Pedro Amaral

Pedro Amaral
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral
Date of birth	25 August 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Club information
Current team	Rio Ave
Number	24
Youth career
2006–2007	Lourel
2007–2017	Benfica
2014	→ Casa Pia (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	Benfica B
2019	→ Panetolikos (loan)
2019–	Rio Ave
National team‡
	Portugal U15
	Portugal U16
2014	Portugal U17
2015	Portugal U18
2016	Portugal U19
2016–2017	Portugal U20
2017–	Portugal U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2019

Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral (born 25 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Rio Ave as a full-back.

Club career[]

Born in Sintra, Amaral started his career at local club Lourel before joining S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2017. He debuted professionally for the latter's reserve team as a substitute in a 2–1 home win against Académico de Viseu in LigaPro, on 11 September 2016.^[1]

On 9 January 2019, Amaral joined Panetolikos in Greece on a six-month loan deal, with an option for an additional year.^[2]^[3] He returned to Portugal in July 2019 to permanently join Rio Ave in Primeira Liga.^[4] He made his top-flight debut on 25 October, in a goalless draw at Paços de Ferreira.^[5]

References[]

^ Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
^ Pedro Amaral e Guga rumam à Grécia A Bola (in Portuguese)
^ Παναιτωλικός: Ανακοινώθηκαν οι Αμαράλ και Γκούγκα ως δανεικοί από τη Μπενφίκα (in Greek). SPORT24. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Pedro Amaral cedido em definitivo" [Pedro Amaral permanently transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "A crónica de um empate que merecia golos" [The report on a draw that deserved goals]. Rio Ave F.C. (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

External links[]

Pedro Amaral at ForaDeJogo
Pedro Amaral at Soccerway
Pedro Amaral – UEFA competition record (archive)
National team data (in Portuguese)

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[1] Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)

[2] Pedro Amaral e Guga rumam à Grécia A Bola (in Portuguese)

[3] Παναιτωλικός: Ανακοινώθηκαν οι Αμαράλ και Γκούγκα ως δανεικοί από τη Μπενφίκα (in Greek). SPORT24. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[4] "Pedro Amaral cedido em definitivo" [Pedro Amaral permanently transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[5] "A crónica de um empate que merecia golos" [The report on a draw that deserved goals]. Rio Ave F.C. (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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