António Folha

António José dos Santos Folha CvIH (born 21 May 1971) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mostly as a winger, currently manager of FC Porto B.

António Folha
Personal information
Full name António José dos Santos Folha
Date of birth (1971-05-21) 21 May 1971
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Porto B (manager)
Youth career
1981–1982 Canidelo
1982–1989 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2003 Porto 135 (16)
1989–1991Gil Vicente (loan) 72 (7)
1992–1993 → Braga (loan) 31 (1)
1998–1999 → Standard Liège (loan) 25 (3)
2001 → Standard Liège (loan) 15 (2)
2002AEK Athens (loan) 9 (0)
2003–2005 Penafiel 50 (7)
Total 337 (36)
International career
1989 Portugal U20 4 (0)
1990–1992 Portugal U21 9 (1)
1993–1996 Portugal 26 (5)
Managerial career
2005–2007 Penafiel (assistant)
2008–2013 Porto (youth)
2013–2014 Porto B (assistant)
2014 Porto (assistant)
2014–2016 Porto (youth)
2016–2018 Porto B
2018–2020 Portimonense
2021– Porto B
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1989 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 227 matches and 22 goals over 12 seasons, mainly in representation of Porto. He also appeared in the competition with Gil Vicente and Braga, and was part of the Portugal squad at Euro 1996.

Folha worked as a manager after retiring, starting out at Porto B before joining Portimonense in 2018.

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