2017 due to leukaemia, and he died of Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 32.