Bernardo David Mendes Salgueiro Campos Tengarrinha (17 February 1989 – 30 October 2021) was a Portuguese professional

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who played as a

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or a

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. He made 106

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appearances for

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Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

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and Boavista, after starting his career at

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. Tengarrinha played for Portugal up to under-21 level, and in the Bulgarian

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for

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. He paused his career in 2017 due to

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, and he died of

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at the age of 32.

Club career

Tengarrinha was born in

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. After seven years with

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he finished his youth career at

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, where he was promoted to the first team in 2008. He made his debut in a

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third round game on 18 October away to

Sertanense FC Sertanense Futebol Clube (), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a Portuguese football club based in Sertã. Founded in 1934, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo de Jogos Dr. Marques dos Santos''. ...

, as a 76th-minute substitute for

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in a 4–0 win. In the quarter-finals on 14 December, he made his only other appearance, starting a 4–1 victory away to

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but making way for

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after 35 minutes. Tengarrinha was loaned in January 2009 to C.F. Estrela da Amadora. He played his first

game on 7 February, a 0–0 home draw against

, but the team would eventually be relegated due to financial irregularities. For the 2009–10 season Tengarrinha was loaned again, this time to newly promoted club

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. He scored his first goal as a professional on 6 December 2009, but the

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side lost 5–2 at

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. Tengarrinha spent the first part of the 2010–11 campaign with

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of the Segunda Liga, where he featured rarely. In January 2011, he joined Vitória de Setúbal in the top division, on a permanent two-year contract. On 15 July 2012,

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Tengarrinha moved abroad for the first time and joined

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from the

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. He and Nilson Antonio complained of unpaid wages, and in November 2020, the club was ordered by

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to pay the duo over 1.1 million

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a. On 31 January 2013, the last day of the following

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, he returned to his country, signing a five-month deal with second-tier

S.C. Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at ...

. On 17 June 2014, after one season in division two with

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, Tengarrinha returned to the Portuguese top flight after agreeing to a three-year contract with

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. He contributed one goal in 27 matches in his first year, helping the team reach a final 13th position.

International career

Tengarrinha won 29

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for

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at youth level. His debut with the under-21s came on 4 June 2009, as he started in the 1–0 group stage home loss against

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for that year's

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Illness and death

Tengarrinha was due to sign with Romanian

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side

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on 8 June 2017. He put his career on hold in October, after it was announced he was suffering from

. He became the ambassador for a

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initiative by the Portuguese footballers' union (SJPF), and in August 2018 was hired to coach Vitória de Setúbal's under-23 team. Tengarrinha died of

on 30 October 2021, at the age of 32. Hours later, his former teams Porto and Boavista paid tribute to him ahead of their

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Honours

Porto *

: 2008–09

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tengarrinha, Bernardo 1989 births 2021 deaths Portuguese footballers Footballers from Lisbon Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players S.C. Olhanense players C.D. Santa Clara players Vitória F.C. players S.C. Freamunde players G.D. Chaves players Boavista F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma Deaths from cancer in Portugal