Born in
Porto, Barny played 332
Primeira Liga games over the course of 13 seasons, representing mainly hometown's
Boavista FC. After three years of intermittent use as a youngster and a two-year spell with
C.F. Estrela da Amadora, he returned to his main club, helping it to three top-four finishes during his spell there – in between, he spent the
1992–93 campaign with
Sporting CP, being first-choice. Barny retired in June 1999 at the age of 33, after three top-flight seasons with
C.F. Os Belenenses and one with
C.D. Aves, in his first and only
second division experience. He won two
Portuguese Cups from 1990 to 1992, with Estrela and Boavista. ==Coaching career==