Guilherme Fernandes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Carvalho and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.

Guilherme Sousa Carvalho Fernandes (born 28 March 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Real Valladolid, on loan from Real Betis.

Guilherme Fernandes

Personal information
Full name	Guilherme Sousa Carvalho Fernandes[1]
Date of birth	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portal
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Valladolid (on loan from Betis)
Youth career
2010–2011	Nacional
	Marítimo
2013–2018	Sporting CP
2018–2019	Belenenses
2019–2021	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Amora	3	(0)
2022–2024	Estrela Amadora B	1	(0)
2023–2024	→ Betis B (loan)	18	(0)
2024–	Betis B	35	(0)
2025–	→ Valladolid (loan)	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Fernandes began his career with CD Nacional, and subsequently played for a local academy of AC Milan and CS Marítimo before joining Sporting CP in 2013. After a five-year spell with the Lions, he left for CF Os Belenenses, before signing a three-year contract with SL Benfica on 20 July 2019.^[2][3]

On 22 July 2021, Fernandes joined Liga 3 side Amora FC.^[4] He made his senior debut on 12 December, starting in a 1–0 home win over Vitória FC.

On 4 July 2022, Fernandes moved to CF Estrela da Amadora,^[5] but featured mainly for the under-23 squad and appeared once for the B-team. On 19 July 2023, he moved abroad and joined Spanish club Real Betis on a one-year loan deal, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda Federación.^[6]

On 5 July 2024, after helping Betis Deportivo to achieve promotion to Primera Federación, Estrela da Amadora announced Fernandes' permanent transfer to Betis;^[7] the Portuguese side still retained 50% of his economic rights.^[8] On 2 July of the following year, he extended his link with the Verdiblancos until 2027,^[9] and was loaned to Segunda División side Real Valladolid seven days later.^[10]