Ferro (footballer)

Francisco Reis Ferreira (born 26 March 1997), commonly known as Ferro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Valencia, on loan from Benfica.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Reis and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
Ferro
Ferro with Valencia in 2021
Personal information
Full name Francisco Reis Ferreira
Date of birth (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997
Place of birth Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Valencia
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2008 Oliveirense
2008–2009 CD Estarreja
2009–2011 AD Taboeira
2011–2016 Benfica
2014 → Casa Pia (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Benfica B 91 (5)
2019– Benfica 43 (3)
2021– → Valencia (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Portugal U17 14 (0)
2015 Portugal U18 7 (1)
2015–2016 Portugal U19 13 (1)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 9 (1)
2017–2018 Portugal U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018

Club career

Benfica

Born in Oliveira de Azeméis, Ferro started his football career at local club Oliveirense in 2005, where he remained until 2008. He then played for CD Estarreja and AD Taboeira before joining Benfica's youth system in 2011.[1] Following his progress to the club's reserve team, he made his professional debut in a 2–1 away win over Oliveirense in LigaPro on 30 January 2016.[2]

Ferro was promoted to Benfica's first team on 1 February 2019, alongside three other reserve team players,[3] and six days later, he debuted with the Lisbon side as a 38th-minute substitute, replacing Jardel in a 2–1 home win over Sporting CP in the first leg of the Taça de Portugal semi-finals.[1][4] In his first appearance as a starter, he scored his first goal for Benfica, the sixth in a 10–0 home thrashing of Nacional in Primeira Liga on 10 February.[5]

Four days later, Ferro made his European debut as Benfica beat Galatasaray 2–1 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 32, their first ever victory in Turkey.[6] He scored his first UEFA goal on 14 March, the second in a 3–0 (a.e.t.) win over Dinamo Zagreb in the round of 16's second leg.[7]

On 17 October 2019, Ferro extended his Benfica contract until 2024.[8]

Valencia (loan)

On 31 January 2021, La Liga club Valencia announced the signing of Ferro on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[9]

International career

In early September 2019, Ferro was called up for the first time to the Portugal national team for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Serbia and Lithuania, replacing injured Pepe.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 31 January 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2015–16 LigaPro 90————90
2016–17 LigaPro 303————303
2017–18 LigaPro 332————332
2018–19 LigaPro 190————190
Total 915————915
Benfica 2018–19 Primeira Liga 13210004[lower-alpha 1]1—183
2019–20 Primeira Liga 26160007[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0401
2020–21 Primeira Liga 4010101[lower-alpha 1]00070
Total 433801012110654
Valencia (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 00————00
Career total 13488010121101569
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Benfica

Individual

References
  1. "Quem é Francisco Ferreira, ou Ferro, o primeiro estreante do Benfica de Bruno Lage?" [Who is Francisco Ferreira, or Ferro, the first debutant of Bruno Lage's Benfica]. Observador (in Portuguese). 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. "UD Oliveirense - SL Benfica B (Jornada 27 Segunda Liga 2015–2016)". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "Jardel saiu lesionado, Ferro em estreia" [Jardel went off injured, Ferro in debut]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. "Benfica 10–0 Nacional: Chuva de golos deixa 'águias' a um ponto da liderança" [Benfica 10–0 Nacional: goal rain moves "eagles" within a point of the lead]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. Fernandes, Nuno (14 February 2019). "Benfica de Lage faz história na Turquia e tem os oitavos à vista" [Lage's Benfica make history in Turkey and have the round of 16 in sight]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. "Ferro: "Golo foi especial porque foi o primeiro na Europa"" [Ferro: "Goal was special because it was my first in Europe]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. "Benfica oficializa renovação de Ferro" [Benfica make Ferro's renewal official]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  9. "Comunicado oficial Ferro" [Official announcement Ferro] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. "Portugal's Pepe ruled out of Euro 2020 qualifiers". The Times of India. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. "Ferro". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  12. Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP Soccerway
  13. "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
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