Henrique Sereno

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Elvas, Alto Alentejo, Sereno joined Vitória de Guimarães for 2005–06 from hometown's O Elvas CAD. He served a loan stint during the latter part of that season at lowly F.C. Famalicão. In the 2007–08 campaign Sereno, alongside Brazilian Pedro Geromel, formed a solid defensive partnership as Vitória came from the Segunda Liga into a final third Primeira Liga position. He scored a rare goal on 9 March 2008, in a 2–0 home win against Sporting CP. Sereno spent the vast majority of 2008–09 in the sidelines after having undergone surgery to both knees, only appearing in six games.

Valladolid

After beginning the following season again in the starting XI (nine matches, one goal), Sereno eventually terminated his contract and, on 1 February 2010, signed with Real Valladolid in Spain for five months. He made his debut for his new team on 20 March 2010, playing the entire 2–0 away victory over Deportivo de La Coruña.

Porto

In late June 2010, after Valladolid's relegation in La Liga, Sereno returned to his country, signing with FC Porto on a free transfer. On 20 August 2011, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players, he joined German club 1. FC Köln on a season-long loan. Sereno made his Bundesliga debut on 27 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes of a 4–3 away defeat of Hamburger SV. He featured regularly during the campaign, but his team suffered relegation. Sereno returned to Valladolid and Spain's…

Sereno made his debut for Portugal on 10 June 2013, playing the second half of a 1–0 friendly win against Croatia in Geneva. His only other cap came on 15 October in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier at home to Luxembourg, again from the bench in a 3–0 victory.

Club

International

On 24 June 2016, the Elvas city hall commended Sereno for his sporting achievements.