Benny Couto

Benny Couto (born 27th September 2003) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ashton United on loan from National League club Oldham Athletic.

Benny Couto
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Peixoto Couto[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-27) 27 September 2003[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Ashton United
(on loan from Oldham Athletic)
Youth career
Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Oldham Athletic 28 (1)
2023 → The New Saints (loan) 1 (0)
2023– → Ashton United (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023

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 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.

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

Career statistics
As of match played 22nd April 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oldham Athletic 2021–22 League Two181200060261
Oldham Athletic 2022-23 National League 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
Career total 190100020220

References
  1. "Benny Couto: Summary". soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  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.
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