 He could never appear for the first team in La Liga, playing four seasons in the second division and another in the third with the B-side; during his spell with the "Blaugrana", he suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee that hindered his professional career.Bernaus amassed 286 overall appearances whilst competing in the second tier of Spanish football (275 in the league, 11 in the Copa del Rey), also representing CD Toledo, Terrassa FC, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, UD Las Palmas, Getafe CF, Elche CF, Polideportivo Ejido and Girona FC.His biggest achievement came in the 2003–04 season, when he helped Madrid's Getafe to its first top level promotion by playing in 33 out of 42 league matches; he also suffered, however, five relegations, two of those with "Barça"'s reserves.