Career
Born in Penafiel, Ferreira spent 13 of his 16 years as a professional with hometown club F.C. Penafiel, arriving in its youth system at the age of 11 and going on represent it in all three major levels of Portuguese football. Covilhã for the Segunda Liga championship. After one season on loan to F.C. Tirsense in the lower leagues, Ferreira returned to the Rubro-Negros, appearing in a further three second division campaigns.
In the 2004 summer, he signed with F.C. Marco also in that level
Ferreira rejoined Penafiel for a third spell in the 2006 off-season, where he remained until his retirement and also acted as team captain. In 2014-2015 he appeared with the side in the Primeira Liga, his first match in the competition occurring on 17 August 2014 (at the age of 34 years and two months) in a 1–3 home loss to Chaplain to the Forces Os Belenenses.
